Breathe, sleep, eat and speak better, naturally, at every age.
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HaMakor is a leading clinic in Oral function and Myofunctional Therapy, retraining the muscles of the face and mouth that shape how we eat, speak, breathe and sleep.
Is this right for you, or your child?
Are you noticing signs and patterns and not sure if they are connected? Is your gut instinct telling you that the things you are noticing might be connected? Do you want to determine if a muscle function based treatment or myofunctional therapy is right for you? This screener is the place to start.
Take our screener todayWhat myofunctional therapy helps with
One underlying system, the muscles of breathing, resting posture and swallowing, connects to all of these. We find the pattern and retrain it.
Nasal breathing
Shifting from mouth breathing to calm, consistent nasal breathing, better for oxygen absorption, calming our nervous system, focus, facial development and overall health.
Sleep & snoring
Snoring and restless sleep is never normal. Improve sleep and remove daytime tiredness to optimize our daily function and support our children's development.
Tongue & lip tie (TOTs)
Assessing and remediating tethered oral tissues that restrict movement. Working closely with a release provider to ensure optimal before and after care.
Orthodontic support
Correcting and optimizing oral muscle function, so braces, aligners, expanders and other orthodontic treatments are supported and results last.
Speech
Ensuring the foundation skills are present in order to make easier and lasting changes to speech errors (e.g. lisps) and improve overall speech clarity.
Feeding
Developing the skills needed for age appropriate, mature chewing and swallowing pattern. Ensuring all muscles are used appropriately to eliminate compensatory and suboptimal patterns such as tongue thrust.
We offer gentle age appropriate oral muscle function support and development.
Our goal is to see positive and lasting change. At HaMakor we work collaboratively, working together with your orthodontist, dentist, ENT, osteopath, PT, OT and more. Our treatment aims to support the work of your specialists for the best outcomes.
What clients say
Real reviews from the families and clients we've worked with, on Google and Facebook.
I cannot recommend Hamakor enough. I remember how I went from one specialist to the next and everyone told me my child's speech was normal. But it wasn't. And then I came to Hamakor. And they listened and helped us. And I am so grateful.
I'm so thankful our family found HaMakor Therapy! Our experience has been nothing but positive and supportive for both my 6 year old and my 1 year old. After concerns being dismissed for years by other practitioners, Elisheva did the work to really help us.
Some people stand out for their great qualities and Lauri is one of those people. She is beyond dedicated to her profession, thorough and cares deeply for the children she works with, along with their family members. My child who at 12 months had 0 words was, after a short time working with Lauri, speaking two-word phrases and is now considered an 'advanced speaker' for their age. Any child who has the opportunity to work with Lauri will be leaps and bounds ahead of where they started.
Speech & feeding therapy too
core services in their own right
Speech sound/articulation therapy
When a child or adult continues to have difficulty producing 1 or more of their speech sounds, beyond the expected age of self correction, an individualized therapy approach is used to help correct this.
Learn more โFeeding Therapy
From birth (breast feeding and bottle feeding) through to starting solids, we offer a calm, structured support. Each session is individualised based on the specific needs determined by the therapist.
Learn more โFriendly, qualified, genuinely invested
A small team of myofunctional, speech and feeding therapists who treat children and adults alike.
We'd love to meet your family
Tell us what's going on and we'll point you in the right direction. We respond to every enquiry within ~2 business days.