Patient Stories

Read about how Alpine has helped people in our community get back to their lives.

Pamela Shanti Pack - Professional Off-Width Climber

I have been a patient at Alpine Physical Therapy on and off for more than four years. As a professional rock-climber, I have had numerous potentially career-ending injuries from dislocated ribs, ruptured disks in my back, biceps tendonitis, a dislocated kneecap, along with the muscular damage and weakness resulting from these injuries. I have worked most extensively with Leah Versteegen and Samantha Schmidt who’ve used multiple therapies including Pilates-based rehabilitation, CoreAlign®, functional dry needling, and IASTM.  Leah and Samantha are the two most compassionate, creative, and effective PTs I have worked with throughout my climbing career.

I can’t thank Alpine PT enough for keeping me from becoming discouraged throughout months of therapy. They no only get me climbing again, but continually increase my sports performance dramatically.  I would never have been able to return to my professional career as a climber and at my current performance level without the expertise of the staff at Alpine Physical Therapy.

~Pamela Shanti Pack, Professional Off-Width Climber

Over 80 first female ascents of off-widths throughout the American West
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Barbara Grosvenor

The staff at Alpine Physical therapy is very welcoming and helpful.  Brace was most helpful explaining my injury, what to expect, and how to heal it.  He shared many suggestions to help make the injury more comfortable during this process.  This therapy has truly helped me heal.

~ Barbara Grosvenor

Peter Landers

Peter wanted to return to serious backcountry skiing, mountaineering, and backpacking – all upright activities with bipedal movement.  At the point that the CoreAlign was released Peter was primed to increase his training in a standing position.  Peter had such a strong foundation of movement, control, balance, and flexibility that CoreAlign was the next level that offered exactly what he needed for his long-term rehabilitation goals.  It was truly after using CoreAlign that we saw Peter returning to long days of ski touring, deep Alaskan backpack trips, and even surfing!

Sally Brown

Sally Brown came into physical therapy with a strong background in yoga so her alignment and control was quite good despite her injuries.  However, as we worked with Sally and reduced her pain and returned her to higher level functions like hiking and gardening, we found deficits in her balance.  CoreAlign, which some folks would describe as “yoga and tai chi on roller skates”, gave Sally exactly what we needed – to build her balance and her confidence in an erect standing position.

Daniel Lyon

After suffering third-degree burns over 65% of his body, Hotshot Daniel Lyon is now on the long road of recovery. During recovery, one of the tools that landed in his path was the CoreAlign®.

Watch this inspirational video of Daniel recounting his experience while his therapist, Josie Stokken, PT, DPT takes him through a series of low-impact CoreAlign exercises.