Ok...I'm old. Maybe too old for this. I don't think I was a life time mouth breather but I had poor tongue posture. I would just let my tongue be at the bottom palate. Anyway, I have TMD. My face is bit too long and my maxilla is bit set back add to that I always hunch over and have forward head syndrome. Also on my TMD side my ramus bone is shorter...heck my TMD side my face looks smaller jaw ..everything. Not sure if it's trauma from when I was a kid(grew up with an abusive dad that would punch me on that side) or poor eating habits or whatever..
My pressing problem is TMD. Right now I am working with Dr. Belfor. I sleep with a homeoblock . John Mew mentions the homeoblock in this clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nmQJgJC9a0
I'm also mewing and working on my total posture. Doing correction to fix my forward head syndrome and trying to stand straight. From reading mewing I maybe too old to get any true benefit but it's more about function to me than trying to be handsomer . This is my routine I am trying to stick to.
50-200 chin tuck through out the day. Forward head correction exercise twice day. Stretches through out the day. Because of my TMD it's bit hard for me to work on hard chewing but I try to do jaw exercise by chewing and swallowing correctly. (still learning).
Besides wearing homeoblock at night..and mewing and maybe ever so often do hard mewing during the day ever other hour for few minutes press as hard as I can.
I have my own pictures I took. I might upload here but want to wait 6 months to an year to make comparison later.
ANyway thanks for the community.
I'm the same age as you, and while my issues are somewhat different than yours, the last 6 months of mewing and using acrylic expander have definitely made some noticeable changes. In the last couple of weeks, family members who do not see me every day have commented how my nose looks wider. I didn't really notice at first (since I see myself evey day) but I certainly notice now. My breathing thru nose seems better. My bite, which is class 3, is better in the transverse dimension and slightly so in the forward dimension than it was.
hey, mate. can't guarantee you'll get aesthetic results but it sounds like you're doing a lot of good stuff which should manifest in better quality of life. practicing strong chintucks + proper swallowing/hard mewing is a great way of building up strength in the neck and tongue so keep doing that. if you want to improve your back posture faster exercises like pullups are excellent. compounding resistance exercises + stretches is a great idea
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