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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

Ease Postural Prenatal Pain with Physical Therapy Prescribed Exercises

Prenatal women often begin to experience pain and joint discomfort during their pregnancy. There are at least three common postural changes we see in prenatal women at Alpine Physical Therapy.

To learn about these postural changes and how physical therapy and specialized exercises are used to help when pain arises, please view this informative interview [...]

Good Food Store Offers Free Runner’s Injury Prevention Seminar for Missoula Marathoners, February 27th

If you’re planning to run in this year’s Missoula Marathon, you are invited to a free seminar at the Good Food Store on February 27th at 7 PM.

Our topic on Injury Prevention in Runners will be presented by our two top running specialists at Alpine Physical Therapy, [...]

Neck Pain: Manipulation of Your Neck and Upper Back Leads to Quicker Recovery

Patients with typical neck pain may benefit from a physical therapy program that includes upper neck and upper back manipulation. Potential benefits include less pain, better neck motion, and improved ability to perform daily activities. Although this treatment was very successful for this group of patients with neck pain, it may not be effective or [...]

Patients again Give Alpine’s Brace Hayden a Big Thumbs Up

When our clients conclude care at Alpine Physical Therapy, we ask them to take a moment and fill out a satisfaction survey, which includes a spot for additional comments. Well, I just received three write ups from our patients. Notably, all three of the write ups included wonderful accolades about one of our star therapists, [...]

Meet Missoula’s Top Women’s Health Physical Therapist, Tara Mund

Upon completion of her third segment of a three-part series in advanced women’s health physical therapy, [...]

Athletes at Risk for Knee Pain?

Healthcare providers usually call persistent pain at the front of your knee or under your kneecap patellofemoral pain syndrome. This pain is typically unrelated to a specific injury but instead occurs over time with an increase in physical activity. The pain may be a nagging ache or an occasional sharp pain that may cause you [...]

Free Runner’s Injury Prevention Seminar for Missoula Marathoners, February 27th

If you’re planning to run in this year’s Missoula Marathon, you are invited to a free seminar at the Good Food Store on February 27th at 7 PM.

Our topic on Injury Prevention in Runners will be presented by our two top running specialists at Alpine Physical Therapy, [...]

UM Sports Clinical Residency Program Receives National Accreditation

According to Ryan Mizner, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Montana, the sports clinical residency program in the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Montana has just been credentialed by the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

The [...]

Hear What Professionals are Saying about Alpine Physical Therapy

Professionals are talking about Alpine Physical Therapy. Take a minute (and a half) to hear the specifics of what they’re saying.

Their sentiments are clear. Alpine is the place in Missoula, Montana, for expert, effective, and caring physical therapy services.

For more information on our clinics, click here to view our clinic [...]