therapy Goals
I work with infants from 6 weeks to 8 months, depending on when their teeth come in, as well as before and after a frenectomy to help with latching and feeding.
These are the many areas of specialty in helping parents find relief:
- Wider range of motion for sucking onto the full breast (areola)
- Torticollis – in conjunction with an osteopath or body work
- Failure to thrive – relieving tension
- Difficulty nursing
- Mastitis
- GERD
- Air swallowing, clicking sounds
- Stride sound (swallowing air while eating)
- Assessing for lip tie while stretching the lips to help prevent blisters
- Assessing for tongue tie while lifting and stretching the front and back of tongue
- Gently remodeling of the palate for tongue position and to open sinus (the palate is floor of nose)
- Align the TMJ areas
- promote the balance for facial development