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.
To many high school athletes, the name Bob Botkin is highly esteemed. For Bob has worked with and helped many such athletes over the last 10 years in western Montana.
Go Bob & Company!
Bob is a licensed Athletic Trainer. He’s also a well-respected Physical Therapist. Since Bob has been developing the sports programs [...]
Alpine’s very own Megan Fisher recently qualified as a US Paralympic cycling competitor for the World Road Nationals held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Go Megan!
For more information on her performance, along with the performance of the rest of our US Team, click here.
The 2010 UCI Road World Championships will take place in [...]
You say you can’t get a thorough work out in just four minutes a day. Or can you? One company out there believes you can. And they have just the device they’d like to sell you to do it. The only problem is the unit takes up all the space in your living room and [...]
According to the readership of Runner’s World magazine, Missoula was named the top Marathon destination for 2010.
The registration numbers reflect this truth. In fact, there are 4 times as many registrants to date for this year’s event compared to last year. Notably, the projected number of all participants is anticipated to be over 5,000.
Check out Alpine’s newest commercial. It describes how we are the only spot in Montana right now with the hottest and newest exercise technology, CoreAlign®. It’s our first ever commercial in which we actually say something with words. Call it an experiment!
For more information on CoreAlign® at Alpine, visit the CoreAlign® page [...]
We’ve compiled over 200 topic modules on most known orthopedic conditions. They’re easy to read. And the graphics are some of the best on the web. Here’s an example from the document called A Patient’s Guide to Rotator Cuff Tears.
We provide these informational guides free on our clinic website. Simply click here to [...]
In the event you some day require physical therapy services, you will want to choose a service that is focused on what is best for you. That’s Alpine Physical Therapy. Please take a moment to understand who we are by reading our statements of vision, mission, and core values.
Doing the same activities over and over again can lead to pain and problems. Whether at work or play, knowing the facts about cumulative trauma disorder is key.
For people who spend hours at a computer, I offer the 20/20 rule. Your body needs a bit of rest and recovery. Doing so [...]
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