Artemis Physical Therapy, PLLC

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.

12/15/2025

Chronic Back Pain iss a whole-system problem.

😴Sleep is when tissues recover.
🥬Nutrition and hydration affect inflammation and healing.
🫜Gut health talks directly to your nervous system and pain response.
🚶🏻‍♀️Movement keeps your spine adaptable instead of guarded.

If those pieces aren’t in place, no exercise, adjustment, or hands-on work can carry the load alone.

The basics aren’t fancy... But they work.

Pain sticks around when recovery systems are under-fueled, under-rested, and over-stressed.

Fixing the foundation gives anything else you do a fighting chance.

12/10/2025

Ever have someone walk in with that sharp, stubborn sciatica that lights up the whole backside?

My patient today was guarding before she even sat down.

We didn’t go straight to stretching or piriformis work.

We started with a simple cranial nerve drill that targets the vagus and gives a whole chain of others a nudge.

Add in same side nostril smelling and suddenly her system stopped gripping hard enough to let the pain settle.

Once her nervous system downshifted, we could actually make progress: hip mechanics, rib position, and the kind of coordinated movement her body could tolerate without flaring.

When the nerves are on high alert, the smartest move is to change the input before you change the exercise.

Clinicians, try pairing The Basic Exercise with same side nostril smell the next time sciatica refuses to budge.

12/05/2025

Touching your toes gets a whole lot easier when you stop chasing your hamstrings and start working with your rib cage. One of the simplest ways to do that is alligator breathing. You lie prone with a ball tucked under the rib angle and let your breath expand into the pressure.

That little setup wakes up back body expansion, improves rib motion, frees the thoracic spine, and calms down the nervous system. When the system stops bracing, forward bending usually feels smoother and less “locked.”

Try a few slow breaths into the ball and then check your toe touch again. Let me know what you notice.

12/04/2025

If hackers ever got into my phone, the world would finally understand just how strange and weird I actually am.

Eyeball drills, smell tests, tongue circles, coordination experiments… it’s a whole circus in there.

Go ahead and leak it. This is what integrated clinicians really look like behind the scenes.

Seven weeks postpartum and her neck felt tight every time she pushed the stroller. Full, pain free ROM. No red flags. No...
12/04/2025

Seven weeks postpartum and her neck felt tight every time she pushed the stroller. Full, pain free ROM. No red flags. No dramatic findings. But her left upper trap was “on” all day.

This is the kind of case where the neck is the messenger, not the source. Postpartum pressure, rib mechanics, and nervous system inputs all play a role in how the neck decides to hold tension.

So instead of hammering the neck, we worked on the things that actually feed the system:
• eye control
• rib expansion
• diaphragm mobility
• thoracic rotation
• accessory nerve tolerance

When those pieces settled, the trap finally quieted down. The fix wasn’t fancy. It was about giving her body a better plan so her neck didn’t have to be the one holding everything together.

If you treat postpartum patients with lingering neck symptoms, this is a good place to look. And if the case helps someone else, go ahead and share it.

12/02/2025

Here’s why we always start lymphatic work at the collarbones, no matter what area you’re treating.

Those little dips above the collarbones are the main drainage points for the face, head, and neck. If that area is sluggish or congested, anything you do upstream won’t clear well.

So whether you’re working after eye surgery, dealing with facial puffiness, sinus issues, or doing general lymphatic support, you open the exits first.
That makes everything else you do more effective.

From there, you move up the chain: ear to collarbone, jawline, temples, back to the ear, and end with those collarbones again.

11/27/2025

Thanksgiving feels like the perfect day to bring this one back. Before we all launch into our annual competitive eating event, here are the three gut health basics I give almost every patient:

1. Chew your food. 😬
Your stomach doesn’t have teeth. The more work you do up top, the less your gut has to fight downstream. Chewing well also kicks off digestion through saliva and actually tells your nervous system “hey, we’re eating now,” which makes everything move more smoothly.

2. Breathe. 🌬️
Your diaphragm is not just for dramatic sighing. It’s one of the biggest drivers of gut motility. Gentle, low-threshold breathing helps calm your system, reduce pressure on the organs, and keep things moving. Great before, during, and definitely after a holiday meal.

3. The “I love you” massage. 😍
Simple self-abdominal massage following the natural path of the colon. Helps reduce bloating, encourages movement, and reminds your gut that you’re on the same team. Perfect post-feast when you’re trying to pretend that third helping was a good idea.

If your belly tends to revolt during holidays (or honestly any day), start with these. Little inputs go a long way when your nervous system and gut are overwhelmed.

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 to anyone celebrating. Be kind to your gut today. It’s doing the heavy lifting.

11/26/2025

Post-surgical swelling loves a good exit route, and that’s exactly what lymphatic drainage helps create. In this video I’m showing my friend a simple sequence she can use after her eyelid surgery to help calm the puffiness and move that fluid where the body can actually clear it.

We start at the collarbone to open the main drainage point, then sweep gently from the ear down the neck, loosen the jaw and temple area, and repeat that path so everything has somewhere to go. Light, slow, and rhythmic is the goal here.

If you’ve had facial surgery and feel like your swelling is hanging around longer than you’d like, this kind of work can make a real difference. Let me know if you want the steps written out.

11/21/2025

Pelvic floor leaking at 6 months postpartum can look like a strength problem, but a lot of the time it’s coordination.

Today I had a patient doing everything “right,” yet her quickflicks were still all over the place. Instead of piling on more reps, we went up to the cranial nerves to clean up the signal between her brain and her pelvis.

Her left eye struggled with pencil push-ups. Gargling for 10 seconds was way harder than it should’ve been. Both of those are midline jobs. So is the pelvic floor. When the midline communicators are fuzzy, the pelvic floor can’t organize well either.

We added a smell drill on the underperforming side, and her quickflicks sharpened almost instantly. No extra Kegels. No gadgets. Just better communication.

If you want more breakdowns like this or you’re curious how neurology fits into pelvic floor care, drop your questions in the comments.

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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.