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Please 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…
Read morePhysical 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 patients…
Read moreWe 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…
Read moreKathi 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…
Read moreLena 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 moreJen 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…
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…
This 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…
Janeen 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. Kathi and Janeen’s family tell about Janeen’s selfless acts and how she has changed her family, her community, and the world.
For four decades, Medical Teams International has been on the frontlines of disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and human-made crises, providing compassionate medical care to the sick and hurting. This is an organization that I am deeply committed to and actively support in multiple ways. In MTI’s 40 Years of Love video, I make a cameo…
Watch the filmby 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…
by Blake Tucker-Jones, PTA — As the warmer weather beckons us to spend more time on our bikes, overuse injuries become more prevalent. The most common injury reported is anterior knee pain. This can be caused by limited hamstring flexibility, tight IT band, low cadence while pedaling, or poor cleat alignment to name a few…
by Patti Koehler, PT, WCS — Everyone has heard of the importance of weight bearing exercise to help build bone density or decrease the rate of bone loss. Weight-bearing exercise is but one piece of a part of a comprehensive treatment approach for osteoporosis. The Meeks Method is an exercise and alignment program developed by Sara…
by Patti Koehler, PT, WCS — Osteoporosis is a musculoskeletal disorder that causes thinning of the bones with a reduction in bone mass and bone strength which predisposes one to increased risk of fracture. Osteoporosis affects one in two women and one in four men over the age of 60…
by E. Anne Patron, DPT — Once postpartum, it is very beneficial to get checked out by a pelvic floor physical therapist. The birth of a child, though an incredible experience, can be traumatic to the pelvic floor, even if the labor and delivery was normal. No matter if you had a c-section or vaginal delivery…
by E. Anne Patron, DPT — Pregnancy is one of the body’s best examples of resilience. Your body goes through an incredible journey in 40 weeks (give or take) that spans the physical and emotional limits of the human body. Physical therapy can be very helpful before, during, and after pregnancy…
An 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.
by 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…
by Shalynn Robinette, PTA, CES — What is ergonomics? Simply put ergonomics is the study of how people work within their environment. Applying ergonomics to your workstation setup helps reduce the risk of repetitive stress injuries. It allows you to adapt your environment to fit you instead of making you adapt to your environment…
Kathy McCoy and others were in India on the way to a Habitat for Humanity build for a community of rat and snake catchers whose villages were impacted by the last typhoon. Stacy Allison is with the group.
by Sarah K. Terpin, PT, DPT — More than 5 million people in the U.S. visit the doctor every year with complaints of dizziness. Dizziness is one of the most common complaints both children and adults have and can affect all aspects of life…
by Eryn Kirschbaum, PT, DPT, PRPC — Urinary Incontinence (UI) is a phrase often associated directly with the aging population or with women who have given birth. However, it often occurs in younger populations, women who have never given birth, and also in men. The term “incontinence” does not necessarily mean complete loss of bladder control…
West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic is a place where health and healing are paramount, and where our practitioners work fervently to get to the core of your condition and rehabilitation needs. We love our patients and they love us, too. Check out some of these excerpts from our five-star reviews on Yelp and Google…
by Jennifer T. Field, PT, DPT — It’s that time of year again and more than 40 million children are carrying their books and school supplies to and from school in a backpack. Carrying a backpack to school each day may seem harmless enough, but heavy loads can potentially cause back, neck, or shoulder pain…
West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic strives to give back to the community. We are passionate about our free annual pre-season sports screening to help prevent knee injuries, especially ACL injuries. At the beginning of each sports season, we offer ACL screenings to local schools and sports programs at no cost…
In March 2017 Kathi joined a team from Habitat for Humanity to build homes in Myanmar. The team was led by Stacy Allison, the first American woman to summit Mt. Everest and a Portland resident. Allison, a motivational speaker, put together a diverse and driven group, including lawyers and…
Patti Koehler, PT was featured on KGW this morning demonstrating 3 Warm Up Stretches for Winter Activities. It’s important to warm up and stretch muscles before running, biking, or skiing in this cold weather.
Watch on KGWFriends and colleagues gathered on Thursday, October 13, 2016, at Oregon Convention Center to celebrate this “national treasure” who began studying architecture in the early 1950’s at Vanport College, now Portland State University. Lee Kelly’s contributions to Oregon’s designed and built environment are visible throughout Oregon…
Thanks to the confidence that our patients and the medical community have in us, we’ve been able to double the size of our clinic! The new upstairs provides expanded gym space and larger dance floor with a professional marley floor, barre, and mirrors.
Lee Kelly Sculpture Walking Tour.
Portland Art Museum — Lee Kelly Exhibit.
Read the full story in the September 3, 2010 edition of the Scribe.
Read the ScribeA helping hand from WPPTC co-owner Kathi McCoy to those in Haiti through Medical Teams International. There is a strong ethos of helping others that pervades WPPTC. In addition to helping our patients regain mobility or achieve peak performance, we are active in the community…
Katherine B. McCoy, West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic co-owner, has received the 2009 Orchid Award from the Portland Business Journal. She is one of 25 outstanding women selected for the Portland Business Journal’s highest honor of achievement for women in business. This profile appeared in the April 24th issue.
Last November Kathi and a group of friends purchased the Mt. Hood Adventure at the Great Adventure Auction to benefit Medical Teams International. Stacy Allison, renowned climber and MTI supporter, joined the group for their successful summit of Mt. Hood. MTI truly rocks!
Watch the climbWest Portland Physical Therapy sponsors Portland Golf Show.
WPPTC’s work with dancers is featured in the February issue of Goodness Magazine. On the cover Kathi McCoy, founder and co-owner of WPPTC, is pictured with OBT principal dancer Gavin Larsen. Check out the article entitled “A Different Kind of TLC”.
Read the articleRecently, Kathi was part of the team on the Congolese border to provide medical relief to refugees. The Oregonian covered the work done in the face of this “human rights catastrophe”.
Read The Oregonian articleThe Oregonian featured Kathi, who shared some of her thoughts on places, things, beliefs and experiences with Oregonian writer Sara Perry in the “Favorite Things” article.
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