Healthy Faces

Healthy Faces provides assessment, education and therapy to support healthy breathing, oral function, feeding and facial development across all stages of life.

We take a personalised approach to understanding the relationship between breathing, oral function, feeding, speech and everyday wellbeing. Following assessment, we help identify the most appropriate pathway forward — whether that involves therapy, education, collaboration with other professionals or monitoring over time.

Healthy Faces supports people across the lifespan — from newborns through to adults.

You may consider an assessment if you have concerns about breathing patterns, mouth breathing, oral habits, feeding, swallowing, tongue function, oral posture, speech sound development or how these factors may be influencing everyday function.

You do not need to know exactly what is contributing to a concern — an assessment can help provide clarity and guide next steps.

An assessment begins with understanding your concerns, history and goals.

Depending on your individual needs, assessment may include consideration of breathing patterns, oral posture, tongue and lip movement, swallowing patterns, feeding skills, speech and other aspects of oral function.

Following assessment, we will discuss our findings and provide recommendations for appropriate next steps.

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While tongue function and oral restrictions may be part of an individual’s story, Healthy Faces looks beyond one isolated factor.

We consider the broader picture of breathing, oral function, feeding, swallowing and development to understand what may be contributing to concerns and what support may be helpful.

No. Healthy Faces does not perform tongue tie procedures.

Where appropriate, we can provide assessment and support around oral function and collaborate with relevant health professionals involved in decision-making regarding oral restrictions.

Orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT), also known as orofacial myology, supports the development of efficient movement patterns and coordination of the muscles involved in breathing, feeding, chewing, swallowing and speech.

Therapy is personalised and may include strategies to support oral posture, tongue function, breathing patterns and everyday oral skills.

Orofacial myofunctional therapy is not about isolated exercises alone — it focuses on helping individuals develop functional patterns that can be integrated into everyday activities.

No. Not everyone who has a concern related to breathing or oral function requires therapy.

Assessment helps determine whether therapy is appropriate and what type of support may be most beneficial.

In some cases, education, monitoring or collaboration with other professionals may be the most appropriate pathway.

BreathCoach® breathing training is a structured approach that supports individuals to develop awareness of their breathing patterns and learn strategies to promote more comfortable and efficient breathing habits.

The BreathCoach® program is founded on the Buteyko Institute Method, incorporating principles such as nasal breathing, breathing awareness and gentle breathing retraining techniques. The approach focuses on helping individuals recognise and modify unhelpful breathing patterns that may contribute to concerns such as mouth breathing, inefficient breathing habits or breathing-related discomfort.

Through personalised sessions, individuals learn practical strategies that can be incorporated into everyday life.

Breathing training is not a replacement for medical assessment or treatment of complex respiratory or sleep conditions. Where appropriate, Healthy Faces works collaboratively with relevant health professionals to support a coordinated approach.

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Healthy Faces works collaboratively alongside other health professionals. Breathing, oral function, feeding and facial development are complex areas that often benefit from a team approach.

Where appropriate, we communicate and collaborate with dentists, orthodontists, ENT specialists, lactation consultants, medical professionals and other allied health providers to support coordinated care.

Every person is different.

The duration and frequency of support depends on individual needs, goals, contributing factors and how consistently strategies can be incorporated into everyday life.

Assessment allows us to provide a clearer understanding of what may be involved for your individual situation.

Healthy Faces currently has limited availability and may operate with a waitlist.

We welcome enquiries and encourage you to contact us to discuss your concerns, learn about the assessment process and determine the most appropriate next step.