The Myohacker Podcast: Answering Myo, Airway, & Feeding Questions
The MyoHacker Podcast | Airway Health, Myofunctional Therapy & Whole-Body Development
The MyoHacker Podcast helps parents and providers understand the connection between breathing, sleep, oral function, and whole-body health. Hosted by Karindy, a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and myofunctional therapist, this show breaks down complex airway topics into practical, real-life strategies you can use at home.
Learn how issues like mouth breathing, tongue ties, and poor oral function impact sleep, behavior, development, and long-term health. Discover how myofunctional therapy supports airway development, orthodontic stability, and nervous system regulation.
Each episode features clinical insight, real-life case examples, and actionable tools to help children grow, eat, breathe, sleep, and thrive.
Follow @MyohackerSLP and visit MyohackerSLP.com for free resources, guides, and courses.
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Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Welcome to The Myohacker Podcast. I am your host, Karindy Ong. I am a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist specialized in myofunctional therapy and the mom of two who has learned through clinical and personal experience how to get clear as we navigate decisions related to airway health. I am on a mission to educate families without the overwhelm so that our children can grow, eat, breathe, and thrive.
Join me each week as we explore the crucial connection between how we breathe, swallow, eat, speak and sleep. We will discuss how these functions affect us holistically and discuss the why and the how of airway challenges. From tongue ties and tongue thrust, we unpack questions from parents to clarify what a whole-body approach to treatment and wellness means. Myofunctional therapy isn’t just about correcting a tongue tie; it’s about restoring balance and function to the body.
Together we will discuss:
-How airway issues like mouth breathing can affect our health
-At-home strategies to support airway tone and development
-How myofunctional therapy can improve orthodontic outcomes and prevent issues like relapse
-The mind-body connection to airway health and why a holistic approach is essential
Through personal and clinical experience as a holistic airway provider, I bring you practical insights, interviews, and real-life case studies to show how a myofunctional approach can bring growth, life, and wellness where you have been stuck, confused, and ill. Each week I’ll share resources, mindset shifts and hands-on strategies you can use to start making a difference.
Tune in to The Myohacker Podcast today! And don’t forget to follow me on Instagram @MyohackerSLP. For in-depth resources, free guides, and access to my online courses, visit MyohackerSLP.com
Welcome Myohacker!
Karindy Ong is a Speech-Language Pathologist who came from the world of spinal cord and brain injury, but when her own children had ongoing airway related issues, she transitioned into the world of Myofunctional Therapy in order to better address their needs. While researching and learning about orofacial myofunctional disorders for her own children, Karindy saw the applications across age groups and diagnoses. She witnessed an increasing need for an orofacial myofunctional approach, seeing that this was the best path to address complex airway related issues in patients suffering from a variety of issues.
Karindy is passionate about myofunctional therapy, feeding issues, the role of fascia, CFT (craniosacral fascia therapy), collaborating with a qualified team of providers, and getting to the root cause issues. Through her own healing journey Karindy has developed a broad understanding of holistic and functional medicine applications, and utilizes an integrative approach in every treatment plan of care. To improve treatment outcomes and reduce treatment time, Karindy utilizes biofeedback and biohacking technologies and concepts in her sessions. With the focused intention of making a massive difference in the world, Karindy is on a mission to educate families around the globe with information about airway development. The heart behind her mission is seeing not only her own children but also their peers grow up to be healthy and vibrant, able to live without the pain and cost of chronic airway challenges.
Karindy Ong is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist who graduated from the University of Houston with a Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders in May 2015. She has extensive clinical experience in acute, post-acute inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation hospital settings. Karindy has specialized experience working with brain injury, disorders of consciousness, spinal cord injury, infant feeding issues, and orofacial myofunctional disorders. She currently provides therapy to neurologically and medically complex patients from infancy through adulthood with feeding, swallowing, and orofacial myofunctional disorders with MyohackerSLP, PLLC in Katy, Texas.
When not engrossed in therapy, Karindy enjoys being outside and exploring state parks with her family, going to the gym, listening to podcasts and books, and learning more about biohacking.