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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

Catch More and Bigger Fish with Firm Footing and Confidence

Poor balance makes for poor fishing. I saw this first-hand while spay fishing for monster Steelhead last weekend. Even wearing steel-studded felt-soled wading boots, I was faced with severe “snot-like” conditions while wading the slippery rocks along the river in pursuit of a monster Steelhead.

Notably, my friend Dale who is only 3 months younger [...]

Kudos from Local Businessman, Ron Veillux of MTErgo

It’s always nice to receive a thumbs up for doing a great job. So we were thrilled that Ron Veillux of MT ErgoFit shared with us his testimony about the staff at Alpine Physical Therapy.

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Ron writes: I just want to give you huge kudos on your staff. In the ten years I have [...]

Is Your Pain Talking to You?

Of all our senses, pain may be one you’d prefer to live without. But pain may be your body’s way of telling you that something isn’t right. That can be a good problem . . . if you listen in and seek a solution sooner, rather than later.

Another problem with pain is that when [...]

CrossFit Games 2012, Making Fitness Fun . . . Uh, Sort of

When you’re gasping for breath midway through a CrossFit Games WOD (Work Out of the Day), you can’t help but say: “I’d rather be . . . (here’s where you insert the word that best describes what you’d really rather be doing). But you gotta hand it to the minds behind CrossFit who got creative [...]

Lifestyle and Longevity

My thanks to [...]

New Mom, New Aches

Having worked as a physical therapist for 10 years, I know how new activities can tax the body. I know the importance of good body mechanics and keeping a spine in the best neutral position. I know that fatigue and not feeling well can create poor posture.

However, as a new mom, my PT mind [...]

World Class Wide Crack Climber Describes Training Steps Back to the Top

Back pain will simply not stop wide crack climbing expert, Pamela Shanti Pack. She describes the exercise training and therapy she’s relied on to rehab and regain strength to resume her sport.

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Training for Wide Crack Climbing

There are a few questions I am asked repeatedly as a climber specializing in wide crack climbing [...]

Listen to What People are Saying about Alpine Physical Therapy

Patients and professionals agree that Alpine Physical Therapy is the place in Missoula, Montana, to help you get better, faster.

Take a moment to watch this brief video and hear what some of our past patients and our staff are saying about Alpine. Serving our customers with excellence in customer service and clinical skills is [...]

How Can Missoula’s Top Specialist in Women’s Health Physical Therapy Help You?

Providing specialized women’s health physical therapy requires extra education, experience, and drive to provide passionate and considerate care. Meet women’s health physical therapy expert, Tara Mund, DPT.

In a recent interview, Tara described new and helpful science that she applies in her work with her growing women’s health patients at Alpine Physical Therapy.

In the [...]