Some problems related to OMDs are dysfunctions in breathing, sucking, chewing, swallowing and speech, and improper oral position (cheeks, lips, tongue).

Dysfunctional breathing can cause:  chest tightness/pain, hyperventilation, headache, rib cage restriction, respiratory muscle tension, stridor (high-pitched, whistling sound when breathing), shortness of breath at rest.

It helps facilitate proper breathing, chewing, and swallowing. It also helps with bad habits like nail-biting, thumbsucking, and tongue thrusting.

Some of the cause of my breathing are: allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, bronchitis, enlarged adenoids; enlarged tonsils; weakness or low tone of facial muscles. 

Chronic hyperventilation is often a contributory factor with panic attacks, agoraphobia, and anxiety. Breathing rehabilitation aims to normalize breathing volume which helps with anxiety and panic disorders, 

The Buteyko Method has been backed by 19 published clinical studies as an alternative treatment for asthma. All studies report significantly reduction in  symptoms like breathlessness coughing, wheezing, as well as reductions in the need for asthma medication. 

It is used as a simple objective measure of chemosensitivity to carbon dioxide. In other words, it tell us how sensitive your body is to the accumulation of CO2 in the blood.

Myofunctional and breathing therapies are painless and the exercises are relatively simple. 

Yes. The muscles of the mouth and throat become larger due to constant vibration caused by snoring. Sleep apnea is a common (often undiagnosed  and untreated) serious sleep disorder that causes cessation of breathing during sleep. Breathing rehabilitation can significantly reduce symptoms of snoring and sleep apnea.  

Individuals who mouth breathe during the day, often have their mouth open at night (and the other way around). When sleeping with the mouth open, a person may have restless sleep, experience snoring and sleep apnea, headaches, sleepiness, fatigue, thirst upon waking up, and decreased oxygen saturation in the blood. 

Mouth breathing is extremely detrimental to the development of the upper airways, face and jaw. It results in abnormal facial features and smaller airways in adulthood. When child mouth-breathes, the brain receives insufficient oxygen which directly impacts cognitive ability, learning and behavior of the child. 

Children who breathe through an open mouth develop changes in the way the muscles of the lips, tongue and cheeks work. This can negatively affect essential functions like chewing, swallowing and speech. It also causes speech disorders including lisps, the inability to pronounce certain sounds and immature auditory processing. Myofunctional therapy and breathing rehabilitation improve speech and auditory processing.

It has been shown that children with excessive day time sleepiness appear to have almost 10 times the risk of learning difficulties. Day time sleepiness is directly linked to dysfunctional breathing. Mouth breathers show cognitive impairment as well as attention difficulties. Mouth breathing effects: memory, concentration, focus, sensorimotor integration, perception.

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