http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/09/24/speech-therapy
-for-sleep-apnea.aspx

 

You Don't have to Be Obese to Suffer from Sleep Apnea

According to Dr. Arthur Strauss
<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/05/21/dr-arthur-str
auss-on-sleep-apnea.aspx> , a dental physician and a diplomat of the
American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, our mouths have progressively
gotten smaller through the generations due to lack of breastfeeding and poor
nutrition. Breastfeeding actually helps expand the size of your child's
palate and helps move the jaw further forward - two factors that help
prevent sleep apnea by creating more room for breathing. Diet is also
important. Dr. Weston Price's 

Oral Myofunctional Therapy Shown Effective for Sleep Apnea

I recently became aware of a form of therapy called oral myofunctional
therapy, which appears to have great promise for the treatment of sleep
apnea. Essentially, it's an exercise program for your mouth and tongue. 

I had interviewed a dental hygienist, Carol Vander Stoep, and while in our
video studio she quickly evaluated me and told me I was "tongue tied" and
that it might be affecting my health. I was surprised, so I obtained an
evaluation by Joy Moeller, the leading orofacial myologist in the US, and
she confirmed it. So I consulted with her and started on some mouth
exercises and in less than a week I noticed a remarkable improvement in my
time in deep sleep as objectively measured by the Zeo. The program takes
about one year to change the muscles and increase the size of the oral
cavity to decrease obstructive sleep apnea, but I actually may have been
suffering from this my whole life and never knew it. I will certainly keep
you posted of my progress. 

Although this therapy is widely known in Brazil, it is relatively unheard of
in the US. As Joy explains:
<http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/09/24/speech-therap
y-for-sleep-apnea.aspx#_edn4#_edn4> 4 

 

Judy 


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