by Carmen Woodland | Oct 7, 2019 | Airway & Orthodontics
Do You Wonder If Your Tongue Can Affect Orthodontic Treatment? If you’ve had braces before, then I would bet you often wonder about this. I can testify that my darn tongue was the bane of all my orthodontic problems. It frustrated me so much to see how my...
by Carmen Woodland | Sep 30, 2019 | Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
Proper Tongue Placement: Why Does It Matter? Should My Tongue Touch My Teeth? What Is Proper Tongue Placement? Proper tongue placement involves placing your tongue correctly in the roof of your mouth. This concept is much more important than you may think. The ideal...
by Carmen Woodland | Sep 25, 2019 | Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
My Biggest Myofunctional Therapy Mistake & What I Know Now How I made a myofunctional therapy mistake that I wish I could fix… As an early practitioner, I didn’t feel confident in my knowledge and skills, so I would often let parents “run...
by Carmen Woodland | Sep 23, 2019 | Tongue-Tie
How To Evaluate a Restricted Lingual Frenum: A Guide to Help You Understand the Complexity of a Tongue-Tie Diagnosis and the Importance of Evaluating the Whole Person For Myofunctional Impairment Why a Tongue-Tie Diagnosis Matters Tongue-tie diagnosis has come...
by Carmen Woodland | Sep 18, 2019 | Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
What Are Your Myofunctional Barriers? Many of you think you have myofunctional barriers to correcting your myofunctional dysfunction. But are they really myofunctional barriers or are they excuses? In this weeks FB live, I break down these myths and help you...
by Carmen Woodland | Aug 29, 2019 | Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
Are you wondering what myofunctional therapy looks like? I’m so excited to show you what myofunctional therapy looks like in this week’s blog. For some, myofunctional therapy looks like two left feet. For others, myofunctional therapy looks like two...
by Carmen Woodland | Aug 21, 2019 | Breathing
One of the first things that I have to determine when doing a myofunctional therapy exam is….can you nasal breathe? It doesn’t make much sense to start myofunctional therapy with someone who physically can’t do it. Nasal breathing is such an...
