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Martha Weaver | Speech & Myofunctional Therapist in Charlotte

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Speech-Language Pathologist & Certified Orofacial Myologist
🩵 OMT | Speech | Feeding
📍Office in Matthews, NC
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When the airway is obstructed during sleep, the body may unconsciously clench the jaw and grind the teeth to open the airway. Does your child clench or grind? Schedule an airway evaluation with Dr Bird today! (704)544-5000 ☎️ or visit our website at www.birddentistry.com! Want more information or do you have an airway question? Email our Airway Treatment Coordinator at airwayhealthclt@birddentistry.com 📧

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Momma MADE me 😤💯🔥💀

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Step Up Your Myo Game

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The Home Edit @thehomeedit Myofunctional Therapist Style @laurenr.omt 😍🌈📥 •
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‘I’m Martha Meade Addison Weaver and I highly recommend Lee Williams as your Charleston area Realtor. He will List your Property and get it Sold or find the perfect Home for You. Either way, I put my Trust in Lee!’

Contact: Lee Williams
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Cell: 843.801.5976

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‘Making Charleston Even More Beautiful!’
Contact: Lee Williams
lee@oysterpointgroup.com
Cell: 843.801.5976
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Recovery from Tongue Tie Procedure: If you have not seen my previous posts about my Tongue Tie Procedure....get caught up! After Dr Norman fixed the stitch that slipped out, I came home to rest and recover. I took a big nap and spent the rest of the day doing quiet things...but did manage to feel well enough to go to my son's baseball game that afternoon! I just didn't talk while I was there. Food that day was a smoothie and soup. In retrospect, the soup was warm and kinda acidic...I probably should have waited a day. The pain was maybe a 6 on a scale of 1-10. My tongue felt very swollen. That night I slept GREAT! I think I have figured out that I previously woke every morning with neck and jaw discomfort...and thought this was normal. GONE! That is now gone. Amazing! Even sitting in the chair after the procedure, I felt a huge release of tension form my jaw, neck and shoulders. Day Two was more of the same- smoothies and soup. On Day Two my tongue still felt swollen...like it was "too bog for my mouth" and I was sore. I found that my mouth tired easily from talking. I think that this is because I suddenly had a greater use of the muscles in my mouth and tongue. By Day Three I was eating soft-cooked potatoes and rice, and I went to see Martha Meade Addison Weaver for Myo Facial Therapy. I will do a separate post on why this is a crucial piece of this journey. The pain was better on Day Three and Four, and I found that I cool eat soft foods. I still tired easily and tried not to talk too much. on Day Five, I managed to eat dinner at Flower Child! I chose softer foods (Mac n cheese, sweet potato and braised greens) but it was SO NICE to eat out! Day Six was Easter Sunday and I ate normal foods ALL DAY LONG! Hooray. Stay tuned for more about THE BENEFITS I have seen and THE THERAPIES that have accompanied this journey.

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Charleston is always a great time, but happy hour with @leewilliams.oysterpoint at Oyster Point Realty was one of my favorite parts! Go have a cocktail with Lee and check out some of his fabulous listings! Cheers to Charleston!🥂@oysterpointgroup

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It’s a common problem I see all too often in the dental clinic; children and adults presenting with a mouth breathing habit.

When discussing airway issues with my patients, and in particular their mouth breathing, I will often say “the nose is for breathing and the mouth is for eating” to help them see that breathing through the nose 👃🏻 is the natural and correct way.

It may not occur to you that the way in which you breathe is important.

Does it reeeeally matter? YES IT DOES!

Mouth Breathing:

1. Deprives the Brain, heart and other organs of oxygen

2. Can cause the orofacial muscles that assist in opening the airway to weaken

3. Can elevate blood pressure

4. Can exacerbate allergies, rhinitis & sleep apnea

5. Leads to depleted carbon dioxide levels, which in turn switches on our sympathetic nervous system, otherwise known as ‘fight or flight’

6. Is associated with a low tongue posture, which can cause crooked teeth and narrow airways

7. May lead to restlessness in sleep, night terrors, constant waking to go to the toilet and what many parents describe as ‘always waking with the bedding in a ball’

Nasal Breathing:

1. Increases oxygen uptake which is better dispersed to all the cells in your body

2. Allows the proper exchange of oxygen & carbon dioxide in the lungs, also creating an optimal Ph

3. Allows the CRUCIAL use of nitric oxide by your sinuses to fight off allergens and inflammation, hence why many mouth breathers always suffer from bad allergies, and the nitric oxide helps regulate blood pressure

4. Appropriately warms and cools the air to optimally enter the body the way it was meant to

5. Promotes correct tongue posture, helping to stimulate the growth and development of the jaws & palate

If you have concerns about how you or a loved one breathes, feel free to pop in. Myofunctional therapy can help to retrain your breathing, and we would certainly recommend an airway assessment. ✌🏻

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