Myo Family Health

12/21/2025

To address some of the questions I receive weekly!!!

🚨 Mouth breathing, snoring, or sleep issues in kids or adults? This matters more than you think. 🚨

🦷 Appliances like: Tooth Pillow, Healthy Start, MyoBrace are not expansion appliances!!!

They are appliances designed to help train habits like keeping lips together and breathing through the nose.

They are expensive and other modalities can be used for PENNIES on the dollar.

⏱️ The challenge?
These appliances do not treat the root cause of the issues and children can’t wear them long enough.

🦴 Skeletal expansion with a hands on DDS/ Orthodontist remains the most predictable way to expand.

👧 For children: RPE, Rapid Palatal Expansion supports healthy facial and airway development.

🧑 For adults: MARPE is a predictable, in-office procedure that takes about one hour and delivers long-term airway improvements.

My practice is focused entirely on pediatric and adult myofunctional therapy to support orthodontic development and reaching goals of lips closed, tongue resting in the roof of the mouth, and proper nasal breathing.

If you or your child struggle with mouth breathing, snoring, or crowded teeth, don’t ignore it.

📩 DM or 📞 schedule a consultation, or 💬 drop a question below to learn which treatment is right for you.

12/13/2025

HUGE WIN for Our Field!
Thank you The Breathe Institute for always moving us forward!!! 🙌❤️✨

https://www.mdpi.com/2694-2526/51/2/11 #

Purpose: Ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) can lead to oromyofascial dysfunction which affects breathing, swallowing, speech, and posture. This study presents the evolution and outcomes of a refined lingual frenuloplasty protocol that integrates individualized myofunctional therapy to address compensatory....

10/03/2025

CPAP is a disease management tool, not a cure.
It keeps the airway open at night, but it doesn’t answer the question: Why is the airway obstructing in the first place?

Possible underlying causes that often go uninvestigated include:
• Anatomical issues (e.g., enlarged tonsils, nasal obstruction, jaw or tongue position)
• Weight and fat distribution
• Muscle tone and airway control problems
• Allergies or chronic inflammation

Treating OSA effectively means finding and addressing the root cause, not just forcing the airway open.

⚠️ Many adults never get this evaluation—and risk years of unmanaged health consequences.

09/03/2025

Did you know?
A child who can’t breathe through their nose may not develop properly.

👃 Nasal breathing is more than just airflow — it’s the natural way the face, jaw, and airway are shaped as kids grow. When that process is disrupted, it can affect sleep, growth, and long-term health.

👉 If your child struggles with blocked breathing, snoring, or mouth breathing, it’s worth getting checked early.

08/06/2025