My Myo My Health, Airway Therapy and Wellness

My Myo My Health, Airway Therapy and Wellness Myofunctional therapy in Mesa & Phoenix. Led by Kelley —Virtual visits available.
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We work with mouth-breathing kids, hypermobile and AuDHD bodies, peri/menopause sleep, and adults with tongue restriction. We are specialists in orofacial myofunctional therapy, tongue-ties, mouth breathing and tongue thrusts. We have years of experience with special needs and pediatric clients.

09/09/2026

Nobody mentions the jaw.

You get the hypermobility diagnosis and you hear about knees, shoulders, hips, ankles. Then you go home and your jaw clicks, your temples ache, and you clench all night, and every one of those gets filed under stress.

Your jaw is a joint. It's built from the same tissue as every other joint you have. It uses that tissue about two thousand times a day just to swallow.

Of course it's part of the story.

Comment BENDY and follow me so it comes through. I'll send you the five things we actually look at in a hypermobile jaw assessment. Phoenix, Mesa, or virtual.

Wallie has an appointment on Tuesday.He does not want to go. He has heard there is a chair that goes up and down and he ...
09/07/2026

Wallie has an appointment on Tuesday.

He does not want to go. He has heard there is a chair that goes up and down and he has decided that is a problem.

Pinkie went first. Pinkie says you sit, you open, someone counts, you look at a light. Pinkie says nobody did anything scary and there was a sticker at the end.

Wallie is still thinking about it.

If your kid is the one still thinking about it, that's normal. It's also worth saying out loud a few days early instead of the morning of. Kids do better when they know the order of what happens.

Tell them: you'll sit, you'll open, we'll look, we'll count, you'll pick a sticker. That's the whole thing.

Bringing a nervous one in? Tell me before you book and we'll build the first visit around it. Phoenix, Mesa, or virtual.

Some wins from the chart notes this season.An adult who was up every hour or two now wakes once a night. Headaches went ...
09/04/2026

Some wins from the chart notes this season.

An adult who was up every hour or two now wakes once a night. Headaches went from almost weekly to every couple of months.

A kid who came to us after expansion graduated with double the tongue movement.

A neurodivergent kiddo added Nutella, peanut butter crackers and strawberries after about four sessions. We didn't push. We waited for her to reach.

Lip strength from 1 pound to over 2. Breath hold from 5 seconds to 17. And the numbers are still moving.

A complex TMJ patient dropped her bottom splint. Pain went from a 7 to a 5.

One patient described bodywork as levitating.

If any of this sounds like you or your kid, book a consultation. Mesa, Central Phoenix, or telehealth. Link in the first comment.

09/04/2026

Lungs are clear. Sats are fine. And you’re both sitting there a little stuck.

Here’s the part that gets missed: when passive stability is low, the diaphragm gets pulled into bracing duty. It cannot stabilize the trunk and breathe well at the same time. So the neck and accessory muscles step in, and the pattern goes fast, shallow, high.

Which means more air was never the answer. Lower ribs. Lateral expansion. A long, unhurried exhale. Then you progress the position, not the effort — supine, quadruped, seated, standing.

And before any of it: rule out the cardiopulmonary and dysautonomia drivers. Observations, not diagnoses. Always.

If you’ve been sitting across from these clients knowing something structural is going on, but not having the framework to name it or plan around it — that’s the exact reason I built this one.

UNCHARTED: Hypermobility 101 for the Myofunctional Therapist
Saturday, September 12 · Live
Registration at themyoguide.com

This is the connective tissue piece nobody taught us in our certifications, babe. Come get it.

"Close your mouth."You've probably said it a hundred times. I did too.Here's the part nobody tells you. A kid whose mout...
09/01/2026

"Close your mouth."

You've probably said it a hundred times. I did too.

Here's the part nobody tells you. A kid whose mouth hangs open all day is not being lazy or forgetful. The mouth is open because the nose isn't moving air, or because it wasn't moving air long enough that the body rewired around it.

You can't correct a symptom with a reminder.

What actually keeps a mouth closed is a nose that works, a tongue that rests on the roof of the mouth, and lips that seal without effort. None of that happens because someone said close your mouth.

If you've been repeating yourself for months and nothing sticks, that's not a discipline problem. That's a body doing exactly what it was set up to do.

Comment KIDS and follow me so it comes through. I'll send you the normal vs worth a look checklist. Phoenix, Mesa, or virtual.

08/21/2026

Especially if you are neurodivergent, and in peri/menopause .

The bright lights in buildings, schools and offices are designed to keep us alert /awake.

Sitting under the same light that doesn’t change in intensity all day, is the worst thing you can do for your sleep health. It’s also the thing you have control over.
As a myofunctional therapist, I help people get better sleep. This really is the one tip I share with everyone.

Your circadian rhythm helps your body release your body’s awake and sleep chemicals to make your body respond to being alert in the morning and getting tired at night.

Especially if you are neurodivergent, and in peri/menopause .

Personally , since I’ve changed this in my office and house I’ve also noticed a big difference in my moods and feel much more calm.

Anyone else not a fan of big lights !? And if so, did you notice a difference when you turned them off ?

08/21/2026

Are you ready for it …?

1)Tape my mouth at night before I could nose-breathe all day

2)Call a kid’s snoring “normal”

3)Finish braces without retraining the tongue

4) Get a tongue tie released with no therapy before or after

5) Shame a kid out of a thumb habit

All five of these come up in my treatment room every single week.

Mouth tape before nasal breathing. I use tape with clients — but only after we’ve proven the nose works during the day. Tape isn’t the fix, it’s the reminder.
“Normal” kid snoring. Snoring, grinding, restless sleep, bedwetting, dark circles — that’s an airway asking for help, not a personality trait.
Braces without tongue work. Your tongue is your natural retainer. If it lives on the floor of your mouth, teeth drift back — expander, braces, or not.
A tongue tie release with no therapy. Surgery makes room. It doesn’t teach the muscle what to do with it. Prep before, retrain after, or you risk reattachment and the same pattern.
Shaming a thumb habit. Gloves, bitter polish, calling it out at the table — that habit is solving a real need. We replace the need. The kid quits; I just coach.

Which one surprised you? Comment BREATHE and I’ll send you my 60-second airway self-check. 👇

08/15/2026

hings parents get told are “just a phase.” They’re not. They’re one story your kid’s mouth is telling you.

Follow along for more airway stuff no one else will explain.

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301 E Bethany Home Road
Phoenix, AZ

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Monday 10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10am - 5:30pm
Friday 10pm - 4pm

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