I’ve heard it all now honestly I think I have. I’ve been writing about the Best Snoring Aids and treatments for a long time but exercising your tongue how on earth are you going to manage that! I know I’ll get all the funny “Well if you met my wife you’d know how” quips but joking aside a researcher has discovered anecdotal evidence that exercising your tongue could be an answer.
This doctor has looked at the tongues of many patients as they’ve gained weight and contends that as they gain weight they also get fatter tongues. As fatter tongues take up more space they have an increased tendency to fall backwards obstructing the airway and therefore increasing the likelihood of a person snoring.
I suppose like any part of the body the more untoned it is the more it’s going to wobble and move. And like any muscle if we exercise it it’s going to firm up.
He prescribes voice exercises to help tone the tongue and funny as it might sound has had some good results from this simple and easy to do stop snoring method.
So if you hear anyone making strange noises like a bird don’t assume they’re completely bonkers they might be exercising their tongue!
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