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y-curioustoday at 6:38 AM2 repliesview on HN

I’m always on HN talking about myofunctional therapy (my mom is a practitioner in NYC). Recommend looking into it in addition to losing weight as treatment.


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dgellowtoday at 3:17 PM

First time I see that term

„Oral myology plays also an important role in the management of patients with sleep breathing disorders and snoring where oropharyngeal exercises were found to reduce the severity and primary symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea. Poor positioning of the tongue affects breathing and allows a series of events to occur that can affect the orofacial complex. Patients with sleep apnea and other breathing difficulties usually have decreased tone and mobility in the cheek, tongue, lip, and soft palate, and sensory alterations due to a tendency to engage in mouth breathing rather than nasal breathing. In treatment of sleep apnea, oral myology therapy involves a series of exercises designed to improve tongue position and tongue function for a better control of the extrinsic tongue muscles and place the tongue in a ‘‘proper posture during function and at rest.’’“

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_myology#Sleep_apnea_and_s...

I will need to look into it, I’ve been thinking about getting a cpap for a while but they seem too noisy and annoying to maintain

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gushogg-blaketoday at 4:43 PM

Currently doing myo, and Buteyko! Glad to see someone else here. I've also done a MARPE.