Gorge Myofunctional Therapy

11/14/2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airway-first/id1667976737?i=1000646054040

Have you heard of myofunctional therapy?

01/22/2022

So impressed by my friend’s myofunctional skills she didn’t know she had… Go Kelly, Go Kelly!

04/29/2021

Tag your favorite book! So hard to choose... each of these books has made an impact on how I screen and treat my patients. Even a simple conversation about the latest book I’ve read can be life-changing for some!

04/26/2021

Vitamin K2. Eat it!*

🥬 🐄 ☀️

You’ll find the conventional form of vitamin K (K1) on food labels. It plays a major role in blood clotting, and is mostly found in green leafy vegetables and plants.

K2, however, was more recently discovered and plays a very different role. It directs calcium into bone and prevents excessive calcium buildup in our blood vessels. We get our K2 from eating grass fed animal products (grass feeding animals are naturally able to convert the K1 in grass into K2). The good bacteria within our guts are also able to convert K1 into K2, but this alone does not fulfill our nutritional needs.

K2 may play a role in many health conditions such as:

Osteoporosis
Heart and vascular disease
Rheumatoid arthritis
Bone development
Dental health
Brain health (Alzheimer’s Disease)
Diabetes
Cancer
Fertility
Wrinkles
Varicose Veins

There is a high level of K2 deficiency, likely due to modern factory farming. Supplementation of feed for cattle, poultry and pork with Vitamins A and D began in the 1920s when these vitamins were first discovered. This shifted farming practices from pasture feeding to grain feeding of livestock, and animals no longer needed sunlight to survive. These animals were therefore cut off from their supply of K1, which meant these meat, dairy, and egg products were no longer supplying our necessary levels of K2.

Where to find your K2?

-Natto (Japanese fermented soy product)
-Organ meats
-Hard cheeses
-Soft cheeses
-Eggs
-Butterfat from milk
-Meat
-Supplements (MK-7 or MK-4)

TIP: always consume your K2 with vitamins A and D, which are involved in the production of proteins (osteocalcin and MGP) required to direct calcium where it needs to go! (These proteins formed by A and D are useless without the help of K2!)

*speak with your healthcare provider before taking any vit K containing supplements if you are currently taking blood thinner medication such as Coumadin (warfarin).

And shout out to and his book for introducing me to K2 a few years ago. Great read for many reasons beyond just K2!

04/22/2021

HAPPY EARTH DAY, Y’ALL!



Image and great history found @ https://www.sustainable.pitt.edu/earth-day-2020/

04/12/2021

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04/07/2021

Proud myo moment:
Quietly back sleeping with lips together.😴 🤫

Attaboy, Gus! Just 1.5 years in the making 😉

12/11/2020

Always learning more about my favorite subject 😛

12/04/2020

Staying up way too late reviewing the intricacies of the muscles of the tongue and how their interwoven fibers work in concert to change the shape and create movement in all directions. This hydrostat has an impressive work ethic, rarely showing signs of fatigue after working all day every day, slowing down at nighttime but still working nonetheless!

This stuff never gets old 👅

New trivia (to me) :

Q: What mammal has the longest tongue (relative to its body length)?

A: Why, the scaly anteater, of course!

The scaly anteater has a 70cm tongue - quite impressive after learning that’s over half its body length!

For anyone wanting to geek out more on the human tongue, check out the article, “Anatomical Basis of Lingual Hydrostatic Deformation” by Gilbert, Napadow, Gaige and Wedeen (from which I snatched this screenshot)