Blog
Wilderness Safety
By Kaitlyn McNally The Pacific Northwest is a great place to be if you love the outdoors. Whether you are at a beginner or advanced level, there are so many places for you to get out and connect with nature. When it comes to the wilderness, it’s incredibly important to be prepared for anything and have the basics of first...
Book Club
Elena Soles, DPT Join us for Stride’s first book club event! Grab a glass of wine, cuddle up with your dog, and meet us on Zoom to discuss Kelly McGonigal’s groundbreaking book “The Upside of Stress". To say any one statement about the magnitude of stress in this past year would undoubtedly be insufficient and redundant. McGonigal’s book helps us...
PT Services Across State Lines
By Suzanne Soine Do you or your loved ones need physical therapy while in another state or a rural area? Oftentimes, we have a hard time finding care when we are on vacation or wish our family and friends could see our physical therapist but are too far away. New adaptations to physical therapy access due to COVID 19 has...
Tourniquets, Light Weights and Bulging Muscles; Introducing Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Training at Stride Physio
By Susanne Michaud Stronger, faster, more powerful than a speeding bullet… That super hero image is the implied outcome of great strength training. To get there, one must consistently lift, push, and pull heavy loads over a period of months. For example, if the most I could dead lift is 100 pounds 1 time, then my dead lifting workouts would...
Teletherapy: Is it Worth It? Will it Work for Me?
Resident therapist Elena Soles dives into what we have learned so far in this relatively new, virtual method of care. Our already increasingly virtual world has become even more so during COVID-19. Seemingly everyone, regardless of lifestyle or work, is spending more time (if not the majority of time) facing a computer for meetings, family time, and medical needs. To...
9 Medically-Approved Pilates Moves to Try at Home
Gyms closed on you again? Never fear! Keep your Pilates practice going strong with this essential at-home-friendly sequence created by clinician Heidi Marten! Now that gyms are closed again, many people are wondering what they can do at home with minimal equipment and set-up. We mustn't underestimate how essential exercise is for both physical and mental health, in helping to...
Black Girls RUN! Review
Stride Physio, in partnership with Super Jock n’ Jill, launched a September running/walking challenge for the organization Black Girls RUN!. This was an incredible success with more than 16 participants, thousands of running and walking miles, and $4,400 raised on the GoFundMe platform for the foundation. Stride hosted weekly Zoom check-ins for participants that featured Stride physical therapists, as well...
The 4th Trimester and Beyond
By Alexis Eusterbrock, DPT, COMT, OCSBy Alexis Eusterbrock, DPT, COMT, OCS I started to brainstorm and write this blog nearly a year ago after returning to work following maternity leave with my second child. My motivation for writing this blog is to bring greater awareness to the importance of true REHABILITION following childbirth. Currently there is pressure in our society...
COVID Control: Cold Season Preparedness
Laurie Gribschaw DPT, ATC, PRC, Level 1 PN Coach These unprecedented times have sucker punched us pretty hard over the past year, catching us totally off-guard. But with 9 months of practice under our belts, and by tapping into our superpowers to prepare and innovate, we can be healthy and thrive through the cold, dark season. This blog is about...
Peloton and Spin Bike Fits at Stride Physio
By Tim Ainslie Are you pedaling efficiently and comfortably when cycling on your Peloton or your spin bike? Can you keep up with the instructor and the pack? Do you have pain in your neck, shoulders, arms, spine, hips, or knees when on your bike? These are the questions to ask if you are considering having an evaluation of your...