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Helping Your Child Thrive: Addressing Bedwetting, ADHD, and Sleep Challenges
In this episode, we explore the vital role that breathing plays in our overall health. Breathing is more than just an automatic process—it affects everything from physical growth and cognitive development to sleep quality and emotional well-being. Our host shares a personal story of her daughter's struggle with chronic bed-wetting and an ADHD misdiagnosis, revealing how something as simple as nasal breathing and tongue positioning can significantly impact our health.
Join us as we delve into how mouth breathing can disrupt sleep and cause a cascade of health problems and discover ways to improve your well-being through better breathing habits. Let’s take another deep breath—through our noses this time—and commit to improving our health one breath at a time.
Key Takeaways:
-Breathing is fundamental to life: From the moment we are born to the moment we leave this world, breathing connects every aspect of our health—mental, physical, and emotional.
-Nasal breathing is essential: Our bodies are designed to breathe through the nose, which optimises oxygen intake and supports proper bodily function. Mouth breathing can lead to various health issues.
-Impact of mouth breathing on development: Mouth breathing in children can affect their facial structure, growth, and overall development, putting them in a constant state of fight-or-flight.
-Sleep disruption and cognitive function: Mouth breathing and poor tongue function can disturb REM sleep, reducing cognitive performance by up to 35% the following day.
-Undiagnosed sleep disorders: Sleep apnea and other nighttime breathing issues affect 10-20% of children, yet 90% of cases go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often being confused with ADHD or other behavioural issues.
-9The long-term consequences of poor sleep: Lack of restorative sleep leads to irritability, anxiety, weight gain, frequent illness, and even high blood pressure. Untreated sleep disorders in childhood can persist into adulthood.
-Breathing awareness: By paying closer attention to our breathing patterns, especially in children, we can prevent a range of health complications and enhance overall well-being.
Book a consultation today:
I am always here to help answer any question and schedule a 15 minute call with me. If I can not help, I can get you to a provider that can.
https://shereewertz.com/15-min
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In this episode, we explore the vital role that breathing plays in our overall health. Breathing is more than just an automatic process—it affects everything from physical growth and cognitive development to sleep quality and emotional well-being. Our host shares a personal story of her daughter's struggle with chronic bed-wetting and an ADHD misdiagnosis, revealing how something as simple as nasal breathing and tongue positioning can significantly impact our health.
Join us as we delve into how mouth breathing can disrupt sleep and cause a cascade of health problems and discover ways to improve your well-being through better breathing habits. Let’s take another deep breath—through our noses this time—and commit to improving our health one breath at a time.
Key Takeaways:
-Breathing is fundamental to life: From the moment we are born to the moment we leave this world, breathing connects every aspect of our health—mental, physical, and emotional.
-Nasal breathing is essential: Our bodies are designed to breathe through the nose, which optimises oxygen intake and supports proper bodily function. Mouth breathing can lead to various health issues.
-Impact of mouth breathing on development: Mouth breathing in children can affect their facial structure, growth, and overall development, putting them in a constant state of fight-or-flight.
-Sleep disruption and cognitive function: Mouth breathing and poor tongue function can disturb REM sleep, reducing cognitive performance by up to 35% the following day.
-Undiagnosed sleep disorders: Sleep apnea and other nighttime breathing issues affect 10-20% of children, yet 90% of cases go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, often being confused with ADHD or other behavioural issues.
-9The long-term consequences of poor sleep: Lack of restorative sleep leads to irritability, anxiety, weight gain, frequent illness, and even high blood pressure. Untreated sleep disorders in childhood can persist into adulthood.
-Breathing awareness: By paying closer attention to our breathing patterns, especially in children, we can prevent a range of health complications and enhance overall well-being.
Book a consultation today:
I am always here to help answer any question and schedule a 15 minute call with me. If I can not help, I can get you to a provider that can.
https://shereewertz.com/15-min