Breathe Better, Sleep Better, Live Better. Transforming lives through Myofunctional Therapy
What is Myofunctional therapy?
Myofunctional therapy is a simple, non-invasive treatment that helps improve the way your mouth and face muscles work. It focuses on correcting habits like improper swallowing, mouth breathing, and poor posture. By strengthening and re-training these muscles, myofunctional therapy can help you breathe better, sleep more soundly, increase daytime energy and reduce pain from issues like jaw tension. Whether you're dealing with snoring, teeth grinding, or other muscle-related concerns, myofunctional therapy can help you feel better and live more comfortably.
Why to choose myofunctional therapy?
Take control of your health with myofunctional therapy! If you or your child struggle with mouth breathing, poor sleep, daytime fatigue, or difficulty focusing, now is the time to act. By retraining the muscles of the tongue and airway, myofunctional therapy helps you breathe, sleep, and feel better—naturally.
Don’t wait—start your journey to better health today!
Who Would Benefit from Myofunctional Therapy?
Myofunctional therapy is a specialized treatment focused on retraining the muscles of the face, tongue, and throat to improve breathing, swallowing, and overall oral function. It is beneficial for people of all ages, from children to adults, who experience issues related to improper oral posture, breathing difficulties, or orofacial dysfunction.
Children & Adolescents
- Mouth Breathers – Children who habitually breathe through their mouths instead of their noses may develop long-term health concerns, including poor sleep quality, facial structure changes, and learning difficulties.
- Snoring & Sleep Apnea – Myofunctional therapy helps address airway obstructions that contribute to sleep-disordered breathing, improving sleep quality and overall health.
- Speech Difficulties- Myofunctional therapy can assist with proper tongue mobility while undergoing speech therapy treatment with a speech language pathologist
- Orthodontic Patients – Poor oral posture can contribute to teeth misalignment, and myofunctional therapy supports orthodontic treatments by ensuring the tongue and facial muscles function correctly to maintain results.
- ADHD-like Symptoms – Children with difficulty focusing, hyperactivity, or behavioral challenges may be experiencing undiagnosed airway or sleep-related problems, which myofunctional therapy can help address.
Adults
- Sleep Apnea & Snoring – Poor tongue posture and weak airway muscles can contribute to airway collapse during sleep. Myofunctional therapy strengthens these muscles, promoting better sleep and reducing snoring and apnea symptoms.
- Chronic Fatigue & Brain Fog – Poor oxygen intake due to dysfunctional breathing patterns can lead to persistent fatigue, headaches, and lack of mental clarity.
- TMJ & Jaw Pain – Incorrect tongue posture and chronic mouth breathing can contribute to tension in the jaw, leading to TMJ disorders and discomfort.
- Post-Orthodontic Relapse – Without proper oral muscle function, teeth can shift back after braces or aligners. Myofunctional therapy helps maintain long-term orthodontic results.
- Athletes & Performers – Proper breathing mechanics and oral muscle control can enhance endurance, lung capacity, and overall performance in sports and vocal activities.
Who We Are - Our Mission
Empowering Health Through Better Breathing – Our mission is to help individuals achieve optimal health by addressing the root causes of breathing dysfunction, poor sleep, and orofacial imbalances through personalized myofunctional therapy. We are committed to improving lives by promoting proper airway function, proper posture, better sleep, and overall well-being.
Our Services
We help kids and adults improve breathing, sleep, posture, and overall health by retraining the muscles of the mouth, face, and body. Our unique approach combines myofunctional therapy (tongue and mouth exercises) with physical therapy (posture and breathing training) to address issues like snoring, TMJ pain, mouth breathing, and more.
Key To Success
Building consistent habits is key to achieving the goals of myofunctional therapy and ensuring those benefits stick around for the long haul.
What to Expect from our Myofunctional Therapy?
Our tongue-tie support program includes:
- Comprehensive Assessment: Evaluate tongue mobility, oral habits, and muscle function to create a customized therapy plan.
- Targeted Exercises: Gentle stretches and activities designed to enhance tongue movement and build oral strength.
- At-Home Care Guidance: Simple, effective exercises to maintain progress and ensure healing between therapy sessions.
- Collaborative Care Approach: We work closely with your dentist, oral surgeon, or healthcare provider to ensure seamless care before and after the procedure.
From Physical Therapy to Myofunctional Therapy: A Holistic Approach to Health
My story:
With my wife being an airway-focused dentist, we began looking deeper into how oral development, tongue posture, and airway health were affecting our children. Together, we saw firsthand how myofunctional therapy and airway dentistry work hand in hand to improve breathing, sleep, and overall well-being. Once we addressed these underlying issues, the improvements were life-changing.
In addition to my physical therapy background, I’ve pursued advanced training to specialize in this field, completing certifications with the Institute of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy, MyoMentor, and the Vivos Institute. This combination of training and experience has allowed me to integrate myofunctional therapy with physical therapy in a way that addresses breathing, posture, and overall body function.
One of the biggest transformations we saw in our own children was in daytime energy and learning ability. When breathing improves, the brain gets the oxygen it needs for focus, memory, and emotional regulation. Many of the challenges we thought were unrelated—like difficulty in school and behavioral struggles—were actually rooted in poor sleep and airway issues.
For the past 25 years, I have worked as a physical therapist, helping people move, function, and feel better. My career has been dedicated to understanding posture, muscle imbalances, and movement patterns to improve overall health. But my journey into myofunctional therapy became deeply personal when I started noticing unexplained struggles in my own children.
My four kids dealt with daytime fatigue, depression, bed-wetting, snoring, trouble focusing in school, behavioral challenges, and even ADHD diagnoses. As a parent, I was searching for answers, wanting to help them thrive. That’s when I discovered the critical connection between breathing, tongue posture, and overall health.
Proper breathing doesn’t just impact kids—it has far-reaching benefits for adults as well. By improving breathing habits, we can prevent serious conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, dementia, and chronic fatigue. Proper breathing helps maintain heart health, balanced hormones, energy levels, and overall vitality.
Now, I specialize in helping children and adults improve oral function, breathing, and posture—leading to better sleep, reduced pain, and long-term health benefits.
If you or your child are struggling with mouth breathing, TMJ discomfort, tongue-tie, sleep disturbances, or ADHD-like symptoms, I’d love to help you find the root cause and work toward lasting solutions.
Let’s start your journey to better breathing, posture, and well-being today!
The Four Goals of Myofunctional Therapy:
Nasal breathing
Lip seal
Proper tongue posture
Correct swallowing pattern
If patients can master these four goals, they’ll definitely get the results they’re looking for.
OUR VALUES
Holistic Health – We believe in addressing the whole person, focusing on the root causes of dysfunction rather than just symptoms.
Education & Empowerment – We are passionate about educating our patients and their families, giving them the knowledge and tools to take control of their health.
Compassionate Care – Every individual deserves personalized, patient-centered treatment with kindness and respect.
Prevention & Wellness – We emphasize early intervention and long-term wellness, helping to prevent chronic health issues before they begin.
Collaboration – We work closely with healthcare professionals, including dentists, orthodontists, and sleep specialists, to provide comprehensive care for our patients.
MyoMentor Modern Myofunctional Therapy Certification
Disclaimer
Disclaimer:
The information provided on this website is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, symptom, or condition. Consultation with a qualified and licensed medical professional is advised before starting any fitness, exercise, nutrition, or weight loss program or making any lifestyle changes. Continuum Myo and Wellness does not offer medical treatment or physical therapy services, and our offerings are focused on enhancing overall wellness and promoting a healthy lifestyle. By using this website, you acknowledge that you are responsible for consulting with healthcare professionals for your individual needs and medical conditions. We do not create a provider-patient relationship, and our services are not a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment.
Contact us
Telephone: (720)975-3067
E-mail: myotom@air2body.org
Address: 7995 E Hampden Ave. #206
Denver, CO 80231
Breathe Better, Sleep Better, Live Better. Transforming lives through Myofunctional Therapy
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