Knox Orofacial Myology

01/14/2026

Your jaw is not “just tight” – it’s overworked.

If your jaw, face, or temples feel tight every day, that’s your muscles telling you they’re working the wrong way.
Clenching, grinding, waking with a sore jaw, headaches, neck tension – these are classic signs of oral motor dysfunction and muscle imbalance, not just “stress” or a bad night of sleep.

In orofacial myofunctional therapy, I look at how your tongue, lips, and jaw are working together:

Are you breathing through your nose or your mouth?

Where does your tongue rest?

Are jaw and neck muscles doing the tongue’s job?

When we retrain these patterns, muscle tension drops because your system isn’t fighting itself all day and all night.

Ready to find out why your jaw is always tight?
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📧 Email: hollib@knoxorofacialmyo.info

01/13/2026

01/12/2026

Cranial nerves are the direct wiring between your brain and your face, jaw, lips, tongue, and throat.

They help control how you:

Chew and swallow

Seal your lips

Position and move your tongue

Sense pain, pressure, and touch

Protect your airway when you eat and sleep

When that wiring and the muscles it controls are in sync, you get:

Quiet nasal breathing

Stable closed-lip posture

An efficient swallow

A jaw that knows how to relax

When they’re not, you start to see orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs):

Mouth breathing

Lips that don’t stay closed

Tongue resting low or pushing forward

Tongue thrust when swallowing

Clenching or grinding

Snoring or restless sleep

Orthodontic results that don’t “hold”

01/11/2026

Here’s what I actually help with:

Mouth breathing → teaching nasal breathing, proper oral rest posture and lip seal

Tongue thrust or ‘funny swallow’ → retraining the tongue and swallowing pattern

Tongue or lip restrictions → assessing function and supporting pre/post-release when needed

Orthodontic relapse & crowded teeth → addressing the muscle patterns that push teeth around

Snoring, grinding, and poor sleep → supporting healthier oral posture and breathing patterns

We work step-by-step. You get clear homework, coaching, and accountability. I don’t hand you a sheet of random exercises and disappear. We meet regularly, adjust as you go, and make sure it fits your life.

“Want to know if your specific issue fits in this list? Message me what you’re noticing or visit knoxorofacialmyology.com to learn more.”

01/09/2026

Better sleep starts with better function.
Tongue ties can silently contribute to airway issues, mouth breathing, snoring, and restless sleep.
Releasing and retraining the tongue with OMT can improve breathing and transform sleep quality.
📲 DM me or email hollib@knoxorofacialmyo.info
to start your airway-focused journey.

01/08/2026

Your nervous system reads your breath as safety or danger.

Fast, shallow, mouth breathing → body thinks: “We’re in danger.”

Slow, controlled nasal breathing → body thinks: “We’re safe.”

When we pair myofunctional therapy with nasal, diaphragmatic breathing, we’re not just improving airway and facial muscles—we’re also helping regulate the autonomic nervous system, which affects stress, digestion, pain perception, and sleep.

Try this:
4 seconds inhale through the nose, slight pause, 6 seconds exhale through the nose. Do this for 2–3 minutes and feel the shift.

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hollib@knoxorofacialmyo.info

01/07/2026

When the lips are open and the tongue rests low in the mouth, the airway is more vulnerable to collapse, especially at night. This can contribute to snoring, poor sleep quality, headaches, and feeling exhausted even after “8 hours.”

Myofunctional therapy retrains the muscles of the face, tongue, and airway to support nasal breathing, proper tongue posture, and a sealed lip posture—day and night.

If you catch yourself breathing through your mouth all day, that’s your sign something is off.
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hollib@knoxorofacialmyo.info

01/05/2026

When your tongue, lips, and breathing muscles work together, your whole body functions better.
It’s not magic — it’s anatomy.
Better breathing supports your brain, heart, gut, and immune system.

That’s why at Knox Orofacial Myology, we help people restore balance from the inside out.

👉 Take the first step to better function.
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01/04/2026

When the tongue hangs low in the floor of the mouth, it can fall backward during sleep and narrow the airway. That’s one reason some people snore or wake up choking or gasping.

Myofunctional therapy uses targeted exercises to strengthen and coordinate the tongue so it stays up and forward, giving your airway more space and stability.

Tongue check: where is your tongue sitting right now?
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hollib@knoxorofacialmyo.info