FIX YOUR BREATHING TO FIX YOUR HEALTH! Everyone must breathe to live, and how well you do it will make or break your health. Not sure how you measure up? Noisy breathing, facial pain, and fatigue are just a few of the signs you’re not getting the air you need. Airway dysfunction, like improper breathing, can cause partial suffocation twenty-four hours a day among people of all ages. And it’s robbing millions of the healing sleep their bodies need to fight physical and emotional ills like high blood pressure, heart disease, and depression. In The Root Cause, Dr. Ryan Robinson shows how opening your airway can dramatically improve your breathing and help reverse chronic illness. This book describes Dr. Robinson’s cutting-edge approach and how he started acquiring his expertise after searching for a better way to treat his son’s life-threatening asthma. Now you, too, can learn how breathing better can turn surviving into thriving and sickness into health! “Dr. Robinson is a pioneer in the field of pain and sleep medicine, and is one of only a few doctors educated and trained in helping people uncover and resolve the root causes of their sleep and craniofacial pain disorders. He is passionate about helping people achieve their best health and happiness and unlock their true potential. This book beautifully illustrates Dr. Robinson’s journey of professional transformation and the health transformation that is possible in working with him and his exceptionally trained staff. It is a great resource for anyone interested in understanding some of the common causes of sleep apnea and TMD. Dr. Robinson’s commitment to treating the whole person by understanding how a variety of lifestyle choices are interconnected and impact one’s sleep and pain is commendable and an example for all physicians and health care providers.” ―Karen Smith, Registered Dietician, Health Coach “It is truly impressive to read such a passionate and eyeopening medical book. Dr. Robinson is able to share his own personal stories and then show how he applies the same values to treating every patient who comes into his office. His desire to find out not just the how but also the why is going to help countless patients over the next few decades of his career. If the medical community can get on board with Dr. Robinson’s holistic approach, it is going to lead to a healthier, happier society that is less dependent on medications.” ―Gregg Fink, DMD “As a lifestyle medicine physician, I adhere to the belief that sleep is one of the six pillars of lifestyle medicine for optimal health. Dr. Robinson’s practice is unique, and I am very fortunate to be able to collaborate with him both for patient care and for my own health. Never did I think I would be grateful to know that my narrow nostrils were negatively impacting my health! After meeting with Dr. Robinson, I learned techniques to improve my sleep, and my ‘I’ll never be a morning person’ identity has been ousted by waking up before my alarm. The patient evaluation provided by Dr. Robinson is very thorough and offers a real solution to the root cause of the problem instead of a Band-Aid to ameliorate the symptoms. Seeing my patients improve their sleep, relieve their pain, or achieve their victories after consulting with Dr. Robinson is the best reward.” ―Bryanne E. Robson, MD, DipABLM, Progressive Health of Delaware “Breathing is important! It is the most important thing we do, and as a primary care internist and lifestyle medicine physician, trained at some of the finest institutions, I never learned much about it. In his book The Root Cause, Dr. Ryan Robinson leads us through a fascinating tour of perhaps the most important medical subspecialty, which shockingly does not formally exist! To assemble the knowledge that one needs to uncover the mysterious underlying cause of so many debilitating maladies, from jaw pain to tiredness to neuralgia, one needs to walk in the footsteps of Dr. Robinson. He is one of a preciously rare pedigree of board-certified professionals in three disciplines related to the airway and sleep. Additionally, as he shares in the book, Dr. Robinson’s family has struggled mightily with airway and breathing issues. The book walks us through the personal experiences of so many individuals, telling their amazing stories of triumph over airway-related diseases, which are so common and so tragically misdiagnosed. Along the way, Dr. Robinson shares the tricks of his (rare) trade and the overlooked science that has the power to guide so many people to dramatically better breathing, sleep, and overall health.” ―David Donohue, MD, FACP, DipABLM “This book is a jewel when it comes to discussing the missing link between oral and systemic health. For decades, medical and dental professionals have focused on developing best practices and treatment solutions to various health problems that have become more widespread. Despite developments of so many lifesaving therapeutics a