"By keeping the mouth closed, snoring is largely eliminated. Most snorers snore with an open
mouth and only a very few individuals are able to snore loudly with a closed mouth. You can
demonstrate this yourself by attempting to simulate snoring with mouth open and closed.
Snoring has both important medical as well as social consequences if left unmanaged.
Many snorers have what's known as socially unacceptable snoring disturbing their bed
partners every night and if not corrected can lead to one of the bed partners leaving the
bedroom, an action that can have dire consequences on one's marriage.
Medical problems include disrupted sleep, excessive daytime sleepiness to actually
increasing one's risk for heart attack or stroke. There is new published evidence
highlighting the possibility that snoring is not just a correlate of obstructive sleep
apnea, but may actually cause sleep apnea. There are good reasons to attempt to curb
snoring early on.
For those who have sleep apnea, prescribed CPAP therapy is the gold standard for sleep
apnea management. CPAP users in the U.S. number
in the hundreds of thousands. I estimate
50% tend to vent air or mouth breathe instead of nose breathe while sleeping with CPAP. The
Chin-Up Strip, especially the Tan Chin-Up Strip appears to offer a reliable means of helping the CPAP patient
maintain a closed mouth while sleeping with CPAP.
I could go on, but I think the message is clear, Chin-Up Strips appear to be an effective,
noninvasive and inexpensive means for helping one maintain a closed mouth while sleeping
and eliminate snoring and attendant risk factors. Chin-Up Strips also assist CPAP users to maintain a
closed mouth while sleeping so the prescribed positive air pressure does not escape through
their open mouth instead of helping them maintain an open upper airway while they sleep.
At our sleep center we recommend Chin-Up Strips for snorers without sleep apnea and for those who mouth
breathe while sleeping with CPAP. We advise CPAP users to wear the Chin-Up Strip while sleeping with
CPAP. Many sleep centers across the country are also using the Chin-Up Strips as we are doing.
Because snoring and sleep apnea and management of sleep apnea with CPAP is huge in terms of
numbers of individuals affected, I believe the demand for Chin-Up Strips will also be huge as it
becomes more widely known just how effective this simple product is.
I should add I am a supporter of the Chin-Up Strip product because I know what it can do first
hand. My opinions are my own and I do not have a financial interest in The Chin-Up Company
so my opinions are not biased by conflict of interest."
William Finley, Ph.D - Mission St. Joseph Sleep Center.
OPINION # 2
Allen D. Davey, Director,
British Snoring and Sleep Apnea Association
International Snoring and Sleep Apnea Association
"I believe Chin-Up Strip was the best invention introduced in the UK in 2001. Our
clients have so much success with it. I like it too! It's great for CPAP users who
suffer from palatal insufficiency and where the air short circuits up the nose and out the
mouth."
MEDICAL OPINION # 3
05-99 Sleep Medicine for CHEST physician -
Course Handout - Presentation by Aaron Sher, MD
"Many individuals who snore mouth breathe during sleep. Furthermore, the nasal
mucosa, which is by-passed in mouth breathing, may have receptors which respond to airflow
and serve as afferent stimuli for the neural regulatory mechanisms of respiration."
PHARMACIST OPINION # 4
R. L. Rudolph RPh - Pharmacy - Medford, Oregon 5-21-03
"I am a registered pharmacist and have been using your product for the past 4 months in
conjunction with my CPAP machine. I want to let you know that
I have been very impressed
with the results. I was having problems with my mouth falling open during sleep and that
did not allow the CPAP to function properly (air leaking out my mouth and defeating the
purpose of the CPAP). Your product solved my problem beautifully, after trying several chin
straps over a period of several months."
