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Hygiene and Myo Ingenuity is a fusion of Dental Hygiene education and Myofunctional Therapy.
Myofunctional Therapy is physical therapy for the muscles in the head, mouth, and neck region, or the Orofacial region. Our therapy focuses on enhancing the neuromuscular performance to optimize the breathing and swallowing function- two primary functions of life! The muscle functions in the Orofacial region are interrelated with the structure of your skeletal development and have been set in place since utero.
Poor muscle function, or dysfunction, in the Orofacial region, have been a contributing factor to many health conditions such as:
- Sleep Disordered Breathing, Sleep Apnea
- GI Issues/ Acid Reflux
- Caries and Periodontal Diseases
- Increase in allergies, food sensitivities
- Asthma
- Anxiety
- Bed wetting
- Face, neck, jaw pain
- Poor posture
- Malocclusions, prolonged orthodontics
- Behavioral Issues, and more!
What can Myofunctional Therapy improve?
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
An Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder, or OMD, is a disrupt in harmonious muscle movement in the Orofacial area. These disorders can impact the airways causing narrowing and restricting airflow, as seen in the picture. In this side profile shot, the picture ABOVE reveals a pinch in the airway with the low tongue posture. In the picture BELOW, the airways are widened with the elevated tongue posture.
Oral restrictions such as tongue tie, lip ties, and buccal ties can inhibit proper muscle function, affect the growth and development of the jaw and facial structure and increase risk for noxious oral habits such as:
- teeth grinding/bruxism
- thumb/finger/tongue sucking
- tongue thrusting
- cheek biting/ nail biting
- straw/ bottle cap/object chewing
- shirt /blanket sucking
- prolonged pacifier usage and more!
Transform Your Health with Hygiene and Myo Ingenuity
MyoAssessment
In Person Appointments
In Person Appointments
To establish care, we will begin with an in person MYO Assessment appointment to collect data needed to construct your treatment plan.
In Person Appointments
In Person Appointments
In Person Appointments
For all patients under 16 yrs old, our 30 minute weekly sessions will be completed in person at Austin Life Chiropractic with a blend of Play Therapy Style.
Virtual Appointments
In Person Appointments
Lip, Buccal, Tongue Ties
For patients 17 yrs and older, our 30 minute weekly sessions will be completed via Zoom until check in appointments needed.
Lip, Buccal, Tongue Ties
Lip, Buccal, Tongue Ties
Myofunctional Therapy aids in the proper oral tissue preparation and post recovery from tie releases. We work closely with providers who are trained by Dr. Zaghi.
Care Package Included
Care Package Included
With your initial visit includes a care package promoting optimal oral health. Science based research has correlated pathogens in the oral cavity with many systemic diseases affecting the entire body. Mouth breathing, snoring, acid reflux, and medication usage increases your risk for Caries and Periodontal Disease due lowering the mouth's pH level. Carifee products support elevating the oral ph to inhibit the growth of the "bad" bacteria. Check out their website and use discount code "FlexYourSmile" for some savings!
Hygiene and Myo Ingenuity- Your Partner in Health
Goals to Achieve
Patient Compliancy is crucial to the success of our therapy. Weekly sessions will be scheduled to maintain compliancy and momentum. These will be completed as either in person or virtual appointments. We will aim to strengthen the muscles involved with our breathing and swallowing, instill proper resting posture for the tongue, establish nasal breathing with lips sealed, and aid in any pre and post recovery from oral tie release procedures.
We will use techniques to achieve proper muscle function at the cellular level. Our body's neuroplastic healing capabilities will reawaken neural pathways that have been hindered. Through repetition, we will establish daily implementation of proper resting oral posture, nasal breathing and eliminate noxious oral habits.
Hygiene and Myo Ingenuity's Continuing Education, training, and mentoring have been attained though various resources:
- Mary Billings and Dianah Davidson's Function Focus Academy
- Airway Health Solution CE's
- Dr. Zaghi's resources/trainings
- International Association of Orofacial Myology
- an array of Neuroscience, Functional medicine, Breathworks, Epigenetic, and Quantum Physics readings
Myofunctional Therapist
Brenda Lopez
Brenda has practiced in dentistry for 15+ yrs, is a member of OralBiotech's Cooperative and a board member on the Oral Cancer Foundation. Being a parent and professional, she understands the importance of having the right team dedicated to supporting your health journey. Thank you for trusting Hygiene & Myo Ingenuity!