Explore the Muscles of the Head
The human body has an estimated 650 named skeletal muscles throughout the body, with just four muscle groups located in the head and neck. Muscles aren’t just responsible for helping you move, but also [...]
6 Common Causes of Migraines
The sudden pain of a migraine usually means lying in bed in a dark room with a cold towel over your head. If this happens more often than not, it’s important to determine the [...]
Can I Treat Sleep Apnea Without CPAP?
The best sleep apnea treatment for any patient is one that they use consistently. Treating sleep apnea is important because it can lead to serious health consequences like heart attack, stroke, diabetes, and high [...]
How Sleep Apnea Affects Your Dental Health
At Bite Align in Fort Atkinson, our sleep dentist looks at sleep apnea and other dental problems and evaluates how they affect the body as a whole. What most patients don’t know is how [...]
What Should I Eat For Headaches? National Migraine Awareness Month
June is national migraine awareness month and at Bite Align, we want to educate our patients about one of the top causes of frequent migraines and headaches: temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ). [...]
What to Do If Your Jaw Locks
Many people ignore TMJ symptoms for a long time until it develops into an emergency. One of the most drastic wakeup calls for people with TMJ is a locked jaw. It can make you [...]
Get Sleep Apnea Treatment, Not Sleep Divorced
With COVID-19 keeping couples locked together in their homes indefinitely, it’s no wonder there’s an anticipated surge in divorces. The financial stress, and coming to terms with morality have people questioning whether they’re happy [...]
Sleep Apnea and How it Affects Truck Drivers
People around the U.S. rely on truck drivers to deliver materials and goods around the country. This is especially true today as the majority of Americans stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19. What [...]
Warning Signs of Tongue-Tie in Infants
Tongue-tie (tethered oral tissue) is a major concern of parents and for good reason. When an infant has tethered oral tissue, it can prevent them from getting the nutrition they need and suffer from [...]
How Tongue Exercises Can Help Improve Sleep Apnea
One of the causes of sleep apnea or snoring is actually muscle weakness in the upper throat, mouth, and tongue. By strengthening these airway muscles with exercises involved in myofunctional therapy, those suffering from [...]
