What You Will Learn

Awareness, Assessment, & Application

• Learn on-demand + join live office hours
• Evolution of OMT: From ancient practices to modern-day applications
• Key figures and milestones in Australia, the US, Brazil, and beyond
• The Breathe Institute’s contributions to research, protocols, and collaboration
• OMDs & who benefits
• Patient populations: Who can benefit from OMT? (OSA, TMJ-D, orthodontic cases, pediatrics, adults)
• Recognize key OMD patterns, red flags, and identify OMDs with confidence
• Scope of practice and business considerations
• Anatomy and physiology essentials
• Muscular system overview: tongue, facial and oropharyngeal structures, clinical implications
• Skeletal system overview: facial bones, TMJ, cranio-cervical relationships, clinical implications
• Common skeletal anomalies and what they mean for care: cleft, Down syndrome, Pierre Robin, Ehlers-Danlos, craniofacial dysostosis, tori
• Nervous system regulation and its role in orofacial function
• Common disorders and their implications on OMDs, and how to apply this information in practice
• Impact of ankyloglossia and related conditions
• Overview of facial bones, TMJ, and craniocervical joint
• Understand how craniofacial development affects function, including its influence on breathing, speech, and eating
• Assessment and clinical presentations
• Techniques for evaluating patient history and understanding clinical presentations
• Functional Breathing Questionnaires: administer and interpret
• Recognize compensation patterns, especially pre-release for tongue and lip ties
• Subjective and objective measurement basics, including when CBCT adds value
• Breathe Institute MFT protocol and clinical tools you can apply immediately
• Advanced techniques: bite blocks, Floor of Mouth Hold, palatal flutter
• FAIREST 6 for children and FAIREST 6+4 for adults: red flags and scoring
• Learn to assess compensation and dysfunction through functional evaluation
• CT scan interpretation: develop skills in interpreting CBCTs and other imaging tools to evaluate craniofacial structures
• Objectives, goals, and the therapeutic value of OMT
• Creating individualized treatment plans based on patient needs and OMDs, including knowing when to refer and to whom
• Basic exercises, including intra- and extra-oral stretches
• Enhance skills in evaluating and managing dysfunctional breathing and nasal hygiene