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The people whose sleep gets interrupted by the snorers around them often
wonder why a simple change of position does the trick of stopping the
snoring. This leads to the question, “Does mouth exercises help in
reducing snoring?” The answer to this question is a definite yes.
There are various exercises that can help you reduce snoring. The reason
why these exercises help is that the structure of your mouth allows it.
When a person snores, it is caused by the floppiness of the soft palate
during the night. The soft palate can be likened to the curtains in your
house’s window. When air enters the window, you can hear the curtains
flutter. This is the same thing that happens when you snore. When air
enters your airway and reaches the area where the soft palate becomes
floppy, it flutters and creates the sound we know as snoring. Another
occasion where snoring occurs is when your tongue rolls back against
your windpipes.
To decrease the fluttering of your soft palate, all you have to do is to
stiffen them up. These parts are simply muscles which you can stiffen up
through exercise just like any other muscle in your body. As people get
older, muscles get flabbier and this is the reason why adults snore more
than children. Other contributors to snoring are the kind of food you
eat and the lifestyle you lead.
But it’s a good thing that there are exercises specially designed for
exercising your inner mouth. At first, you might find some of these
exercises silly but in the end, these exercises will help you reduce
snoring. These exercises are similar to those used by singers warming up
and are targeted at the muscles found in your mouth, throat, and tongue.
Doing this exercises will help your muscles attain a certain position at
night.
The first mouth exercise you can do is the “Felix Unger exercise”. Felix
Unger is a character from the TV Series the Odd Couple. When you say
Felix, you can feel your tongue go back and then go forward. Unger on
the other hand allows the muscles in your throat to flex. Say ‘Felix
Unger” 20 times 2 hours before bedtime to workout your throat muscles.
Do this every other day because muscles can get strained if overworked.
The second mouth exercise you can use is the “Uh-oh exercise”. Say the
phrase 20 times every other night 2 hours before bedtime to exercise
your throat muscles and stop snoring.
The third mouth exercise is to use a phrase commonly used by actors,
“The lips, the teeth, and the tip of the tongue”. Actors use this phrase
to exercise their vocal cords and you can make use of this to help you
reduce snoring. You should say this phrase 10 times 2 hours before going
to bed.
These are just some of the snoring mouth exercises you can use to reduce
snoring. Just remember the reasoning behind these snoring mouth
exercises – your throat muscles need to stiffen up to avoid blockage in
your airways while you sleep. |
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