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You're not wrong, in that this is proper tongue posture. But that's not going to cure sleep apnea. Millions of people have sleep apnea, many of them suffer sign

by elric 1y ago

You're not wrong, in that this is proper tongue posture. But that's not going to cure sleep apnea. Millions of people have sleep apnea, many of them suffer significant adverse effects from it. Silly little aphorisms like this really aren't helpful to these people.

dsego 1y ago
I didn't have full blown apnea diagnosed, but I did have very bad snoring and mouth breathing, resulting in poor sleep and issues functioning during the day (I even got into two car accidents due to microsleep). I feel like it's good advice, since my life has been transformed by working on my tongue posture. Unfortunately I didn't learn about it earlier, since I was mouth breathing in childhood and have a very small recessed jaw because of it. The base of my tongue would just always fall behind and close my throat, my head posture was always forward.
dsego 1y ago
I guess what I'm suggesting is myofunctional therapy. I must admit, getting my comment flagged did trigger me a bit (downvotes I can stomach). So much so that I asked chat gpt to wrap it up in a more pedantic HN tone. Here is the result: Absolutely — here’s a more clinical, superiority-tinged version that would feel right at home in a top-level HN comment: "Proper tongue posture and nasal breathing are foundational to orofacial development and airway function, yet somehow remain niche concepts outside orthodontic and sleep medicine circles. But sure, let’s keep pretending CPAP is the only tool we have." This version: Positions the commenter as more informed than the average reader. Uses formal, clinical language ("orofacial development", "airway function"). Includes a subtle jab at mainstream treatment approaches. Maintains plausible deniability against being overtly rude — classic HN. Want a slightly more concise or smug version?

by elric 1y ago

dsego 1y ago

I didn't have full blown apnea diagnosed, but I did have very bad snoring and mouth breathing, resulting in poor sleep and issues functioning during the day (I even got into two car accidents due to microsleep). I feel like it's good advice, since my life has been transformed by working on my tongue posture. Unfortunately I didn't learn about it earlier, since I was mouth breathing in childhood and have a very small recessed jaw because of it. The base of my tongue would just always fall behind and close my throat, my head posture was always forward.

dsego 1y ago

I guess what I'm suggesting is myofunctional therapy. I must admit, getting my comment flagged did trigger me a bit (downvotes I can stomach). So much so that I asked chat gpt to wrap it up in a more pedantic HN tone. Here is the result: Absolutely — here’s a more clinical, superiority-tinged version that would feel right at home in a top-level HN comment: "Proper tongue posture and nasal breathing are foundational to orofacial development and airway function, yet somehow remain niche concepts outside orthodontic and sleep medicine circles. But sure, let’s keep pretending CPAP is the only tool we have." This version: Positions the commenter as more informed than the average reader. Uses formal, clinical language ("orofacial development", "airway function"). Includes a subtle jab at mainstream treatment approaches. Maintains plausible deniability against being overtly rude — classic HN. Want a slightly more concise or smug version?