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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

In the Saddle in Montana with SI Joint Pain

One thing you don’t need while riding high in Montana is SI joint pain. Often missed or worse yet, ignored, SI joint pain can end up being a real pain in the butt. Sadly, people end up getting incomplete or even incorrect treatment for a malady that can often be treated swiftly and successfully.

Alpine Softball Team Takes First in Missoula

Congratulations to those Mean ‘n Green 45+ softball players. First Place! Wow!

They won the final playoff game 15 to 7 to move them out front for the season.

Alpine staff was on hand to provide needed consultations to ensure these guys could play to the end.

Way to go, [...]

Alpine, Serving Missoula

Enjoy my brief overview of some of the services available at our two Missoula locations.

Be sure to click here for more detailed information on our website.

A Bunion’s Angle on Life in Missoula

Oh, the ever popular bunion. A bunion is a condition known to the medical community as hallux valgus. The hallux is the medical term for the big toe, and valgus is an angled alignment. Thus, hallux valgus describes a big toe that angles toward the other toes.

A bunion involves a hard callus [...]

Alpine Softball Rocks Missoula

Alpine softball? Yep. And they old codgers are nearly undefeated and heading to the playoffs. Here’s an update from Doug regarding the guys in the lime green Alpine shirts:

At the midpoint of our season the +45 Alpine team is 8-1, and all the “boys of summer” are smiling. They are happy because they know [...]