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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

Missoula . . . On the Cusp of a Fitness & Rehab Revolution: CoreAlign® Part 1

Imagine a new piece of equipment on the magnitude of the elliptical trainer. Alpine Physical Therapy is on the front edge of something this big. Introducing the CoreAlign®, a brand new form of exercise equipment that is shaping up to be a new revolution in rehab and fitness. Join Sam as she describes the [...]

Merry Christmas from Everyone at Alpine Physical Therapy

Merry Christmas from Alpine PT

Pictured left to right

Front:  Brent Dodge, Alysha Spear, Angela Listug-Vap, Linsey Olson, Kalyn Fairbanks, Lindsey Richards

Middle: Bob Botkin, Tara Mund, Samantha Schoeneman, Jocee Long, Mar’Kee Houppert, Bonnie Netzley, Gary Gales

Back: Neil Marie Peck, Leah Versteegen (and baby Adelheyd), Kristy Moore, Leslie Brandt, Jeannette Kittredge, Cassidy Driggers

(Not pictured:  Erin Whip, [...]

Spinal Manipulation Past & Present

It’s common to think about a chiropractic or osteopathic physician when considering spinal manipulation. Yet physical therapists have been performing spinal manipulation in the US since the very foundation of the Physical Therapy Association in 1921.

Several of the physical therapists at Alpine have advanced certification in manipulative medicine. Using spinal manipulation on a daily basis, [...]