Myofunctional Therapy
Struggling with jaw pain, mouth breathing, or tongue thrust? We retrain the muscles behind these patterns.
Myofunctional therapy for facial pain, mouth breathing, tongue thrust, and TMJ concerns, coordinated with orthodontic and airway-focused care.
Clinical Overview
Myofunctional therapy retrains the muscles of the face, mouth, and airway behind patterns like tongue thrust, chronic mouth breathing, and TMJ tension. It remains a primary service line at Schie Health, often coordinated alongside lactation, speech, and bodywork care for a whole-airway approach.
Watch & Learn
Why Oral-Motor Exercises Need Clinical Guidance
A look at oral-motor exercises commonly shared online — like tongue and lip pulls or cheek massage — and why these exercises should be chosen and guided by a clinician rather than copied from social media.
Is She Tongue-Tied?
One of our therapists uses a measurement tool to assess a child's tongue range of motion — a look at what a tongue-tie assessment actually involves.
Understanding Pediatric Feeding Struggles: What Happens During an Assessment
When a child struggles to eat, the root cause might not be the food itself but the body's mechanics — a look at what's physically happening during mealtimes, including posture and facial muscle function.
Common Concerns
- Tongue-tie concerns
- Oral motor development as baby starts solids
- Chronic mouth breathing
- Tongue thrust or prolonged thumb/finger sucking
- Orthodontic coordination or airway habits
- Early jaw (TMJ) discomfort
- TMJ or jaw pain
- Chronic mouth breathing or sleep-disordered breathing
Who We Help
Infants (0–12 months)
Support for tongue-tie-related feeding difficulty and suck-swallow-breathe coordination, often alongside lactation care.
Children (1–12 years)
Tongue thrust, chronic mouth breathing, prolonged thumb/finger sucking habits, and myofunctional patterns that affect speech clarity or orthodontic development.
Adolescents (13–17 years)
Coordination with orthodontic treatment, airway-focused habit correction, and early TMJ discomfort.
Adults (18+)
TMJ and jaw pain, chronic mouth breathing, sleep-disordered breathing support, and myofunctional coordination alongside orthodontic or orthognathic treatment.
What to Expect
- An orofacial myofunctional evaluation, including a diagnostic code and signature from a licensed provider.
- A home exercise program targeting the specific muscle patterns identified in your evaluation.
- Coordination with your orthodontist, ENT, or other providers as needed.
Referral & Insurance
Myofunctional therapy requires a diagnostic code and a signature from a licensed provider before your first visit.
See full insurance & referral details →Related Services
Lactation
Prenatal and postpartum lactation support, pumping guidance, and Tummy Time! Method® classes.
- • Prenatal Services
- • Postpartum Services
- • Pumping & Equipment
- • Tummy Time! Method® Classes
Speech Pathology
Voice, breathing, speech, language, and feeding & swallow therapy across the lifespan.
- • Voice & Breathing
- • Speech & Language
- • Feeding & Swallow
Bodywork & Wellness
CranioSacral Therapy, SomatoEmotional Release, Reiki, and the Face & Fascia Program.
- • Upledger CranioSacral Therapy & SomatoEmotional Release
- • Reiki Therapy
- • Face & Fascia Program
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