Comprehensive therapy
Tongue, lip and jaw retraining that holds up after orthodontics and after a tongue-tie release.
OMT and Breathing Retraining
“Breathe smarter,
not harder.”
Primal Air helps families sleep, breathe and function better — with therapy that treats the cause, not just the symptom.
Just released
More Than a Kissing Spot: Your New Baby’s Face
Shirley Gutkowski’s handbook for people getting ready to be parents — what the face, jaw and airway need from day one.
Ask about the bookHelping bring families back together with comprehensive therapies, breathing retraining and habit elimination
Breathing retraining
Buteyko-based work that quiets over-breathing, opens the nose and improves how you sleep.
Habit elimination
Thumbs, pacifiers, nail biting and tongue thrusts retired with a plan children actually follow.
We help children, teens and adults with:
- Nail biting
- Pacifier retirement
- Thumb sucking
- Lip & tongue sucking
- Tongue thrusts
- Snoring
- Sleep disturbance
- Mouth breathing
- Chronic congestion
- TMJ discomfort
- Speech clarity
- Orthodontic relapse
What therapy looks like
We start with a full airway and orofacial assessment, then build a short daily exercise plan you can actually keep. Between visits, your program, videos and messages live in one patient portal — and your whole care team stays in the loop.
- Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy — A guided exercise program that retrains the tongue, lips and jaw so the airway stays open and breathing happens through the nose — day and night.
- Buteyko Breathing Retraining — Structured breathing retraining that lowers over-breathing, clears a congested nose and calms the nervous system without medication.
- Tongue-Tie Pre & Post Care — Preparation and recovery therapy around a frenectomy, coordinated with your releasing provider so the new mobility actually gets used.
- Habit Elimination — Kind, effective retirement of thumb sucking, pacifiers, nail biting, lip and tongue sucking — usually inside four weeks.
Our Locations
Primal Air OMT • Headquarters
1266 W. Main St.
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Primal Air OMT • Pewaukee
N35-W23770 Capitol Dr.
Pewaukee, WI 53072
Primal Air OMT • Rochester
490 Falstaff Rd.
Rochester, NY 14609
Testimonials & reviews
“Good morning Shirley — I just wanted to reach out and thank you for that amazing article in the September RDH magazine. I do myofunctional therapy in an interdisciplinary airway dental office here in Los Alamitos, California. It's so exciting. I've been a clinical dental hygienist for going on 40 years, and I would love to hear more about your practice.”
“Thank you for all you're doing for our family! Between treating my daughter for her tongue tie, making referrals to other outstanding professionals, and now treating my husband's snoring — I'm so grateful that we found you.”