The bridle is a film. The tongue is attached by this film to the lower jaw, to the oral cavity. The normal length of the frenum is 1.5 centimeters. If it is less than usual, then the movements of the tongue are limited. It happens that it is shorter than usual or is in the wrong place. All this makes it difficult to talk properly. And people with such problems are wondering how to fix this so as not to bring themselves pain. If such a pathology is in infants, then this prevents them from taking their breasts correctly. But how to lengthen the tongue? The methods below will help to make the language longer.
How to stretch the bridle to children?
Such a procedure can be done to infants even in the maternity hospital: the surgeon cuts the bridle without anesthesia for the child and immediately after the operation they give the mother's breast. Children 4-5 years old have surgery and stitches, after which classes with a speech therapist are conducted. In order not to harm the child with exercises, you need to warn the speech therapist about the operation. Sometimes they learn about such a problem in adulthood. An adult can stretch the bridle in the same way as a child. You need to devote a lot of time to classes. If a person decided on such an act, then you need to approach this seriously. Exercises are performed 3 times a day, for 10-12 minutes.
The cause of this phenomenon has not yet been determined, but it can be heredity, late pregnancy or intrauterine development problems.
Extension Methods
There are two ways to lengthen the tongue: the first way is surgery, that is, surgery; the second way is lengthening the tongue at home with exercise. True, the second method requires a long time and a lot of effort. To lengthen the tongue, a set of exercises is used that must be performed every day, otherwise there will be no result.
Exercises
The lengthening of the tongue depends on the state of the hyoid frenum.
If it is not designed and short, then you need to use the following exercises:
- "Fungus" - you need to open your mouth wide and smile. Then suck the tongue to the sky so that the tip does not tuck. And you still have to smile. Exercises should be done lasting one minute, then increase the time every day. Thus, the ligament will gradually stretch and not be damaged.
- "Painter" - you need to open your mouth and smile. With the tip of the tongue, slide through the sky from the teeth to the throat and back. And so it must be done several times without moving the lower part of the jaw.
- Smiling, open your mouth. You have to stretch your tongue to the nose, then to the upper lip. The tongue cannot be narrowed, it must be in a relaxed state. It will not work right away, but over time everything will work out. During this exercise, make sure that the lips and lower jaw do not move.
- Smiling, put your tongue as in the exercise "Fungus" and open - close your mouth. It may hurt a little in the ligament area, but this is normal, because this exercise helps to stretch the hyoid ligaments.
- “Horse” - put the tongue in the “Fungus” position and click the tongue, as if depicting a clatter of a horse. It is necessary to suck the tongue and click, suck and click. Only the tongue works in this exercise, the lower jaw is motionless.
- "Kitten". This exercise resembles the way a cat laps milk. So a person needs to try so, sticking his tongue out.
All these exercises will bring results only when a person will do them every day and several times.
If you do not want to perform this complex, then you can just reach out to your nose with your tongue. Such an exercise should be done often for a long time. It is not in vain that they say: “If you suffer for a long time, then something will work out.” Therefore, you need to put as much effort as possible.
This is the main way to lengthen the tongue at home, exercises can be done from any age. Toddlers will be able to cope with them from the age of two years.
Tongue Twisters
Also, tongue twisters or children's poems will not be superfluous, which must be pronounced clearly, with intonation. Children aged 4-5 years can stretch the bridle with clean fingers, do massage according to the method of E. V. Novikova. If you make every effort, then the result will be visible after 2.5-3 months.
Massage
You can do a simple massage to lengthen the tongue: grab the bridle at the very bottom under the tongue with two fingers (index and thumb) and pull your fingers along it to the tip of the tongue. We must try to pull it, but you can not apply a lot of effort so as not to damage the thin tissue. In each trick you need to do several of these tricks. Fingers will quickly begin to feel the bridle, and this action will not cause discomfort. By doing a massage 4-6 times a week, a person will be convinced that the bridle has changed in length.
If the bridle is less than 8 mm, then it is better to stretch it, and not to operate. After surgery, a scar remains on the bridle, which will reduce its mobility. In addition, the child who underwent surgery will be afraid to do exercises so as not to experience the pain experienced during the operation.
Therefore, the best way to lengthen the tongue is to lengthen it with special exercises.