I am grateful to have undergone treatment at this center. I was an adult with a posterior tongue tie and been having issues with tongue mobility and difficulty swallowing correctly using the back of my tongue.
After my initial consult/eval, I had started working with Krista directly to strengthen my tongue through myofunctional therapy and it was a great experience. She prepared exercises for me to do weekly and it has made a huge difference in my tongue strength and swallowing. At every appointment, she teaches me new exercises and really watches to make sure I am doing them properly and corrects my technique along the way to ensure the optimal outcome.
She pays a great deal of attention and will point out times where she has noticed me with my lips open at rest (even if I'm just walking into the room, or us casual chatting after training session was over). Proper lip seal is important for oral posture and ensuring you are breathing through your nose and not your mouth! After that, I noticed that my myofunctional exercises were becoming more tailored around lip seal exercises, lol.
Having spent several weeks doing the myofunctional therapy exercises, I was finally prepared to getting a full tongue tie release (frenuloplasty) and traveled to LA to see Dr. Zaghi who is renowned and very skilled at fully releasing posterior tongue ties. I had shown them the exercises I was doing with Krista during a ZOOM consult and they assured me that I was in good hands and was ready to get my tongue tie released.
I recommend Krista if you are in search of a myofunctional therapist to prepare you for a tongue tie release. She is so friendly, very knowledgeable and super easy to talk to. I always looked forward going to my appointments with her. read more