Hello,
A few months ago, I realized I had a major issue with my tongue placement. While I was breathing through my nose as I was supposed to, and not through my mouth, I let my tongue lay flat on the bottom of my mouth and paid no attention to the correct posture (tongue on roof of mouth). Because I never paid attention to this, my mandibular/gonial angle was, and still is, rather large (still about the same angle, I'm working on trying to lessen it). Over the course of the last few months I have focused on trying to keep the tip of my tongue on the roof of my mouth, which was also recommended a month ago by my dentist as to prevent my teeth moving around and not staying straight as I am still young (16) and my teeth are still moving around a bit (I wear a plastic retainer at night, not sure if my tongue posture maintains itself when I sleep). My question is - when I put the tip of my tongue pointing upwards, not against my teeth or the area just before where the teeth meet but pushing upwards at the bottom of the first slope (the front ridges as I believe they're called?) where it meets the softer area (the mid palate ridge I believe?), is that correct/good enough tongue posture I should have when breathing, swallowing, etc?
Sorry if my terminology use is bad and for difficulty explaining my tongue position, but if someone could take the time to answer my question I would really appreciate it
https://imgur.com/a/ZpO21Mn - link of my estimated typical tip-of-tongue placement
A way you can tell if your tongue posture is correct, is to pronounce "n" see where it lands that's where the tip should be and keep the rest of your tongue in contact with the palate or the roof of the mouth.
Thank you! The tip of my tongue seems to be in the right place. However, I don't really feel the rest of my tongue in contact with the roof of my mouth, same as how I don't really feel that notorious 'back third' of the tongue against the roof of my mouth. Is it normal not to really feel it? When I try to actively pull that part of the tongue upwards, it produces a strange, almost fuzzy feeling, somewhat like what you get when you have a sore throat. Not sure if doing that part is sustainable or correct.
Try diaphragmic breathing, the McKenzie Chin Tuck. Yeah you do get a feeling in your throat, because the tongue is connected to something in your throat. You can see this when you swallow, the back portion of the tongue rises up carrying the food to the throat, your adams apple moves up so that's why you feel something. You really don't get any sensation from the posterior 1/3, maybe just knowing it's there creates some kind of placebo I don't know how to explain it. The sore throat will go away in sometime.
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