it looks like the oral appliance i was using to treat my sleep apnea is causing temporomandibular joint issues so i'm gonna stop using it. now i have to deal with joint issues *and* sleep apnea :/ anyone have recs? apparently there are tongue exercises i can do???
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the doctor who tested me for sleep apnea said i had an "unusually large tongue" that was blocking my throat and apparently tongue exercises can help strengthen the tongue so it stays up at night more easily? i have no idea why no one told me this when i was looking earlier
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sent me this video and it's blowing my mind although i haven't fact-checked anything. apparently the tongue is supposed to be resting on the soft palate??? apparently tongue posture can affect how hot your face looks???
youtube.com/watch?v=zbzT00
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i can't believe "tongue posture" is a thing jeez, poll time
poll: where is your tongue resting most of the time when you're awake?
- top of mouth toward teeth62.9%
- top of mouth toward throa5.7%
- in between top and bot10.9%
- bottom of mouth20.6%
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apparently these weren't quite the right options, here's a video about "mewing," i don't know what's going on but i'm going to try some tongue stuff for awhile i guess???
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motherfucker keeping the tongue up against the soft palate makes it *easier to breathe* this is amazing what the ass
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anyway hello how are you all doing i hope you are doing okay whatever that means to you
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it was made up by a dentist who loves to play fast and loose with the scientific process
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it was originally intended to be about the influence on facial features in developing children, but mr dentist happily took money to coach guys who don't bother to read the whole article
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wtf I have a tongue??
huh I thought it disappeared when I wasn't aware of it
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