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Artemis Physical Therapy, PLLC

Move Well. Be Well. Experience the difference of expert, 1:1, patient-first care. Specializing in Orthopedics and Pelvic Health. Get back to what you love faster.

Experience the difference of patient-first, 1:1: care with physical therapy expert Dr. Sally Moores. Specializing in Orthopedics, Women's Health, Cancer Survivorship and Weakend Warriors.

03/15/2026

🤪Your tongue is supposed to live on the roof of your mouth.

When it presses there, it helps organize pressure in the mouth, airway, and rib cage.

That pressure system connects a lot of areas.

The tongue shares nerve connections with the jaw and neck. When it stays low or weak, the neck muscles tend to grip and help stabilize the head. Neck tension and headaches show up in that pattern a lot.

Tongue position also affects the airway. A low tongue narrows space and breathing shifts toward the chest and neck instead of the diaphragm.

Pressure management changes too. The diaphragm, deep abdominals, and pelvic floor all respond to the pressure created above them. Tongue posture influences that system.

So a small exercise like a berry smash gives the tongue some work and sensory input.

Sometimes the smallest muscles change the way the whole system organizes itself. 🫐

03/11/2026

Your body doesn’t get “tight” for no reason.

A lot of the tightness people feel is protective. Your nervous system is trying to guard a joint that feels irritated, unstable, or under-controlled.

So when you stretch it… it might feel good for a minute. Then the tightness comes right back.

Your brain still thinks the area needs protection.
If you want the tightness to change, the body has to feel safer there.

That usually comes from movement, strength, and control around the joint.

03/09/2026

Calves feel tight, you stretch them right?... Not necessarily.

A lot of the time the calf isn’t the real problem. The tightness is the body protecting something higher up the chain. Hip, pelvis, how you’re loading the leg when you walk or run.

Your nervous system shortens the calf to help stabilize things.

So when you stretch it, you’re pulling on a muscle your brain is actively trying to keep short. It feels good for a minute, then the tightness comes right back.

Heel raises tend to work better.

You’re contracting the calf and then letting it lengthen under load. Even better if you rise up and slowly lower your heel off a step into dorsiflexion.

That gives the brain a reason to allow the range instead of guarding it.

03/08/2026

👀 looks like a boring Ortho drill, but you know there is some neuro spice here.

Give this one a try. It's harder than it looks.

Drop a comment to let me know how it goes.

03/04/2026

Lateral heel pain can start higher up the chain.

In this case the driver was most likely a deep glute that wasn’t moving well. When those hip rotators get stuck, tension travels down the outside of the leg and can show up at the heel.

This spicy side plank helps the deep hip rotators turn on and share the load again.

When the hip starts doing its job, the stress through the outside of the leg and heel can calm down.

03/02/2026

Why? 👇🏻

Because I'm not chasing your pain.
Because I know pain is an output not an input.
Because I'm probably not the first provider you have seen for this problem and all they did was work on the area where your pain was.

Here's some other reasons...

Because your body shifts load.
Because your spine rotates when your hips don’t.
Because your rib cage locks up and your low back pays for it.
Because compensation works… until it doesn’t.

Pain is usually the last stop on the route.
If your left side doesn’t move well, your right side will work overtime. Overtime turns into irritation. Irritation turns into pain.

Most rehab chases the sore spot. I’m looking for the pattern that created it.

If you’ve been treated where it hurts and it keeps coming back, there’s your clue.

Clinicians, are you checking the opposite side?
Patients, has anyone ever looked beyond the painful area?

02/26/2026

I hear this all the time: “That’s not how I breathe.”

I know.
That’s probably why you’re here.

If your belly pulls in when you inhale, that’s paradoxical breathing.

On an inhale:
🫁Your diaphragm should descend
🫁 Your ribs should expand 360°
🫁 Your belly should gently move outward
🫁 Pressure should move down

If your stomach sucks in instead, you’re running a stress pattern.

That can show up as:
😐Neck tension
😱 Rib flare
🤔 Low back tightness
😐 Pelvic floor symptoms
😕 Feeling like you can’t get a full breath

Quick test:
🤓 Put one hand on your chest.
🤓 One on your belly.
🤓 Inhale through your nose.
🤔 Does your belly expand… or draw in?

Most adults are breathing in a way that keeps their nervous system on edge.

Did you know this?
How do you breathe?
Try the test and tell me what you notice.

02/25/2026

Low back pain case from today 👇

She came in stiff across the board
😕couldn’t touch her toes
😕limited hip flexion and internal rotation
😕couldn’t tolerate a wedge because her calves felt “tight”
😕rib cage and thorax barely moving

We didn’t treat her low back.
We worked on rib cage mobility, thoracic movement, and breathing. Added some targeted soft tissue and simple repositioning.

Within one session:
😍toe touch improved
😍hips opened up
😍standing tolerance improved
😍pain dropped

Here’s the pattern...
When the rib cage is stiff, the low back moves more
When the hips don’t rotate, the low back moves more
The lumbar spine isn’t built for rotation. It starts guarding when it has to do too much.

That shows up as tightness, pain, and feeling “off”
A lot of people get treated where it hurts and don’t improve.

Restore movement in the rib cage, thorax, and hips
Then the low back settles down

If your back keeps flaring, zoom out.

02/21/2026

For all my sick friends and patients 🤧 (I feel totally fine, but this one’s for you, per request)

If your ears feel clogged or full, try this:
🤧Light tapping just under your collarbones
🤧Then right behind your ears
🤧Then gently trace from the base of your skull down toward your ears
🤧Finish with some easy front-of-the-neck stretches

Why this helps: you’re giving your lymphatic system a little nudge so fluid can move out of the head and neck.

Less backup = less pressure in the ears.

Save this for when you’re congested!

02/20/2026

Big bang for your neck and face.

The platysma roar taps into lymphatic flow, wakes up your cranial nerves (can you tell me which one in particular), and takes pressure off the jaw and neck.

Small move. Loud impact.

Try it. Bonus points if you do it in public.

02/15/2026

Prove me wrong but a cold, windy beach walk beats no beach walk every time.

Salt air in your face.
Hair doing whatever it wants.
Fewer people.
Zero small talk.

And yes, your nervous system loves it!

Cold air wakes you up.
Wind makes you breathe a little deeper.
Horizon view gives your brain space to chill out.

Free therapy, no co-pay.
Bundle up. Walk anyway. 🌊💨

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564 Loring Avenue, STE 2
Salem, MA
01970

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 2pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 2pm
Thursday	8:30am - 2pm
Friday	8:30am - 12:30pm

Website

http://www.artemispt.com/

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Move Well. Be Well. Get back to what you love faster. Experience the difference of patient-first, 1:1: care with physical therapy expert Dr. Sally Moores. Specializing in Orthopedics, Women's Health, Cancer Survivorship and Weekend Warriors.