Tongue Tie expert Emily Kirkcaldy will help you figure out whether YOU may have oral restriction, how it may impact you and what to do next.
If you’re curious about your own tongue function and its impact, this will be a great opportunity to explore the Ten Tongue Tie Tests, and see how you fair. These, coupled with any symptoms / issues you describe, will allow Emily to let you know the likelihood that you have a restriction that may be worth exploring more.
After Emily guides you through the ‘Ten Tongue Tie Tests’, she will analyse and discuss the personal results of every active participant.
Emily will cover the possible impacts of restrictions and compensation patterns, and walk us through the process of myofunctional therapy and functional frenectomy (laser treatment to release a tongue tie), and its potential drawbacks and benefits.
Emily will also give some guidance to those who suspect a tie, but don’t yet feel ready to take that next move into therapy and possible release.
Active participants will receive priority in the Q&A and if we have enough time, we’ll open up the floor for flies’ questions too.
What you WILL NOT get out this webinar:
A definite diagnosis in the line of: “You (don’t) have a tongue tie”.
What you WILL get out of this webinar:
- A statement in the line of : “You probably (don’t) have a tongue tie because these restrictions (don’t) present themselves in your tongue.”
- What you can do to arrive at a definite diagnosis that you (don’t) have a tongue tie.
- What you can do in case you have a tongue tie.
- How a laser procedure for tongue tie release works.
- What the consequences can be of having a tongue tie and deciding not to have it released.
- Support through community, as all the active participants of the webinar are in the same boat as you.
What ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS need to do before the webinar:
- Subscribe to The singsing! Sofa Library for at least one month and:
- Watch the webinar Tongue Tie in Singers by Jessica Luffey.
- Watch the webinar The Tongue, Lips & Jaw Gym by Emily Kirkcaldy.
- Actively perform the assessments and exercises from the above webinars and write down your thoughts and questions. Emily will need those to discuss your assessment with you.
After you have enrolled for this webinar, you will receive a 10% discount code for your first billing cycle of The singsing! Sofa Library! Members have access to the recordings of all the webinars I have ever led and hosted, including those led by the guest teachers I invite – leading experts on the voice and performance.
Emily Kirkcaldy (UK) is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist and Tongue Tie Expert – who has been on her own tongue tie journey. She’s the owner and lead clinician at Breathe First with over 20 years of experience in SALT, AOMT & Buteyko Breathing.
Emily has 20 years of experience as a Speech and Language Therapist, and has spent the last 4 years working as an Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist and Breathing Practitioner, supporting her patients to achieve their goals of improved breathing, oral function and oral rest posture, to support a variety of symptoms; from sleep disordered breathing to jaw pain and vocal tension. Emily works with many tongue tied patients, including many professional voice users.
