Throat Exercises for Snoring and Sleep Apnoea (myofunctional therapy)
This video is for my NHS patients as I do not have access to myofunctional therapy yet in my Snoring and Sleep Apnoea clinic. I cannot provide myofunctional therapy for my patients, so I have just provided the throat (oropharyngeal) exercises here which is better than nothing. Myofunctional therapy includes oropharyngeal exercises, as well as an emphasis on posture, breathing, retraining programmes and other therapeutic modalities. This is therefore not a replacement of myofunctional therapy.
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0:00 Introduction
0:01 Exercises for Snoring & Sleep Apnoea
1:30 Waking up Unrefreshed
1:37 Morning Headache
1:44 Full Bladder at night
1:54 Diabetes
1:58 Strokes
4:35 Poke out your Tongue
5:51 Suck your Tongue to the Roof of your mouth
7:20 Poke your Tongue Left and Right
8:39 Drop your tongue down as far as you can
10:56 Push your tongue against your front teeth and try and swallow
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"Suggestion: Watch the full video. When you come back to practice, start at 4:30. (Thank you, Doctor!)"
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"Oh my god this actually works! Doing these 3 times a day (including right before bed) has actually fixed my apnea"
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