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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.

Missoula Area Events

Alpine, North is “In Business”

Unlike the rest of America these days, Missoula is building! That’s the highlight of September’s edition of Western Montana In Business. And Alpine is fourth on the list in the piece titled: “Building Boom: A look at major construction projects around Missoula in the past year.”

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Alpine Tips its Tiara for the Diva Day All Women’s Run

Diva Day is nearly here! Get ready for the Diva Day All Women’s Run, of which Alpine Physical Therapy is a proud sponsor.

Mayor Engen has proclaimed October 4th, 2008 as “Diva Day.” Diva Day is a celebration of women and the role they play in the community.

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Welcome Bob Botkin to Our Alpine Team

Please join us in welcoming our newest physical therapy team member, Bob Botkin, PT, ATC.

A graduate of the University of Montana in 1995 with a BS in Health & Human Performance, Bob also has current licensure in Montana as an Athletic Trainer.

He later received his MS in Physical Therapy in 2001 [...]

Dan Marino’s Approach to Chronic Pain

Breaking insights from Fox News! Dan Marino talks about how he uses a TENS unit, called the EMPI Select, to address chronic knee pain. Notably, we routinely use the EMPI Select in our approach to chronic pain at Alpine Physical Therapy. Check it out.

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