The Tongue & the Whole System — Why Collaboration Matters

The tongue is often talked about like itself, in isolation, but it does not live in isolation. It's part of a very connected system involving our airway, our jaw, our cervical spine, our nervous system. When we address oral tension and posture and breathing patterns before or after any release, we see better results than if we just address the tongue on its own. Whole system is super important. Collaboration is really critical. The collaboration piece myofunctional therapist or feeding therapist for that pre post op work based on the age of the child, a body worker or craniosacral therapist. They may be helpful with release prep and integration and everything too. And to your dentist for that surgical assessment and follow up. You're gonna, at minimum, probably have these individuals on the team. Sometimes there will be other individuals as well. I want you to remember, number one was assess function and structure. Number two, consider the whole system.