Frank “Frog” Hull has been a patient of Charis Harrison, DPT, and has bravely been fighting cancer while also enduring many treatments for it. His goal is to walk on his own again. He was a popular English teacher at Beaverhead County High School for many years and he loves to write songs, sing, tell jokes, and play his harmonica. “Frog” had this to say about his Physical Therapy experience, “I give Orthopedic Rehab my highest possible recommendation. The therapists are compassionate, caring, an… Read more

At Orthopedic Rehab, we have the honor of treating patients who have influenced the lives of many. One such patient is Bob Lawson, who worked closely with Amy Fischer, MS PT of our Whitefish clinic, while Bob recovered from a Total Knee Replacement surgery earlier this year. Bob, is a well respected, retired Montana State Representative as well as a well loved Whitefish High School Vice Principal, Teacher and Counselor from 1977-1995. Bob had this to say about his experience at Orthopedic Rehab,… Read more

It is a pleasure to tell you how much I enjoyed my experience with the staff at The Aquatic & Spine Center at Orthopedic Rehab. I have had chronic spinal problems for many years. A few years ago I contemplated surgery but was told by a neurosurgeon he would not attempt a surgical approach nor would he recommend I let anyone else do so. I have tried a number of other modalities with little or no success, finally relying on medication alone to ease acute discomfort. When I saw an advertisement for… Read more

Winston Churchill once said, “No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” and we think Cindy Lindsey would agree! Alena Ori, DPT of Orthopedic Rehab’s Kalispell clinic worked closely with Cindy during her rehabilitation from a partial thickness Rotator Cuff tear. By being committed to her Physical Therapy program administered by Alena, Cindy’s shoulder healed without the need of surgical intervention! Cindy is now back to running a ranch, doing team roping, and fly fishing up in the … Read more

Meet Charles “Chuck” Clark, a patient who has been working with Sarah Schmautz, DPT at Orthopedic Rehab in Kalispell rehabbing his left shoulder after a Rotator Cuff tear and surgical repair. He also came to Orthopedic Rehab in 2013 following a Total Knee Replacement surgery. When Chuck began physical therapy for his shoulder, his limitations included a very stiff arm with only partial movement. He is now able to move his arm up and forward with little difficulty with a much wider range of moti… Read more

Glacier Wolfpack Girls Basketball coach Kris Salonen came to Orthopedic Rehab’s Kalispell clinic located in the Flathead Valley Orthopedics Building for her Physical Therapy following a total knee replacement surgery earlier this spring. She had this to say about her healing process with Ben Kingan, DPT in our Kalispell clinic:

“I came to orthopedic rehab 2 weeks after I had my total knee replacement on April 13, 2015. I had numerous knee surgeries including 2 ACL repairs and meniscus repairs a… Read more

The United States Gymnastics Team brought home the Gold Medal in Rio, and on a local level, 10 year old Amelia Mason is earning her own accolades in gymnastics after recovering from a serious Spinal Fracture suffered during practice in January. After seeing a Pediatric Orthopedic Spinal Specialist and spending 4 months in a brace, Amelia came to Ashley Wenz, DPT, Clinic Manager of Orthopedic Rehab’s Bigfork Clinic. With Ashley’s encouragement, Amelia went through a rigorous core stabilization pr… Read more

I owe a debt of gratitude to the folks at Orthopedic Rehab in Whitefish and especially Andrea . Early in 2015 my sister and I had talked about doing something for my upcoming 50th birthday, lets run a marathon of course. Which one…. I’d heard of the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC, so did the research 32,000 runners and 8th most sought after marathon worldwide, plus once a Marine always a Marine.

After signing up I had a little problem, I was lucky if I could walk a ¼ mile because of ne… Read more

I set a goal for myself this past summer to hike to Leigh Lake near Libby, MT where we spend our summers. This is considered to be a difficult hike of 3 miles uphill.

I had spent the previous 5 months going to over 8 different doctors multiple times, trying to find out what was causing a terrible pain in my hip and backside. I even had a surgery to remove some of the metal bracing in my back because one specialist thought this was the problem, but to no avail. I left for Libby in May and throug… Read more

Meet Larry Smith, who is working on maintaining his “original parts” through Physical Therapy with Tyler Ladenburg, DPT of Orthopedic Rehab’s Columbia Falls office. Proudly wearing his “Made in 1934” t-shirt, Larry is all smiles as he continues his PT regime to alleviate his back pain (and retire his walker!). Larry looks forward to being pain-free as he cherishes his family time and especially to continue going for romantic walks with his wife.