Breathe & Thrive 2026 wasn’t just a conference: it was a shift in the conversation.

Airway. Breathing. Sleep. Growth. Health.

The future of healthcare is collaborative, preventative, and airway-aware.

The revolution is no longer quiet. 💨
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Breathing-disordered sleep can keep the body in sympathetic overdrive all night long — stuck in fight-or-flight instead of deep, restorative rest.

When that stress response is activated, blood flow patterns shift to prioritize the muscles (as if you need to run), and the brain may not get the steady, restorative oxygenation it needs.

Add in nighttime clenching and grinding — often the body’s attempt to stabilize the airway — and you have even more tension building in the head and jaw.

Morning headaches aren’t random.
They can be a sign your body was working all night just to breathe.

#sleephealth #airwayhealth #UARS #headaches #sleepdisorderedbreathing

Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS) is often missed — especially in women and younger people.

Not because it’s rare.
But because it’s harder to measure.

In classic obstructive sleep apnea, breathing stops completely for 10+ seconds. Oxygen drops. It’s obvious on a sleep study.

UARS is different.

With UARS, the airway doesn’t fully collapse.
It narrows.

The brain senses the struggle to breathe and steps in to protect you.

Instead of letting you stop breathing, your brain briefly wakes you up — over and over and over again — to tighten muscles and reopen the airway.

These are called micro-arousals.

They may not wake you enough to remember.
You may think you slept through the night.

But your brain was fighting to breathe all night long.

And those repeated micro-arousals pull you out of deep, restorative sleep — the stage responsible for:

• Hormone regulation
• Nervous system repair
• Memory consolidation
• Immune support
• Emotional regulation

So you wake up exhausted.
Anxious.
Foggy.
Unrefreshed.

And standard sleep tests may say you’re “normal.”

Historically, sleep research focused on middle-aged men with higher BMIs who snored loudly and had obvious oxygen drops.

Women — especially younger, thinner women — often don’t fit that profile.

Their breathing effort increases.
Their nervous system activates.
But their oxygen may stay “normal.”

So the condition flies under the radar.

When breathing is strained all night long, it impacts every system in the body — cardiovascular, metabolic, cognitive, hormonal.

And it can be missed for years.

If you feel exhausted despite being told your sleep study is normal, you’re not crazy. There may be more to the story.

Follow along as we break down airway health in ways that make sense — and help people advocate for answers.

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Dr. Avis answers a question about dreams and sleep.

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when in doubt…..mouth tape it out 😉

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