Myofunctional Therapy
The Myofunctional therapy (MFT) contains the therapeutic overcoming a muscular movement and muscle tension disturbance due to a functional (not organic) disorder of muscle balance in the mouth / face region (s. A. Myofunctional disorder (orofacial) ).
The goals of the therapy are:
- correct tongue resting position (the tongue lies loosely on the roof of the mouth and on the back of the front teeth)
- correct swallowing pattern (with the tongue swallowing backwards)
- Build up of lip tone to close the mouth without auxiliary muscles
- general eutonization (normal tension) of the facial muscles
- Decomposition of a habit of breathing through the mouth due to the slack muscles of the mouth and lips towards normal breathing through the nose
There are different therapy concepts, whereby the actual term "myofunctional therapy" was coined by Daniel Garliner in the USA in the 1970s. In German-speaking countries, for example, speech therapist Anita Kittel from Reutlingen has further developed the MFT's Garliner concept.
literature
- Daniel Garliner: Myofunctional therapy in practice - disturbed swallowing behavior, disturbed facial muscles and the consequences - diagnosis, planning and implementation of the treatment. Thieme, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 9783830401285 .
- Wolfgang Bigenzahn: Orofacial dysfunctions in childhood - basics, clinic, etiology, diagnosis and therapy. Logopädie Forum at Thieme, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 9783131005922 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ A.Kittel, F.Jenatschke: MFT for dysfunction of the tongue, jaw and face muscles. Voice-Language-Hearing, Vol. 8 Dec 1984