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Welcome to Health and Fitness 101, a blog for people who enjoy the Montana lifestyle.
The aim of our blog is to interpret, distill, and then deliver to you the threads that bind physical medicine with applicable health and fitness ideas and principles.
It's all about helping to connect the dots that foster optimal human function and, ultimately, superior performance. Feel better. Perform better.

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Natural Fit: A Pilates Program Can Be a Harmonious Addition to Rehab Practice

When I discovered Pilates several years ago, it was as a patient, not a therapist.

After suffering from severe low back pain and receiving little relief from conventional treatment approaches, I tried Pilates. After 10 sessions, my pain was gone and I was convinced that Pilates was an effective therapeutic method to build strength and improve [...]

The Importance of a Home Exercise Program

Physical Therapists prescribe exercises for most conditions that we treat, whether the problem lies in the hip, shoulder, knee or spine.  Those of you who have previously seen a physical therapist are probably familiar with the term “home exercise program.”

Home exercise programs generally include directions for exercises that the patient should continue to perform independently [...]

Set Health & Fitness Goals, Not Resolutions

Yes.  Yes you can achieve your health & fitness goals in 2008. Do so by setting goals, which are positive, rather than shackling yourself with resolutions, which are negative. You see, by setting goals, you immediately get the creative juices flowing that move you in the direction of your goals.

Making a resolution, on the other [...]