What Our Patients Say

Emily has been and continues to be a monumental help to my child who has complex needs and suffers with a jaw that has locked. We were told he needed surgery to fix it and with Emily’s help he’s managing to open it once again and begin to learn how to use it again , with hopefully no need for surgery. He immediately took to Emily and trusted her which has meant he’s had the most out of all her sessions. She’s also helped hugely with his communication.

Emily was so helpful and supportive with our 7 month old baby. She reccomended plenty of exercises and shared with us a lot of knowledge that helped us so much.

Excellent service.

Thorough and detailed assessment.

Top quality coaching to learn the myofunctional exercises I required.

I have personally noticed reduced TMJ pain as well as improved digestion.

I have been having myotherapy with Emily for 3 months now and the therapy has been a huge help with the swallowing issues and TMJ pain I experience. Emily is both knowledgeable and patient and she has helped me to understand the causes of my presentation.

Emily has worked with my 9yo daughter for the past 8 months and has been absolutely brilliant. I would wholeheartedly recommend her.

I came to her because I was concerned that my daughter’s consistent mouth breathing was affecting her teeth and her sleep, which was poor quality. She was frequently waking at night and was waking up lethargic in the mornings.

Emily has got my daughter to completely re-pattern her breathing to nose breathing, which has affected everything – her posture, her energy, her sleep and now the development of her mouth and jaw. Now, my daughter sleeps soundly and wakes up refreshed and with energy for the day.

It’s a commitment to do the mouth exercises from week to week but Emily is so lovely and helpful and if you’re willing to put in the work, you’ll get the results. Emily is there every step of the way to help and really knows her stuff.

I knew nothing about myofunctional therapy before starting on this journey, but it’s been the best investment of time, money and energy ever – just do it!

Emily has been providing my son with Myofunctional Therapy, SLT and Breathing Therapy. She has been amazing in every way and every step. My son is one of most complex case, so seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is incredible. When we met Emily, no one understood what my son said, now they do. Emily has also a vast knowledge of learning disability, autism, so her explanations, demos and expectations were clear and achievable.

Breathe First are fantastic and Emily is a kind, understanding and creative therapist. 6 months ago, it never even occurred to me that it would be possible to breathe through my nose due to my cleft lip and palate. Thanks to Emily’s help, my brain has learnt to nose breathe even through the night and I wake up more refreshed. My tongue and jaw muscles are also stronger and my speech is beginning to improve. I can’t recommend Breathe First highly enough.

Having struggled with TMJD pain for over 10 years I decided to try Myofucntional therapy after hearing about it online. What a good decision that was! I have just finished the intensive phase and the difference in pain levels has been marked. For years I had been under the Dental Hospital and using various dental splints and having a bilateral joint aspiration with very little respite from the pain and yet within 2 months of starting Myofunctional therapy I have whole days where I am pain free.

I have learnt a lot during my sessions, not just about my jaw pain but about dysfunctional breathing patterns, muscle imbalances and incorrect chewing and swallowing. It hadn’t occurred to me that my jaw pain may not just be from the trauma to my jaw but could also stem from these other things and have started in childhood. I feel as though my whole wellbeing is starting to improve.

The team have been very accommodating of my other health conditions and additional needs, tailoring the programme to suit me.

I look forward to continuing my treatment and seeing what else I can gain from it and I highly recommend Myofucntional therapy and the Breathe First practice to anyone who wishes to improve their wellbeing or tackle jaw pain. I wish it had been recommended to me sooner.

I cannot thank Emily enough. Throughout our journey, Emily has been so understanding, encouraging and professional. The results so far have been great. Our son looks forward to Emily’s sessions, she has a brilliant way with children and her sessions are fun and engaging. I would highly recommend Emily. Thank you so much again!

Very Effective and professional. Helped me with TMJ and other issues and overall extremely happy with the progress.

We cannot recommend highly enough the outstanding service we have been receiving from Emily for our 3 year old daughter. From the initial consult, we finally breathed a sigh of relief that we had found a health professional who was, at last, taking a holistic approach to all the various issues our daughter was facing. Emily not only validated our concerns, but also gave us hope that our daughter could receive treatment that would change the trajectory for her breathing, eating and sleeping. Our daughter (and son) enjoy the individual activities Emily has given us as part of the ongoing treatment plan. She has also supported us with a report and clinical letter to obtain an ENT consultant appointment, and even created a video for our daughter’s nursery outlining easy and accessible myofunctional activities that are being used to support our daughter further. Emily’s care and professionalism, notwithstanding her ability to keep a 3 year old’s attention during an online consultation, are of the highest quality. We are very grateful to her. Thank you, Emily.

I have been having treatment for some issues with tongue thrusting and involuntary jaw movements. I have made some progress and although this has been a longstanding problem, caused by dental issues, I now feel optimistic that there will be a positive outcome. Holly is wonderful and so patient. Cannot recommend Breathe First highly enough. Thanks you!

I had a discovery call with Emily, as I wasn’t sure if my little boy was too young to benefit from myofunctional therapy. Emily took an incredibly detailed history, and has gone over a lot of recommendations and advice for things we can be doing for the next year or so, until he’s a little older and can do more advanced exercises. It was an incredibly beneficial call and I’m SO glad I did it.

Emily is a very engaging and knowledgeable practitioner, and my 6 year old daughter was so excited each week to meet her online. The clever little games and the bag of myo goodies captured my daughter’s interest and we enjoyed doing the myofunctional exercises together each week. Emily constantly adapted them to meet her needs, and kept it interesting and fun. My daughter no longer grinds her teeth or wakes in the night, and the visible changes to her face have been remarkable in such a short space of time! It had also been a great education for me too – learning just how much the placement of your tongue impacts your whole life. We are so grateful to have worked with Emily and look forward to our daughter reaping the benefits of a better developed jaw and palate as a result of the work we have done together. Thank you so much Emily!

Breathe First have been brilliant. Emily and Maureen have been working with my 17 year old son who, due to unresolved tongue-tie, has overcrowding and is wearing an ALF. The myofunctional exercises that he’s been doing have made a huge difference to his tongue position, how he eats, how he breathes, his posture and even his sleep. The power of myofunctional therapy has been a revelation and I’m so glad Breathe First were recommended by our dentist. Emily and Maureen have so much knowledge and experience and are also really lovely people. I can’t recommend them highly enough.