How Myofunctional Therapy and Sleep Medicine Can Help You

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Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Sleep is as important for our overall health as diet and exercise, and yet many people struggle to get a full night’s rest on a regular basis. Prolonged bouts of insufficient sleep can lead to brain fog, mood issues and fatigue.

But when it comes to improving sleep quality, there are many approaches, therapies, and devices to choose from.

In this podcast, I talk sleep medicine with Dr. Nik Hedberg, D.C. We compare our personal experiences with myofunctional therapy, mouth taping, mandibular advancement devices, home sleep tests, and more.
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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.
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0:23.0	For weekly updates, visit Dr.ruisho.com. That's d r-R-R-U-S-C-I-O.com.
0:31.0	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease.
0:39.2	Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hi, everyone. Today,
0:45.7	we performed a follow-up episode on sleep and sleep medicine. And I want to underscore quickly,
0:52.0	again, if you're having fatigue, any issues with mood or brain fog,
0:56.9	there could be a sleep impediment present and something that could be treated without much
1:03.5	rigmarole. And I want to point a few things out from the conversation today with Nick Headberg, who he himself was diagnosed with moderate sleep apnea and actually central sleep apnea.
1:21.2	And kind of gives his first person account of how he navigated the field of sleep medicine, some of the bad
1:30.2	advice that he got, some of the good advice he was given, and we discuss how to work through
1:38.2	improving your sleep. And there's a couple things here that are new to the conversation that I want to point to,
1:45.9	which is cognitive behavioral therapy for people who are having a hard time sleeping
1:51.6	and feeling stressed, worried, or anxious about that.
1:55.4	There is a type of therapy, CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy therapy that can be used to help these individuals.
2:03.5	And I think that's really important for people who, let's say, if you're kind of like me,
2:09.9	you had a history of sleeping poorly and you've seen a lot of improvements, but you still get a little
2:15.9	bit freaked out when you can't sleep well.
2:19.1	So if the major organic driver has been addressed, let's say it was IBS or CBO, causing
2:24.5	gut problems, and as you've addressed that, as some of the evidence shows, your sleep has improved,
2:31.3	but sometimes you don't sleep that well and get really kind of anxious about it.
2:35.1	This is where cognitive behavioral therapy has a fair amount of merit.
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