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Join Dr Courtney, as she brings her unique perspective to retraining and rehabilitating the nose and upper airway.

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  • Improve your clinical problem-solving.

  • Better serve your clients and help treat more difficult cases.

  • Develop a deeper understanding of how the respiratory system connects with the nose and upper airway.

  • Developed with the support of The Breathe Institute, this comprehensive one-day training offers new breathing- and neuroplasticity-based protocols and techniques to support nasal and upper-airway health.

 

The full day workshop has been recorded and includes:

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  • 7 hours of video presentation

  • Questions and participant discussion

  • Practical content

  • Opportunities to practise techniques

  • Pdfs of the presentation

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Short video sample from the course...

What you will learn

 

This course explores key clinical and physiological questions, including:

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  • The role of the sinuses and approaches to supporting sinus health

  • How the vagus nerve and sympathetic nervous system influence nasal breathing

  • How the nose connects with the brain and respiratory control

  • How neuroplasticity can be used to retrain nasal and upper-airway function

  • Cranial-nerve perspectives relevant to functional nasal and upper-airway rehabilitation

 

Participants will learn how to apply Dr Courtney’s Functional Nasal Breathing Rehabilitation Protocol—a practical, comprehensive approach designed to improve multiple dimensions of nasal function.

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The protocol was published in the International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy. The associated study reported that participants found the approach understandable, enjoyable, easy to practise, and effective.

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About the IBT approach

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The recording also introduces the theoretical foundations and breathing-based techniques used within the Integrative Breathing Therapy system to support rehabilitation of nervous-system control of the tongue and upper airway.

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IBT is a person-centred approach to airway optimisation and breathing retraining. It is individualised, comprehensive, and multidimensional, viewing breathing as a system of functionally and neurologically linked structures—including the nose, upper airway, thorax, and diaphragm.

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This systems perspective recognises that breathing has multiple primary and secondary functions and may support health through a range of physiological and behavioural mechanisms.

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Key learning objectives

 

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

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  • Understand theoretical principles and clinical tools used in Integrative Breathing Therapy

  • Recognise the practical importance of functional and neurological links between upper-airway disorders—such as nose and throat dysfunction—and dysfunctional breathing

  • Understand nasal, tongue, and upper-airway dysfunction from a breathing-systems perspective

  • Apply IBT approaches and techniques to improve nasal and upper-airway function

 

Who it is for?

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This recording is designed for:

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  • Speech and language pathologists

  • Orofacial myofunctional therapists

  • Physical therapists

  • Osteopaths

  • Chiropractors

  • Integrative-medicine practitioners

  • Buteyko practitioners

  • Naturopaths

 

Research reference

 

Courtney, R., et al. Functional nasal breathing rehabilitation: effectiveness and feasibility of an online integrative breathing therapy protocol. International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy, 2022; 48(1): 1–14.

 

Recording details

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  • Format: Online recording with participant discussion and practical content

  • Duration: 7 hours

  • Cost: US$350

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