If you suffer from headaches, neck, or back pain, then forward head posture may be the culprit.

One of the main questions I often get asked in the dental clinic is how to fix forward head posture.

It’s important to note that mouth breathing is often the root cause of forward head posture. The body and skeletal system moves muscles and supporting structures to accommodate breathing patterns.

When our head posture or jaws are in the incorrect position, an open mouth is often a compensation in order to allow mouth breathing as a survival mechanism.

Over time forward head posture puts pressure in the back of the skull, neck, and jaw. Symptoms can include:

• Headaches
• Neck pain
• Jaw pain
• Jaw clicking
• Shoulder pain
• Chest pain
• Dental decay
• Gum disease
• Voice issues
• Tingling or numbness in hands
• Snoring
• Teeth grinding
• Difficulty to sleep

Many patients we see in the dental clinic suffer from forward head posture due to mouth breathing habits. As we assess their jaw structure, we see that there are many movement based patterns that can help fix forward head posture.

Today my guest is Aaron Alexander, who is the author of the Align Method and host of the Align podcast.

Aaron has worked with some of world’s greatest professional athletes, performers, celebrities, and everyone in between, to relieve pain while creating greater strength, flexibility, and ease in their mind and body.

After working with thousands of clients and spending years backpacking around the world, being immersed in various cultures, he has come to the conclusion that the healthiest people are not gym rats. Instead, they naturally integrate the foundational principles outlined in The Align Method to strengthen their bodies, balance their minds, and activate their innate systems of healing in daily life.

Aaron has simplified ancient techniques for cultivating vitality and assimilated them into modernized, simplified, movement-based principles for you to easily integrate into any situation throughout the day. When you do, every moment becomes an opportunity to develop greater strength, flexibility and confidence to truly step into your physical potential and drop the baggage of pain and limitation.

You can find out more about Aaron Alexander at

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Can a carnivore diet plan help you lose weight or even improve your teeth?

Meat-based diet plans are growing in popularity to reverse obesity, but also type-II diabetes and even conditions like auto-immunity.

So if you’re looking to start with a carnivore diet plan, where do you get started?

Firstly it’s important to understand how a carnivore diet will affect your whole body, and the best place to start is your mouth.

Anthropological evidence shows that the ancestral human diet is based on animal foods. Studies show that the human jaw grows sufficiently to fit wisdom teeth and prevent crooked teeth.

It also shows that dental decay and gum disease did not exist in humans who ate a carnivore style diet with animal foods.

While humans are omnivores, it’s an interesting exploration to see how carnivore diet plans directly affect teeth. We know that most dental disease are caused by the overconsumption of sugar, refined flours, and carbohydrates that drive disease causing bacteria.

Today my guest is the carnivore dentist, Dr. Kevin Stock. Dr. Stock is a practicing dentist who has used a carnivore diet for his own performance and exercise based goals as well as the benefits exposed to his patients.

Dr Stock’s driving compass is to optimizing health and fitness, Early in his career he was drawn to a niche area of dentistry called Dental Sleep Medicine (DSM).

After graduating dental school, he opened a practice strictly dedicated to treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and helping people sleep better by breathing better.

He is currently developing a comfortable, convenient, cost-effective solution for sleep disordered breathing. This led to years of research, development, and testing that resulted in the NED Device, a patented nasal device to treat snoring.

Throughout his career he has used the history of human dietary consumption and helps his patients to use a carnivore diet plan for better dental health.

To learn more about Dr. Kevin Stock you can visit:

https://www.kevinstock.io/

https://www.instagram.com/kevinstock12/

https://www.youtube.com/user/KevinJStock

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If you experience headaches and migraines then it’s common to also experience jaw pain. A TMJ headache is a type of headache that radiates from the temporomandibular joint. However conditions like jaw pain and temporomandibular dysfunction or TMD can cause chronic head and neck pain that present in headaches.

So does jaw pain cause headaches or is it the other way around?

If you suffer from headaches and migraines, it can be debilitating and answers can be hard to pinpoint. Some people experience more vague symptoms like brain-fog or lack of energy.

Symptoms of TMJ and jaw pain include:

• Pain or tenderness on the right or left side of the jaw
• Pain in the left or right of the temporomandibular joints
• Aching pain in and around your ear
• Dizziness
• Brain-fog
• Lack of energy
• Teeth grinding
• Difficulty chewing or pain while chewing
• Aching facial pain to one side or both
• Neck pain and stiffness
• A click on opening the jaw on the right, left or both sides.
• Locking of the joint, making it difficult to open or close your mouth
• TMJ Headaches or migraines

Each of these symptoms may present together or separately and they can be serious.

In the dental clinic we see patients that have experienced TMJ headaches for years. While the solutions can be hard to find, getting a better grasp on the jaw and TMJ system is extremely helpful.

My guest on the podcast in this episode is Dr. Joe Damiani a physiotherapist PT, DPT has worked with over 1000 patients experiencing persistent TMJ disorder, Headaches & Neck Pain.

His rehab clinic is situated in Wyckoff, NJ where he provides one-on-one care.

Dr. Joe's philosophy is twofold: firstly, he places significant emphasis on patient education, enabling them to comprehend the mechanisms and rationale behind their injuries. Secondly, he empowers patients with self-treatment strategies and the tools necessary to address their issues independently, rather than relying on passive therapies that only offer temporary relief, perpetuating a cycle of discomfort and recurrence.

You can follow Dr. Joe Damiani on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/drjoedamiani/

Additionally, he has created an online program which allows individuals suffering, to utilize his signature process from home.

www.Physioloops.com

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If you’re looking for treatment for crooked teeth or a misaligned bite then orthodontic specialists may help.

For children, orthodontists can help align teeth during developmental periods. For adults orthodontics may be implemented with techniques like Invisalign or lingual braces.

Orthodontic specialists can use a variety of techniques and philosophies that apply to treatment they recommend.

Recently, advances in technology and understanding of how the developing jaw influences teeth has enabled a number of new styles of orthodontic specialists.

One example of shifting practices in orthodontics is the application of early intervention orthodontics. Certain practitioners will now look at the symptoms associated with the development of crooked teeth and aim to address them early to allow better orthodontic growth in a child.

Early symptoms of in children may relate to mouth breathing, teeth grinding, and snoring. These habits may increase the risk of crooked teeth, and can be addressed in orthodontic treatment.

In adults, certain symptoms like headaches, migraines, TMJ pain, or neck pain may be associated with a crooked bite. Correcting the underlying jaw growth issues or relationships may help these symptoms alongside straightening teeth.

In this episode we are going to explore the expansion in the field with orthodontic specialist Steffen Decker. Dr. Decker is one of the world’s leading Invisalign and lingual orthodontists having treated over 1300 lingual orthodontic patients and has served as a member of the Global Advisory Board for 3M and is the clinical advisor for Weston Europe.

He is the director of two MSc programs at the City of London Dental School and Bolton University. Dr Decker als lectures worldwide on Invisalign as a clinical speaker.

In his practice he now focusses on pediatric orthodontics that look at the underlying causes of crooked teeth, Dr. Decker has created unique model in his London orthodontic practice.

If you're looking for an orthodontist in London, Dr. Steffen Decker is providing the unique service to children to address the causes of crooked teeth.

In this interview we will outline the shifting field of specialist orthodontics from the unique perspective of a leader in his field. If you are looking for an orthodontist it’s important to understand where their techniques and training stand in terms of your goals and orthodontic presentation.

It may include the correction of habits like mouth breathing and teeth grinding to allow the correct development of the jaw.

You can visit Dr. Steffen Decker at his London Orthodontic Clinic Here:

https://theorthodonticspecialist.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/theorthodonticspecialist/

You can find his professional training courses here:

https://www.instagram.com/orthodonticspecialistacademy/

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PCOS is the most common cause of infertility in women, affecting between 10% and 18% of women of childbearing age.

If you suffer from PCOS or infertility, falling pregnant can be a difficult journey. While we have seen links between conditions like gum disease and PCOS, the role of diet and fertility is one that doesn’t get discussed often.

Those with a PCOS diagnosis, should you be looking at strategies on how to cure PCOS permanently?

What is PCOS?

PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) is a hormonal disorder that affects the ovaries and ovulation in women of childbearing age. PCOS is associated with three main symptoms:

• Causing cysts in the ovaries
• High levels of male hormones
• Irregular or skipped periods

The role of nutrients in producing hormones and increasing your conception rates can be a real way to improve your chances of falling pregnant.

On this episode my guest is Dr. Robert Kiltz obstetrician and Director of CNY Fertility, one of the largest and most innovative fertility practices in the USA.

His methods look at the role of diet on conditions like PCOS and lowering fertility rates in couples. Dietary strategies that focus on nutrient dense animal foods and carnivore diet eating have turned many of his patients' lives around.

Over more than two decades of helping families grow, Dr. Kiltz has developed cutting-edge approaches to fertility grounded in Western medicine and supported by practices of holistic medicine.

You can find out more about Dr Kiltz and read his books at:

https://www.doctorkiltz.com/

https://www.facebook.com/doctorkiltz

https://www.instagram.com/doctorkiltz

Is that statement true . . . Can Sleep Apnea kill you?

Are you or a loved one struggling with snoring or grinding your teeth while asleep? These symptoms could indicate an issue with your airway function linked to your jaw. The relationship between sleep apnea and sleep bruxism (teeth grinding) isn't clear yet, with various studies unable to conclude whether they are connected or occur independently.

People with sleep apnea often suffer from sleep bruxism, and it is hypothesized that our mouth muscles' efforts to widen a sleep apnea-narrowed airway may result in teeth grinding. But wrapping your head around the root cause of these respiratory problems remains crucial.

To shed light on these issues, our podcast guest today is Dr. Dar Radfar, founder of the RadHealth Clinic. He's one of the leading sleep apnea dentists near you, specializing in using an oral appliance for sleep apnea, which may also aid in controlling teeth grinding.

Dr. Radfar will share his insights into how to stop snoring immediately and address sleep apnea-related issues directly in his dental practice. This discussion will also delve into topics like sleep apnea mouth guards, sleep apnea masks, dental appliances for sleep apnea, and mouth guards for sleep apnea.

Discover whether sleep apnea is considered a disability, learn about the implementation of these practices, and get your queries answered by joining live.

For more details on the coaching and educational programs offered by Dr. Radfar, visit www.RadSeminar.com. For information on his brand and products, head over to www.RadHealthInc.com. You can also connect with Dr. Radfar on his social media - Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Stay informed, and possibly find the solution to your night-time worries with us and the best sleep apnea dentist near you, Dr. Dar Radfar.

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How Much Sleep Do Kids Need? Parents know, that getting kids to sleep isn’t easy. It's hard to track how much sleep they Need.

Uncovering sleep issues is crucial. A quarter of kids suffer sleep problems, potentially affecting their lifelong health and learning.

Sleep quantity matters, but so does quality – poor sleep could signal disorders. Sleep troubles may stem from airway and breathing issues, impacting speech and dental health.

Watch for these signs:

• Bedtime resistance, night waking, or very early rising.
• Snoring, noisy breathing, or mouth breathing.
• Tangled bedding upon waking.
• ADHD diagnosis or attention problems.
• Recurrent illness or developmental delay.

Today, Sharon Moore, speech pathologist and myofunctional therapist expert with 38 years' experience, joins Mouth Brain Connection. Author of Sleep-Wrecked Kids, she aids parents in ensuring sound sleep for children's growth.

She focuses on early detection of craniofacial anomalies and related sleep disorders. Sharon says it's imperative to approach these signs with a holistic perspective, understanding the interconnectedness of our health.

Sharon stresses the need for collaboration among health professionals in tackling sleep disorders.

Her work in myofunctional therapy is gaining global recognition in managing sleep issues.

Sharon, the esteemed author of Sleep-Wrecked Kids, helps parents facilitate the conditions for optimal sleep, critical for children's development and growth. She empowers you to identify craniofacial irregularities early on, addressing them before they become entrenched in a child's growth pattern. Collaboration across the full spectrum of healthcare — medical, dental, and allied health — is at the heart of Sharon's message, underpinning her advocacy for united, patient-centric care.

Her dedication to myofunctional therapy paves the way for its global recognition, as it becomes increasingly essential in resolving sleep-related issues.

For more about Sharon and her work:

Sleep-Wrecked Kids book available online.
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Ever considered how your oral health might be indicative of something much bigger? Serious conditions such as heart disease, auto-immune disorders, and even Alzheimer's Dementia may have deeper roots than traditionally recognized - roots that might lie in your oral health.

Functional dentistry delves into these connections, probing the root causes of oral diseases. It's not just about your teeth; it's about the community of bacteria dwelling in your mouth, known as the oral microbiome. Over the decades, a wealth of evidence has identified imbalances in this bacterial landscape as a potential risk factor for severe, life-altering diseases.

Wouldn't it be empowering if a simple microbiome test could unveil these risks? Along the frontier of health technology, renowned microbiome labs are making this a reality. Conducting gut microbiome testing - an intimate look at the state of your bacterial environment - has become an accessible, powerful diagnostic tool within a functional healthcare setting.

Demonstrating this value is Dr. Victoria Samson, a devoted functional dentist based in London. She harnesses the power of these tests to understand your health risks better and provide personalized, proactive care.

What's more, all this might let you address one of the most common oral diseases - gum disease - without solely relying on a dentist. Self-care practices, guided by accurate microbiome testing, can be a transformative approach to improving both your oral health and systemic well-being.

This innovative perspective underscores the importance of understanding our microbiomes and their profound impacts on our health.