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An RC Literary Event with Author Karen Andrea Campbell, Friend of the Clinic
posted on: Jul 27th, 2021 category:newsPlease join us for an evening with Karen Andrea Campbell, an American writer and advocate. Ten years ago, Karen was living the American dream in Portland: a wife and a mother of two active teenage daughters, a productive career, and an outdoor enthusiast. Until one fateful day, exhausted, after a long day skiing on Mt. Hood, she caused […]
read moreCOVID-19 and Physical Therapy: Our Commitment to Patient Safety During the Pandemic
posted on: Jul 15th, 2021 category:rehabilitation, community, newsPhysical Therapy is an Essential Service As a medical treatment, physical therapy is deemed an essential service during the Coronavirus pandemic. We have remained open through the pandemic to serve our patients. Is it Safe to Go to a Physical Therapy Clinic Right Now? We are following all CDC guidelines to protect our staff and […]
read moreClinic Re-opening
posted on: Apr 26th, 2020 category:community, newsWe are happy to announce that we have re-opened our clinic and returned to providing patient care as of Monday, April 6, 2020. We have also begun offering Telehealth visits. During our inaugural week of this service, we are getting great responses from our patients. We are happy to offer Telehealth care to you if […]
read moreKathi McCoy Honored by Legacy Health
posted on: Apr 6th, 2020 category:Kathi McCoy, community, newsKathi McCoy was recently honored by Legacy Health for including the Good Samaritan Foundation in her estate plan. “It was just about being practical,” says Kathi, “being a strategic planner, leaving this world with as much joy and as little chaos as possible.” Kathi is managing partner at the West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic and […]
read moreLena Thieme, PT Teaches and Dances in Brazil
posted on: Feb 3rd, 2020 category:art, dance, community, newsLena Thieme, a member of West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic’s dance rehabilitation team, has recently returned from Brazil where she was teaching, performing, and helping dancers dance more freely. While there, she was honored as a princess of Lambada in a ceremony celebrating influential women of Lambada. She also performed a contemporary solo depicting Yemanja, […]
read moreMeet Our Team: Jennifer Field, PT, DPT
posted on: Jan 15th, 2020 category:community, newsJen currently treats a wide spectrum of orthopedic conditions ranging from athletic injuries to chronic pain. She has special interest in working with runners of all levels to improve their form and design exercise programs individualized to their needs. She is currently pursuing a certification as a Health Coach in order to better assist patients […]
read moreWPPTC Now Offers Bike Fitting
posted on: Jul 7th, 2019 category:community, newsMention This Blog Post and get $50 Off Your First Bike Fit! Did you know there are over 22,000 people who commute by bike here in Portland? That ranks us seventh in the nation! There are so many people choosing to bike these days, and for every rider, there’s a different reason to ride. Whether […]
read moreWPPTC’s Dance Physical Therapist Visits Buenos Aires
posted on: Jun 2nd, 2019 category:dance, rehabilitation, community, newsThis April, I was in one of my favorite cities, Buenos Aires, Argentina, to participate in the Mega Zouk Congress. Buenos Aires has one of the largest and most active communities of the dance Zouk Lambada in the world. There I taught this dance, as well as ballet and injury prevention for lambada. I was […]
read moreFriend of the Clinic Honored as 2018 Humanitarian of the Year
posted on: May 24th, 2019 category:community, newsJaneen McAninch, a close friend to Kathi McCoy and the West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic, was named 2018 Humanitarian of the Year by Medical Teams International. Watch this inspirational video about Janeen. Kathi and Janeen’s family tell about Janeen’s selfless acts and how she has changed her family, her community, and the world.
read moreWPPTC Physical Therapist Dances and Teaches in Brazil
posted on: Mar 26th, 2019 category:dance, newsby M. Lena Thieme, PT, MPT Lambada is a Brazilian social partner dance that involves circular head and body movements, turns and multiple spins, cambré or back bending, and sometimes deep-knee bending. One can imagine that there may be a lot of neck, back, and ankle injuries as it requires a lot of the musculoskeletal […]
read morePhysical Therapy as First Treatment for Low Back Pain Curbs Opioid Use
posted on: May 30th, 2018 category:rehabilitation, community, newsAn excellent article on NPR talks about how physical therapy as the first treatment for lower back pain can help to reduce opioid use and eliminate the need for pricey procedures and surgeries that often don’t help, and can even exacerbate lower back pain. Read the entire article here.
read moreMen’s Health
posted on: Mar 16th, 2018 category:rehabilitation, newsby Amanda Swearingen, PT, DPT, PRPC An often misunderstood part of the human body which can lead to multiple dysfunctions are the muscles of the pelvic floor. The pelvic floor muscles are a group of muscles that attach to the bottom of the pelvis. They provide several functions including postural and organ support, bowel and bladder […]
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