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09/17/2026

What you see is a nose that has a deviated septum, mild enlargement of turbinates, and nasal valve collapse.

I refer to an ENT when someone has symptoms of possible airway restriction or obstruction because it is very important to know if obstruction is present.

Myofunctional therapy is a WONDERFUL adjunct to any surgical recommendations, nasal breathing re-training, and CPAP or other sleep apnea treatments.

This particular case could benefit from surgery--correcting the septum, reducing turbinates, and rhinoplasty to reconstruct tissues that collapse.

But what if a person isn't ready for surgery yet? What can be helpful?

I recommend a couple things. I like Xlear nasal products, and really like nasal dilators. I am particular to Mute (and no, I am not getting paid). I found them about 4 years ago, and sleep with it every night, and when I am doing a stronger activity.

In these pictures, you can see how the dilator helps to gently prop open the nostrils so that there is less restriction of airflow. It can make a significant difference in how much air you feel you can get.

This isn't what I mean by nasal breathing re-training, but this is something that can start helping get comfortable with better nasal breathing.

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09/14/2026

Monday's myo question--what do you notice?
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09/10/2026

👏Look at that difference!!

We have done 5 sessions of myofunctional therapy.

This 8 year old stopped the habit of sucking on a stuffed animal, and has been very consistent with therapy exercises.

The front teeth are not flared out like they were, and spaces are closing. Newly learned muscle patterns are supporting these changes for the better!

I love seeing these positive changes!

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09/09/2026

....I don't disagree....
Sleep apnea is the end-stage of sleep disordered breathing.
It is dangerous and life-threatening.
Myofunctional therapy is beneficial in addressing obstructive sleep apnea.
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09/03/2026

Crossbite is a symptom! Myofunctional therapy should be part of the treatment.

09/02/2026

The Breathe Institute repost

Faces Grow Around the Tongue

"The tongue is not just a muscle — it’s the architect of the face.
When positioned correctly, it shapes wide dental arches, balanced facial development, and an open airway.
When restricted (like by a tongue-tie), the face narrows, the airway constricts, and long-term functional issues follow. "

Looking for the root cause is important to understand the why.

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08/31/2026

CPAP and myofunctional therapy can work together.
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08/27/2026

His treatment has been done in different stages, beginning with myofunctional therapy, expansion and face mask, tongue tie release, and back to myofunctional therapy while he completes braces.
He's one fun dude, and we are all pleased with how things are looking!

08/26/2026

Happy 🐾
Of course I'm celebrating😁
We have been pet parents from 1999, until just this month....so many years of sweet, sweet companionship. We have loved all our adopted, mixed mutts and couldn't have done life without them.
Give your dog so much love today!

08/25/2026

Bedwetting.
Always look for a deeper reason. They don't "just grow out of it." They turn into older humans that compensate in some way for it.

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BEDWETTING

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Bedwetting is often treated as something children will simply “grow out of.”

But what if we stopped looking only at the bladder… and started looking at the whole child?

Because nighttime bladder control depends on much more than bladder capacity.

It involves a complex relationship between:

🧠 Brain and nervous system maturation
😴 Sleep and arousal
👃 Airway and breathing
💧 Hormonal regulation
🚽 Bowel health and constipation
🥤 Fluid and dietary habits
🦷 Orofacial function
🧩 And potentially, neuromotor development and primitive reflex patterns

Retained primitive reflexes may coexist with difficulties involving body awareness, regulation, posture, breathing and sleep. While the relationship with bedwetting is still an evolving area of research—and primitive reflexes should not be presented as a proven cause of enuresis—they can be another piece of the clinical puzzle worth considering in the right child.

And here’s an especially important connection:

BEDWETTING + SNORING + MOUTH BREATHING = LOOK DEEPER.

Sleep-disordered breathing has been associated with nocturnal enuresis in children. If a child is snoring, sleeping restlessly, mouth breathing, struggling to wake, tired during the day or regularly wetting the bed, simply telling them to “try harder” misses the point.

❤️ Bedwetting is not laziness.
❤️ It is not bad behaviour.
❤️ And children should never be embarrassed or punished for it.

Instead of asking:

“Why won’t they stop wetting the bed?”

Perhaps the better question is:

👉 “WHY is their body struggling to achieve nighttime bladder control?”

Look at the airway.
Look at breathing.
Look at sleep.
Look at bowel health.
Look at development.
Look at neurological regulation.

The symptom may be in the bed.
The reason may be somewhere completely different.