Throat Exercises for Snoring and Sleep Apnoea (myofunctional therapy)
This video is for my NHS patients as I do not have access to myofunctional therapy yet in my Snoring and Sleep Apnoea clinic. I cannot provide myofunctional therapy for my patients, so I have just provided the throat (oropharyngeal) exercises here which is better than nothing. Myofunctional therapy includes oropharyngeal exercises, as well as an emphasis on posture, breathing, retraining programmes and other therapeutic modalities. This is therefore not a replacement of myofunctional therapy. These exercises are meant to complement the therapeutic options available in my snoring and sleep apnoea clinic on the NHS.
Mr Vik Veer - ENT Consultant and lead for the Sleep Surgery department at the Royal National ENT Hospital, London.
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0:00 Introduction
0:01 Exercises for Snoring & Sleep Apnoea
1:30 Waking up Unrefreshed
1:37 Morning Headache
1:44 Full Bladder at night
1:54 Diabetes
1:58 Strokes
4:35 Poke out your Tongue
5:51 Suck your Tongue to the Roof of your mouth
7:20 Poke your Tongue Left and Right
8:39 Drop your tongue down as far as you can
10:56 Push your tongue against your front teeth and try and swallow
Recap: 1. Push your tongue forward as far as you can for 5 seconds 3X or more 2. Push your tongue upward (inside your mouth) for 5 seconds 3x or more 3. Push the tongue to the left and right side of your mouth for 5 seconds 3x each 4. Pull your tongue downward for at least 5 seconds 3 times 5. Push your tongue against your front teeth and try to swallow. (This is so you can copy and probably paste it to your daily schedule so you don't forget to do it daily like me, thanks doc❤)
In 14 minutes this gentleman had given more healthCARE to me than almost 50 years of living with the US sick care system. Thank you!!
The US has a health care system?
No, actually a partial SICK care system!
Suggestion: Watch the full video. When you come back to practice, start at 4:30. (Thank you, Doctor!)
thanks this is the skip i was looking for🤣
Thank you Fran!!
11:40. Quick recap
thanks 😄👍
Thanks
This is one of the most selfless acts of kindness I’ve seen. God bless you.
Please dear you can't say to anyone or give the that grade of God
@@AhmadKhan-jz5mu get out of here that comment was just for saying thanks to the doctor for valuable free information and don't forget serving humanity is also one of the teachings of God.
Thank you so much for this! I must say; this is the most time a doctor has spent with me in the last 5 years.
Any doctor for that matter 😂!
i too have been suffering from sleep apnea, my daughter and her husband are doctors, they advised to straightaway go for CPAP. But i dared to try to overcome this problem. it is at this juncture that i saw this video and started these exercises from the very next day. now, about 45 days i am better. and i tell you that every day i improving. thank you doctor, yoi are helping people like an angel.
Thank you for the detailed comment, mentioning your initial status, your progress, and the time it's taken.🙏
Just curious how you're doing now, a year later
I think you are an intelligent, compassionate, amazing Dr. who actually has common sense and brains. This is what has happened to me for years. They sent me to a dentist, an ENT, and not for nothing they told me they had no idea why I had sleep apnea. I thought it was a worthless sleep study she woke me 5 times during the night and sent me home in the middle of the night while it was snowing and sleeting and I was exhausted sort of a comma state and I had a 30-minute drive home. This is for real, no exaggeration. I tried 5 different masks and all they said was just stick to it.. I do not use the cpap anymore. Won't stay on my face I must take off in the middle of the night and my eyes dry out. I just asked my Dr. about the Inspire and I am so glad to find your videos. Thank You, Thank you!
Suffered from Sleep apnea for 16 years and no one told me about exercises. So happy I did all of them while you demonstrated them. A very humble thank you!
I know right - If not for this video I would probably never have known about any of these exercises. I'm gonna need to talk to my doctor about this or fire him completely.
Did they work?
I have suffered for several years and use a CPAP. I am going to try these exercises. In the USA they are all about making money so they don't want you to "Cure yourself"!
Did these work I have sleep apnea as well and it'd caused me high blood pressure and I can't breath well
@@tterry53 well said, couldnt agree more
Thanks from the USA. It’s getting harder everyday to get the doctor who will spend few more minutes to listen to patients and teach them or make them to understand the causes and symptoms. They rush to fulfill the pharmaceutical demand which is some kind of pills ( sleeping, pain killer, anti depression, muscle relaxer or so on and on ...). That’s why I am very grateful to you for taking extra time to explain. Rest will depend on the patients how seriously they take it. Your cost free services are global due to technology and blessings are pouring upon you universally. Thanks from the deepest part of my heart.
Your welcome, and I'm sure you'll find doctors who will treat you the way you want. I'm sure they are trying their best to help you. Good Luck.
@@VikVeerENTSurgeon How can i contact you please?
Yeah, me too. I finally went to a doctor regarding chronic nasal congestion, etc.. Actual visit was only about 5 minutes. Never even mentioned a nasal rinse. Now I use one and it makes a huge difference. I think there needs to be a new - intermediate profession. One in which a skilled professional does a personal evaluation and best options of all challenges a patient faces. (Nutrition, simple exercises, etc..)
@@VikVeerENTSurgeon from a patient's pov, I'd have to say there aren't many doctors who actually care enough to give you a few extra minutes. They just want to fill a script. This is from my personal experience with Canadian health care and Polish health care system
MDs here in the US spend as little time as possible with patients providing the very bare minimum of information on the symptoms. It's very rushed and they provide no additional information unless you specifically ask a pointed question. There is often no diagnosis given. No extra time to explain anything. Often you are asking follow up questions as they are backing their way out of the exam room.
I tried these last night, and I didn’t wake up gasping for air. Everything is sore, but when you first exercise muscles, that happens. Huge thanks for this video! ❤️
That is great news. Thanks for sharing!
My mother has severe sleep apnea and needs to have her gallbladder removal surgery.. Did any of you guys who had sleep apnea go through any Surgery under General Anesthesia? Please Reply I need to know
@@healthfitnessbysuman6602 I had throat collapse/airway problems under local while having work done on a tooth filling. It was very interesting to observe my apnea while fully conscious. The dentist pretty much told me to, "Suck it up, buttercup," when I made him aware of my difficulties, LOL. Prior to that, I went under general for wisdom tooth extraction, all 4 at once. I suspected I was intubated (later confirmed) because I had a sore throat after waking. I now make it a point to let medical staff know of my apnea and past experiences every time there is a possibility of anesthesia.
@@healthfitnessbysuman6602 I have several times. When you're under anaesthetic they stick a tube down your throat so you can breathe. In recovery you're propped at an angle so you can breathe properly. Later in a hospital room you can use your cpap at night. So it's gonna be ok.
@@healthfitnessbysuman6602 yes i did, i broke my ankle and i was scared, but it went well your mom will stay 1-2 days in the hospital to be checked if shes okay bcuz of the apnea
These exercises improved my sleep tremendously. I went from waking up 20-30 times a night to just 3/4. I wake up a lot more refreshed without headaches. Can't thank you enough, Doc!
Thank you doctor for your advice of exercises for reducing sleep apenia and snoring
Oh i have the same! I wake up many times, cant go back to sleep often, wake up always tired and with square head. I just can not figure out why i have this insomnia and fatigue. Maybe i have apnea, need to check for it. Did you have apnea, why did you wake up?
@@zvonazvon that happens to me for the las 3 months, my primary care doctor suspected I might have sleep apnea so she referred me to a pulmonologist dr to get a sleep study. I used the study machine for 2 nights at home, they monitored me and the results came up positive. I have sleep apnea, the doctor said that I stop breathing 10 times in an hour, she said it is mild cause there are other people that stop breathing 40 times in an hour, that’s serious. I suggest you to go to the doctor.
Hey Ex Ell since it has been 9 months. How is your sleep doing right now?
How long before you started waking up less times?
I AM ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY. I watched this video Yesterday going on 4 months of some serious sleep Deprivation due to sleep apnea. I was shocked by how many people Said “this worked” having tried everything, including CPAP and mouth guards. I did this exercise for about an hour and sure enough, I got 6 hours of sleep last night! Holy shit! I’m going to continue these exercises this is absolutely crazy. Seen countless of doctors and multiple Specialist. If I can get another nights rest, I may be into something. THANK YOU ! Truly greatful
That's great, I'm happy for you! 😊 How are things now?
How did it go?
Any updates?
How are you now after doing the excises for a while?
I have been earnestly doing these exercises for the last 10 days on a morning and evening . They work it is marvellous thank you Doctor
I’ve noticed an improvement after 5 days. Thank you doc!
It stopped your snoring??
legit?
@@TheRandomFactor_87not legit.
Thank you !!! I am fit in my 60's and have been waking after 2hrs sleep trying to catch my breath for about 8 months ! I go on a x-trainer 3-4 times a week , no problems when exercising. Been to GP ..sent for heart scan (all V Good) chest x-ray ( all OK ). GP had no idea .. was going to go private !! But first I decided to do some research on line.. and bingo found this video and started the exercises.. with in 3 days I was not waking breathless !!!! now 3 months on all is good ! Thank you very much Vik for posting here..these simple exercises have changed my life !!!
Wonderful to hear, thank you!
Really? Are you still sleeping great? I’ve been struggling for about 4 months. This has been brutal but after seeing so many comments of success in this video I’m going to try them myself and keep my hopes up. Can not tolerate CPAP, and my mouth guard doesn’t seem to work well anymore.
@@Bigf00t100 so how has it been going so far? I'm about to get started with them myself..
Anyone who suffers of sleep apnea should be given this information to relieve or stop sleep apnea. Thank you so much for the video.
#1 - 4:34 #2 - 5:51 #3 - 7:20 #4 - 8:38 #5 - 10:55
Thank you for posting these. Super helpful for daily practice 👍
kzhead.info/sun/qrKsk7VrmXmugaM/bejne.html i've got this short version - sorry my early video was so long.
Awesome
Very helpful..
@VikVeerENTSurgeon I think I like the long video. It is detailed 😊Thank you
Finally someone who helps other people without trying to sell them something , bless you Doctor. Liked, subscribed and notification turned on.
Guys please trust me, this man is giving everything he has got to better your life...these exercises are the only way out to heal yourself from OSA. He is Legit. Thank you Sir 🙏🏻
No one ever told me that there were exercises for sleep apnea! Thank you SO much for sharing this!!!!
there are. the ones that work are part of the buteyko program.
After about a month of doing these exercises nightly, I can now sleep without my cpap and still feel ok (untreated AHI is 25). Absolutely amazed at how much they helped.
hello how severe was your sleep apnea? did you have the test before and after,?
would it still work for my ahi of 12?
Hey man could you give me an update on this? Im at the exact same position as you AHI of 16 and cpap is not making me feel too good. Are you still not wearing cpap? Have you done a knew sleep test?
Please reply for the sake of help a lot of people 🙏🏻
Some people do not receive updates and do not know there are questions. Each phone has to be set to receive updates.
I've never snored until recently (actually woke myself up a couple of times). I'm somewhat of a skeptic, so had absolutely no expectations the exercises would help. Noticed a change within a couple of days. I've only snored once in the last 2 weeks! Amazing!!! Plan to work up to doing the exercises twice a day. Thank you so much!
Have these exercises still been going well for you?
It's been a few months now doing these exercises and I feel I'm sleeping better. My throat area also feels stronger, thanks mate.
Great to hear!
Buddha bless you . I am 73 yrs ,retired medical doctor who developed / IBM for 2 years and I have been looking for Myofunctional therapy / oropharyngeal therapy . You are relieving the suffering of many like myself all over the world . METTA ( may you all be healthy , wealthy and PEACEFUL. )
Thanks so much, my sleep apnea doctor never even mentioned any of these exercises. God bless you!!!
Happy to help!
@@VikVeerENTSurgeon thank you DR. I have sleep apnea but it is mixed with me feeling paralized ( feeling going out of my body) and I also have it without the paralized feeling, what is that? is it something different? thank u
Have these exercises helped you? Please & thank you 🙏
Sir you are a blessing, yesterday I tried these, after many many months of troubled sleep, I slept peacefully at a stretch for 6 hours, and did not cough even Once.🙏🏽from India🇮🇳
Wonderful! Hope that it carries on giving you good sleep.
how are you doing recently?
How have you been doing recently? Did it help in long run also? Pls reply.. My mom is suffering from Sleep Apnea.. 😞
main thing is lose weight. I was inito boxing kickboxing wrestling karate ect when i stopped doing it i got up to nearly 300 pounds. I had all these issues with breathing sleep apnea ect. I started exercising again and working out and fasting and i also use these exercises for my throat ant 6 months later im under 200
@@kkiraryl I can confidently say that the exercises have helped me sleep better continuously. I was having trouble sleeping despite taking melatonin but the first time I did these exercises and took melatonin, I slept 12 hours at a stretch. I now sleep 6-8 hours peacefully with no help from melatonin.
Quick recap for tongue exercises at 11:31! Thank you doc. I had never been told about this by any doc. Much appreciated!
Huge thanks. Nobody gives that much information in the clinics. Keep up with this great work.🎉
How pleasant to listen to a professional who genuinely wants to help people and is so thoughtful. Thank you for your brilliant advice. 👏
I love your approach : addressing the cause directly instead of relying only on passive ways like CPAP which encourages our tongue and perypheral muscle’s lazyness
Glad you like it!
Also, CPAP (and mandibular advancement devices) push the maxilla backwards into the airway. Long term, they make the problem worse and do nothing to address the cause.
@@myoldvhstapes CPAP machines never sat right with me!!
@@VikVeerENTSurgeon Hey Doctor Vik!
I found this extremely helpful! I really admire your efforts in keeping people from surgery and pursuing a natural route to resolve their problems! That is rare to find in a surgeon! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Very kind of you to comment - I guess all i'm trying to do is get the best outcomes for my patients, and I agree surgery should always be considered to be the last resort.
@@VikVeerENTSurgeon ..you are a gem. Going to convince hubby to try these exercises. Thanks a bunch Doc!👍🙏❤️
@@VikVeerENTSurgeon Hi Dr. What country fo you practice in?
@@youknowcrimedontpay9257 he said London
Thank you so much for making this video! We need more doctors like yourself
Thanks! I am suffering a lot from Sleep Apnea and there are no devices in the market because of shortage. These exercises are helping me to an extent.
So nice of you to do this, thank you very much
My American doctor (yes an American here) stated that there were no exercises that would help with sleep apnea. I have started these and hope they help me. I really don't want a CPAP machine if I can help it. Thanks for posting this.
How has your progress been with these exercises? Please & thank you 🙏
I'm so glad I stumbled upon your video. I've gone from 240 pounds to 175 pounds in about 8 months and I joined a gym 3 months ago. Changes my lifestyle to a more active one and started eating clean.. however I'm still exhausted all the time and I wake up numerous times throughout the night, sometimes even gasping for air and my heart feels like it's going a 1000 miles a minute and hurts (rarely). I also seem to have very vivid dreams and the occasional sleep paralysis episode (which I actually find to be entertaining because I've learned how to force them into lucid dreams, very cool lol). I'm going to try these exercises and see if it helps because waking up everyday exhausted is no Bueno and I feel like it has a detrimental effect on my everyday life and motivation. Cheers from Canada!
You are very welcome, would love to go to Canada.
Did you try the exercise? Did it help you? It's been two years since you wrote this comment.
I've been diagnosed with sleep apnea since 2018 and I was told that the only two option to help treat this problem is wearing a cpap or surgery and they won't consider surgery because it isn't that effective. I've took the advise from the clinic and I've worked hard at the gym to lose weight , that didn't work! then they said I should measure my muscle to fat ratio which I did and I only had 16.7% fat . So now 3 years later I finally found another way. I will be doing these exercises and giving my feed back. Then hopefully I can get myself re-tested and come off this cpap machine and incorporate these throat exercises to my daily life. . Thank you
Hey, have you noticed any progress, so far?
I’m very grateful that you have taken the time to make this video. I will be doing these regularly.
I found that exercising my throat by flexing the muscles involved in yawning improved my snoring. I always thought that the cause of snoring was weakened muscles in the neck. Now I have proper exercises to do along with my yawning ones. Thank you.
I have been sleeping with a cpap machine for 2 yrs and the idea of being depend on this machine (although, I am grateful for it) for the rest of my life sadden me. I want to be able to doze off for a nap without gasping for air causing anxiety but at 49 apnea per hr it's impossible. I will try these exercises in hope of improving my apnea at this point I have nothing to lose.
Have you noticed any progress with these exercises? Please & thank you 🙏
What a remarkable and compassionate man you are. Thank you.
I watched the whole video and didn't skip the ads because you deserve it. Your video is really informative, and you deserve millions of subscribers. God bless!😇🙂💙🇵🇭
Thank you so much 😀
Amazing! Really appreciate you sharing these exercises. Thank you so much. Very helpful.
That was an excellent video and easy to follow Dr.Vik. Thank you👍
Thanks for this. I received my first sleep apnea machine when I was living in London. I'm now in the US, and I am telling you it has been a struggle for me to wake up feeling refreshed and without headaches. Thanks for this information.
At last real help. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.
I have been doing these exercises for almost two months and it has made such a huge difference, I do not wake up gasping and feel so much better during the day and improving all the time. Thank you Dr. Veer from my heart, you are a Godsend and may you be blessed all throughout your life in every way. I I am awaiting a test in the hospital and have great hope that I will not have to use a cpap.
So pleased to hear this.
Fascinating. I'm definitely going to try this routine. Thanks!
I’ve seen a few of your videos now and wish to thank you for your detail and kindness in sharing this helpful information! You seem like a wonderful doctor who takes the Hippocratic oath seriously and is a genuine healer😊🙏🏻
Hi Vik. This is so helpful and encouraging! Looking forward to practicing these exercises. Thank you so much for being so generous with your time in order to help others. May God Bless you. Yitzhak
I'm going to start doing these exercises everyday thank you so much for posting this. I wake up every single night every single hour with completely dried out mouth and it's been 11 years since I had a sleep study and I'm supposed to go get another one. In the meanwhile I will do the exercises, use no strips and try to lose weight!
Thank you so much. I've never seen a doctor that patient to explain something. I wish you all the Best.
Thank you! Incredibly useful! I have this and getting to be a huge problem. Doing these exercises with you just for this short time made me yawn so much not a bad thing then I felt this incredible relaxation.
Thank you. I'm extremely grateful to have found your video! 🙏🏻 Cheers to a happy, restful sleep and awakening! 😀
Awesome doctor! I'm a Neurological Physiotherapist practicing in India. I'm glad you shared this, very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Very Informative. I suffer from OSA since a year. These exercises seem to help me. Awareness on these exercises is very low. Its very rare that a person, who is not from medical background, discovers these exercises on youtube on his own. I was not made aware of these by my doctor (Pulmonologist). Awareness has to be spread. Thank you for information.
I'm very glad you think so, thank you
Have these exercises helped you? Please & thank you 🙏
I'm in the U.S. and am thrilled to find you and your exercises! I've been doing my own version as best as I could research on my own for 9 years. So good to get professional direction.
Thank you so much for this information, i have been told that i snore, and struggle to breathe during sleep. I will begin today.
Have you noticed any progress with these exercises? Please & thank you 🙏
I like how you repeat several times. It sure helps one to remember these helpful exercises. Thank you so much.
Really appreciate this video. This is the best treatment ever. You arerealy a God-sent!!!!
You Sir are a lifesaver. In every sense of the word. May many blessings come your way.
What a generous act to make this video and share with us. Thank you !
I did the exercises while watching the video and I felt that I was breathing better! Like everything was opening up. Definitely trying this now everyday
I also did the exercises while watching the video and the exact same thing happened to me, I could breathe better. Definitely my favorite exercises from now on 😅
A huge thank you!!! My ears are less blocked because of this exercise. They were blocked for years. They used to open for a while by eating spicy and sour food. But with these excersies, it's very less clogged. Thanks a lot 🙏🙏
Awesome. God bless you. Saved me 2200 dollars for a new apnea machine.
Thank you! I will try these right away. You have taken the time to explain things slowly and in an organized way. I'm appreciative and grateful for this video. Thanks.
What a wonderful doctor you are to take time out of your day to share this information for free simply for the purpose of assisting people with their health and wellbeing. You took your oath seriously, and the world is a better place for having you in it.
So pleased to see these exercises presented by a western doctor. I have had sleep apnea for 20 years, but intolerant to c-pap (sinus infections) and mandibular advancement didn't work either. Many years ago I learned about these exercises through an Ayurvedic website, which also tied the exercises to strengthening/balancing the parasympathetic nervous system. This is the root of the associated problems of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke that you mentioned, which are characterized by sympathetic dominance and inflammation. Hope I live long enough to see western "medicine" move more fully to embrace the tremendous knowledge embodied in Ayurveda, TCM, etc., where it is recognized that our health is the fully functional and integrated expression of our inherited genes and the regulation of their expression through our mind (thoughts and emotions), and actions - this latter includes all the choices and activities from how we breathe, to what we eat and drink, how we move, and how we sleep. Much of the costly (both financially and physically) pill-popping and surgeries would become avoidable. The power of correct breathing and its regulation is foundational to all aspects of health.
Really glad that it resonated with you. You ought to look at Myofunctional therapy, they are doing simply marvellous things.
@@VikVeerENTSurgeon Already on it - thanks so much for this info.
HI Susan, could you please tell me the Ayurvedic websites for breathing and strengthening nervous system?
Thank you very much. I have been snoring for many years, often feel very tiered when I wake up and have gained slowly over the years over 30kg despite not eating rediculously. Seldom processed foods, not much sugar, no sweetened drinks, lots vegetables and salads, so became very frustrated... this video has opened a new avenue.... Will do the exercises and see if my sleep and my general well-being improves. Have also had a heart attack, so it's high time to try everything. Thank you so much for this video 😊
Great video You seem like a caring and competent doctor and genuine person.
we are coming from France to listen to your advices, thanks for your time Vik!
Fantastic!
Very informative and helpful. You might want to make a video that just goes through the exercises without all the explanations as it becomes somewhat tedious to follow after you have seen the video once. Perhaps an intro and then run through the routine exactly how you would like the person doing it to proceed.
Thank you so much Vic for taking the time and share with people around the world there are other ways to help with sleep apnea ,instead of using CPAP machines or having surgery. Your educating us , again thank you
Great presentation and public service by Dr. Veer. Thank you.
Im glad I found this, I have been waiting for 2 yrs to see a ENT specialist here in UK as my sleep apnia is bad.
I work in the Dental field and my office has started myofunctional therapy and we just started diving into sleep. I did a sleep test and was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea. We do the P.O.D sleep device and the Homeoblock. I'm so happy we are doing these things, but you are right myofunctional therapy doesn't really involve oropharyngeal issues. I didn't realize how many people have obstructed sleep apnea and I think it's amazing there are exercises that can help with this problem.
I'm no expert at MFT, but there are various FB and WhatsApp groups around. network and learn from clever people around the world. good luck!
Have these exercises helped you? Please & thank you 🙏
I am glad that I found this. This is good! Sleep Apnoea / snoring are so damaging for sleep - and we can't help, although we can often do a brilliant job of helping apnoea sufferers who are treating the apnoea (i.e. where just dealing with apnoea isn't enough for good sleep because we also have a pattern of poor sleep that has become entrenched.)
Glad you liked it, let's keep spreading the info
Ive had apnea for 20 years- been on cpap the last 10. When i finally gave in to the machine, i asked the sleep doctor if any population doesnt snore. He said people who play dijoridoo. He and i joked and said we should develop a pocket sized instrument for snorers! Exercising the throat/tongue is the next best thing! Thanks for these maneuvers.
Doc, I can't thank you enough. I started falling asleep as I was doing the exercise. A million thanks from Kenya.
A few years ago I read that regular singing is very good for both snoring and apnea as it strengthens the throat muscles including the supra and infrahyoids as well as the intrinsic tongue muscles. I noticed that when I'm singing a lot over time, I do see improvement (I am a part-time busker in the summer and sing quite strongly for several hours).
There is a wonderful lady from Bristol area that started this all off. Please look up - Singing for Snorers - she makes the whole process fun and engaging. She is a professional singer and leads a choir I think. Definitely check the site out.
@@VikVeerENTSurgeon Thank you for the tip!
That is so interesting. I've only started snoring a year or so ago. In 2020 when Covid hit, could not go to church so no singing. A year of not singing weekly may have contributed to my sudden snoring. I'm back singing weekly, will do these exercises 2x a day and also sing every day. Hope to take care of this snoring.
@@gigiflame6454 @whatwouldhousedo5136 @VikVeerENTSurgeon this is so interesting and now I realise I used to sing every day for years and years and then I stopped. I didn't have apnea right away, but after 10 years, it's been catastrophic and I am now at my wits ends. Looking forward to doing the exercises and I hope resume singing!
Thank you from the US! Kaiser docs have never mentioned exercises for my apnea. Will start immediately.
Hi Laura, has it helped. I snore too much, I also stay in the US wanted to check a doc in Kaiser. Please let me know if it has helped
Great exercises. Thanks for walking through this way out of apnea. The tongue on roof is something I learned about TMJ exercises.
Thank you Dr. Veer - you are a lifesaver!!
I put a 10cm long strip of zink tape over my closed mouth to stop it falling open during sleep, this stopped my sleep apnea completely. Thank you so much for suggesting this somewhere in your videos, it really has helped me, I don’t even notice it there in the night.
Hi what is zink tape?
I already wear a snore guard and have for years but I will do anything to make things stronger and better, thanks for the TIP!
This video has been so helpful and I now find myself doing throat exercises all the time when nobody is watching! so useful and helpful. THNAK YOU heaps.
Knowledge passed on free of charge. ❤ much kudos to you sir. You may well save my life. ❤
Thank you so very much! I was just diagnosed with mild OSA (9) and moderate OSA during REM sleep. I was sent a CPAP machine yesterday. 😥 I am going to do these exercises multiple times a day. I hope my OSA is curable w/out surgery. Thx again for this info, bec no doctor that I have seen has ever made any suggestions for doing these exercises. I am writing from the USA-Michigan
Have you noticed any improvements? Please & thank you🙏
Did this for the first time and already feel great about it. God bless you. So well explained. You are a fantastic doctor for sure.
I have sleep apnea and using cpap for 5 years now. So nice to see this video.
Interesting and educational stuff. My ENT never mentioned any of this stuff to me and I had septoplasty 2 years. Thanks so much
Thank you, Vik. I will do these everyday. They make sense. I forget that we do have muscles in the throat area.
Vik, I was called to say this...Jesus loves your sincere heart. When you love and serve His children, you love and serve Him. God Bless You Vik.
This is great! Thank you so much. I snore and I have all the symptoms you described. This seems such an easy, non intrusive fix it should be common knowledge.. I am going to do this every day and see if it helps.
I thank you so much for this, been on the couch for just over a year and why have I only just found this?? Really appreciate your help
Thanks Sir. Every one is fedup with my snoring but my wife is still with me
Hahaha - I guess she must love you a lot! Congratulations!
Until options open up!
@@VikVeerENTSurgeon hi doc.....looks great . Have to try this to control snorting.
Thanks so much for making this video! I've been to a doctor, done a sleep study, but can't afford a CPAP and it didn't seem to work for me anyone. Why none of the doctor's I met shared these exercises when they seem so simple and helpful is a mystery. Thanks!
Excellent demonstration and explanation. Thank you. Much needed.
These exercises have made me have the fittest tongue in the family.
Thanks Dr Veer, you make the exercises fun and bearable :) loves the explanation and you make it easy to absorb. your demo is good, easy to follow. this exercises is def going to tone down my snoring. thanks much!
Thank you! So nice of you.
This is brilliant. Thanks Vic. I find setting the intention to keep my airway open before sleep helps. I relax my throat open by imagining I’m saying “aaaah” and then I tell my body to sleep that way. It may sound silly but my room mate slept better.
Grateful for sharing your expertise and excellent presentation!
Glad I found this. A voice teacher once told me I have a "lazy" soft palate. I never thought of it in relation to my apnea. It makes total sense to me.