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Recovery & Sleep For Athletes: The Airway Variable Nobody's Programming
Recovery is where fitness gets built. Not in the workout — in the eight hours after. If those eight hours are compromised by mouth-open airway sleep, you can train perfectly, eat perfectly, sleep for hours, and still plateau. The variable...
/R/ Sound Therapy for Kids: What Actually Works Past Age 7
If your child is 7 or older and /r/ still hasn't fully acquired, you're not late — you're at the exact age most SLPs start focused /r/ work. What matters now is picking a protocol that addresses substrate, not just...
Tongue Tie in Adults: The Diagnosis Nobody Made In Childhood
If you've been working on tongue posture for months and nothing's sticking — the tongue can't seem to reach the palate even when you focus, exercises fatigue you unusually fast — the issue may be structural, not habitual. Adult tongue...
Palatal Expansion & Myofunctional Therapy: Why They Belong Together
If your child's orthodontist recommended a palatal expander, they're addressing a structural problem — a narrow palate. What most orthodontic protocols don't include is the reason the palate got narrow in the first place, and the neuromuscular work that keeps...
Your Jaw Is Tired For A Reason.
A resting tongue that lives on the floor of your mouth is the reason your jaw clenches, your sleep is shallow, and your posture collapses forward by 3 p.m. Spot Pal retrains where your tongue lives — in 60 seconds...
Causes and Concerns of a Tongue Thrust
The term tongue thrust is becoming more commonly used, but did you know some underlying causes of an abnormal anterior motion of the tongue? Behaviors that can cause an abnormal anterior motion of the tongue include prolonged bottle use, prolonged pacifier use, prolonged sippy cup use, and oral habits such as tongue or thumb sucking.
The importance of proper tongue resting posture
The most optimal resting posture for the tongue is the tongue tip at the incisive papilla with the rest of the tongue in a light suction to the roof of the mouth. The tongue is positioned up on the roof of our mouth, and directly behind our front teeth. This tongue placement allows adequate airflow for nasal breathing.