Myofunctional therapy is a specialized program that retrains the muscles of the mouth, tongue, and face to work together properly. Through simple, targeted exercises, it helps improve breathing, chewing, swallowing, speech, sleep, and posture. By addressing habits like mouth breathing, tongue thrust, or improper swallowing patterns, myofunctional therapy supports better sleep quality, optimal facial growth in children, and overall health and wellness for people of all ages.

All ages from 2 and up! For younger children, the therapy looks a lot different than it does for a 40 year old! But early intervention is really important, and I can provide you with a strong home educational program (HEP) along side therapeutic visits to help your little one develop chewing, feeding, speech and nasal breathing skills.

Myofunctional therapy is good for many people, but here are some top reasons why people come to see me: tethered oral tissues (tongue and lip ties), poor sleep quality, snoring, mouth breathing, frequent respiratory illnesses, chewing with their mouth open, picky eating, choking or gagging while eating or drinking, gagging at the dentist’s office, tongue thrusting while swallowing, prolonged thumb or finger sucking, and prolonged speech/articulation concerns.

YES! I love virtual therapy and you would be surprised how well it works for most of my younger clients. Generalization is an important part of therapy. Virtual allows you to be at home in the very environment I want them to habituate their new skills! Plus, you save time since you are not driving anywhere, especially after a long day of school and work. Virtual therapy has been proven, with research, that it is equally effective and impactful as in person visits. Anecdotally, I would say it’s more effective in my experience for many kids and adults!

Yes, I offer in person visits by appointment only. Sometimes just checking in 1x a month in person along with regular virtual visits is a great combination.

Tethered oral tissue is very real. The tongue is supposed to rest easily in palate - the roof of the mouth. Vertical movement is important for swallowing and for speech precision. If the tongue cannot reach the roof, especially the mid body of the tongue, a child/adult will compensate with horizontal lingual movements, which impact the teeth/dentition, the mechanics of a chewing and swallowing resulting in a tongue thrust, and the mechanics of speech resulting in low anchor points and creating errors such as lisping and poor R production. There are many other concerns that arise because of tethered oral tissue. It is not a fad. It is a very real anomaly of oral tissue that not only restricts functional movement of the tongue but also impacts facial growth and breathing.

I only take Medicaid at this time. For all other insurance carriers, I am considered an out of network provider and will provide you with a superbill that you can submit to your carrier so that they can reimburse you for your appointment. You can pay for each session separately or you can buy a bundle of sessions, which saves money.

I do not see infants. I always recommend and refer families to an IBCLC who is well versed in tethered oral tissues (tongue and lip ties). Smart Mouth, located in Las Vegas, is a good place to start.