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What is the correct tongue rest position?
A prerequisite for correct, biological tongue tension and tongue movement is coordinated inner and outer tongue musculature. It goes hand in hand with complicated, precise movement patterns such as chewing, swallowing and speaking. Incorrect tensions can only be corrected through exercise therapies that take such patterns into account. To do this, exercises must not stray too far from the specific range of motion of the patterns. With the FaceFormer training, this is taken into account for the first time.
FACEFORMER therapy is effective against snoring and sleep apnea
In a controlled study (pilot study), the success of FACEFORMER Therapy in patients with snoring and sleep apnea was evaluated. For a three-month phase, a daily therapy of 4 exercise units was required. One exercise unit comprised 20 repetitions of the basic exercise and 20 repetitions of at least one pull exercise. After approx. 3 weeks, when improved nasal breathing could be felt as a result of training, the FACEFORMER was also applied at night. The goal was to get used to nasal breathing.
Finally no more breathing stops
"Already after 14 days there was no more snoring at night and after another 4 weeks there were no more breathing stops."
In a spontaneous phone call to our practice in 2016, the 80-year-old former farmer Karl Kaub from Büren-Brenken told us about his consistently positive experiences with FACEFORMER Therapy.
Amazing effect on breathing
For a long time, a patient’s breathing during sleep was influenced by snoring and sleep apnea in alarming extent. Only regular FaceFormer training brought relief. Here, the patient reports the amazing effect that FaceFormer therapy has on his breathing.
Sleep Apnea – Treating causes instead of just symptoms
For obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), positive pressure ventilation using CPAP is the standard treatment method. However, due to side effects, patient acceptance of the method varies widely. In addition, studies show that the therapy method cannot fulfill many of the hopes placed in it for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. CPAP treatment only alleviates symptoms. As a purely symptomatic treatment, however, the method cannot replace a causal therapy that attacks the cause of the health disorder.
Healthy nasal breathing works against allergies
People who habitually breathe through the mouth are often plagued by allergies that affect the respiratory tract. They lack important defense functions because the filtering system of the nose remains unused.
Treating snoring and sleep apnea – What you should know about
The main cause of snoring and sleep apnoea is considered to be the slackening of muscles and tissue in the mouth, throat and nose. The flaccid tissue narrows the path of the air we breathe to the lungs. If the air breathed flows through narrowed passages, the tissue is set in vibration, which causes the snoring sound. When the tissue is so slack that the airways are completely blocked, the notorious breathing stops: sleep apnoea threatens.
CPAP ventilation – Real help or eternal crutch therapy?
Devices for positive pressure ventilation quickly conquered the cost hit list of medical technology supplies and the trend is unbroken. CPAP ventilation, BIPAP and ASV are forms of positive pressure ventilation that are considered the gold standard in the therapy of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. But does CPAP and other pressure ventilation really help against heart attack and stroke?
FACEFORMER therapy against snoring and sleep apnea
As a neurophysiological treatment method, FACEFORMER® therapy directly counteracts the causes of snoring and sleep apnea.