User:Amstrauss

My background is dentistry and integrative medicine with a special focus on ease of swallowing, speaking and breathing, which relates to obstructive sleep apnea and it's awake characteristics. I believe the body functions according to the priority of CPR which is airway-breathing-circulation and this dictates our body responses and is the key to the study of the body and how it functions. I believe that this is the route to understanding how the body functions. Accordingly, there is no such thing as dysfunction. The term, dysfunction, distorts our scientific inquiry of why the body is functioning in a particular way, a question that leads to further learning. My interest is in the relationship of the size, contours and position of the jaws, gums and teeth upon the human tongue posture and position and function in swallowing, speaking and breathing as it influences the the size and shape of the airway, airflow and body changes associated with this. All of this includes the hyoid bone and associated muscles and nerves and its impact upon the body, as well as, how the body also influences both the tongue and the hyoid bone and related muscles.