Difficulty keeping the lips closed at rest day and night. Habitual mouth breathing can disrupt the body’s natural balance by affecting facial development, reducing efficient oxygen use, limiting nitric oxide intake, and continually activating the body’s stress response.

Myofunctional therapy retrains the muscles of the mouth and face so nasal breathing becomes natural and mouth breathing becomes unnecessary. Correct tongue posture improves healthy nasal breathing habits, reduces jaw and facial tension, improves head and neck posture, and helps improve sleep quality.

Chronic muscle tightness of the head, neck and shoulders can be linked to oral and breathing dysfunctions.

Myofunctional therapy helps the body stop “overworking” the muscles involved in breathing, chewing, and posture—allowing them to relax, reset, and reduce ongoing tension over time.

Clicking, popping, pain, tension or locking of the jaw. Tongue position plays a vital role in stabilizing the jaw. Improper tongue position can lead to headaches and jaw pain.

Myofunctional therapy can help with TMJD (temporomandibular joint disorder) and jaw pain by addressing the muscle function, posture, and habits that often cause or worsen the problem. Rather than just masking pain, it works on the root causes

Daytime and/or nighttime tooth grinding or jaw clenching. Chronic tooth grinding or jaw clenching—day or night—can affect sleep quality and place ongoing strain on the jaw, muscles, teeth, and nervous system. Basically, the joint is telling you it’s under stress.

Myofunctional therapy helps the jaw muscles work the way they’re meant to—less strain, better balance, and less pain over time.

Myofunctional therapy  focuses on how these muscles rest, move, and work together. It can improve tongue posture, balance jaw muscles, promote nasal breathing, reduce clenching & grinding habits, encourages smoother jaw movement & supports long-term joint health.

Ongoing muscle tightness associated with oral and breathing dysfunctions

Myofunctional therapy helps correct tongue and jaw resting posture,  improves head and neck alignment, reduces jaw clenching and facial tension, encourages nasal breathing, balances muscle activity & improves awareness of tension habits.

When the mouth and jaw are balanced and breathing is calm, the head, neck, and shoulders don’t have to “hold tension” to compensate—so the whole upper body can relax

Breathing through the mouth long-term can keep the body feeling stressed and alert instead of calm and relaxed. This keeps the body in a constant “fight-or-flight” state during both day and night.

Myofunctional therapy helps the nervous system feel safer and more balanced by improving how a person breathes, rests their tongue, and maintains airway stability—creating the physiological conditions needed for calm focus and regulation.

Difficulties with attention, self-regulation, or ADHD-like symptoms potentially associated with disrupted sleep and breathing patterns.

Myofunctional therapy may help reduce ADHD-like symptoms by improving breathing, sleep quality, and nervous system regulation—factors that significantly affect attention and behavior.

Ongoing fatigue, lack of energy, or feeling worn out despite getting adequate sleep.

if fatigue is tied to poor sleep, breathing dysfunction, or airway restriction, myofunctional therapy can be a meaningful part of recovery.

Bedwetting often related to sleep & breathing issues.

Myofunctional therapy can help with bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis) in children when the cause is related to breathing, sleep quality, or oral–facial muscle dysfunction.

Loud or irregular breathing during sleep, including brief pauses, that disrupt restful sleep.

Myofunctional therapy can be very effective in helping with snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) by targeting the muscles of the mouth, tongue, and throat to improve airway function.

Difficulty breathing smoothly during sleep or interrupted breathing during sleep, leaving you feeling tired and unrefreshed even after a full night’s rest.

Myofunctional therapy can help manage Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome by strengthening the muscles of the tongue, throat, and face to keep the airway more open during sleep. It retrains proper tongue posture and encourages nasal breathing, both of which reduce airway resistance and improve oxygen flow.

By addressing habits like mouth breathing, clenching, and poor oral posture, it supports more restful, uninterrupted sleep and targets the root cause—not just the symptoms.

ncorrect swallowing patterns in which the tongue presses against the teeth, which can affect speech and orthodontic outcomes

Myofunctional therapy can be very effective for tongue thrust. Instead of just treating the symptoms (like speech issues or orthodontic relapse), it addresses the underlying muscle patterns and habits causing the problem.

Improving oral resting posture with myofunctional therapy can help maintain your orthodontic results and keep your smile aligned for the long term.

Building strength and retraining the tongue and oral muscles to promote proper healing and lasting results and success after a tongue or lip tie release.