by Carmen Woodland | May 28, 2024 | Breathing
Have you ever wondered if being a mouth breather is bad for your health? As a myofunctional therapist, this is one of the most common questions I encounter. The answer is a resounding yes! Mouth breathing can lead to a host of health issues, from chronic stress...
by Carmen Woodland | Jun 2, 2023 | Breathing
What is a mouth-breather face? We are all born nasal breathers, but something along the way makes us use our emergency breathing system (our mouth). For whatever reason, we never correct the behavior to return to regular “nasal breathing programming.” As time goes on,...
by Carmen Woodland | Mar 11, 2021 | Breathing
Home CAN BREATHING TECHNIQUES REALLY IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH? Most of us just consider it to be a good day if we are breathing! Can I get an amen? And most of us don’t think about our breathing techniques until we either discover that there’s a problem, or...
by Carmen Woodland | Oct 2, 2020 | Breathing
Home The Ultimate Guide to Breathing It’s essential to life, but many people don’t give it much thought. It’s usually viewed as a good thing if a person is breathing, and it’s a bad, sad day if not. Breathing is much more than just air in and air out. There is a...
by Carmen Woodland | Sep 1, 2020 | Breathing, Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders, Sleep & Sleep Disordered Breathing
Home The Ultimate Guide To Sleep-Disordered Breathing Sleep-disordered breathing is on the rise. Many people have sleep-disordered breathing and are unaware of the long term consequences of ignoring it. In this blog, we break down some of the information...
by Carmen Woodland | Mar 16, 2020 | Breathing
In this week’s video, we teach you how to unblock a stuffy nose in 5 minutes! A stuffy nose (nasal congestion) is the primary reason that many people are mouth breathing. These are steps that I use whenever I feel a little bit of nasal congestion. Many of you...
