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Oh sNOw!

By Emerson Talbott, DPT / December 3, 2019

With the cold winter weather coming around again, we can obviously expect to see some snow and ice in the coming weeks. If you are like me, you have had a “slippery” experience with winter weather before,  but it is a time of the year that we can all overcome! …

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How My Passion for Running Fueled my Passion to Heal

By Tabitha McDonald / October 24, 2019

My life as a runner took off when I got into running cross-country and track in high school. I have been an athlete participating in a multitude of sports for most of my life, but when I joined the cross-country team, I knew I had found my passion.  I instantly…

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Active Aging Week 2019

By Tabitha McDonald / September 25, 2019

This October we are participating in Humana’s Active Aging Week!  Let’s celebrate aging and the benefits of active living at any age October 1-7th.  You can enter to win an hour massage all week long, just swing by the Physio front desk and drop your info in the box! We will announce the winner on October…

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Impulsive Adventurer Pt. 2 – Learning Lessons on the Trail

By Tyler Matherne / September 13, 2019

In the summer of 2017 I decided to go for a little walk –  a little 500 mile walk.  If you read my last blog about cycling you’ll know that pre-planning my adventures is not my strong-suit. This story will continue that theme.  To give a little background, I was…

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Building Confidence, and Changing Perspective

By Tabitha McDonald / September 6, 2019

“Everyone is staring at me,” I thought as I slowly pounded my way around the track. My hips and ankles hurt, and my knees felt very uncomfortable. Looking around, there were new moms with strollers, kids playing football on the turf inside the track, and a guy who ran five…

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Best of WNC 2019!

By Tabitha McDonald / August 7, 2019

Best of WNC 2019 Winners Announced! Thank you for voting us Best of WNC for 7 years running! We are very proud and grateful that Physio Physical Therapy and Wellness has again been voted Best of WNC in the Mountain Xpress poll. We strive every day to provide the best…

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Impulsive Adventurer: Cycling Across the Country

By Tyler Matherne / June 25, 2019

I’ve always considered myself somewhat of an “impulsive adventurer”. For better or worse, I like to pick a general direction, start heading that way, and make my decisions as they come to me and not before. It was due to this sort of mentality that, in the summer of 2013, I…

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Taking Care of my Body while Bartending

By Rachel Suggs / June 3, 2019

Many years ago, I decided to get a part-time bartending job at a local brewery. I was looking to purchase my first home here in Asheville and like many Ashevillians know, the struggle is real. It’s expensive to live here! So I figured the extra income would be helpful. Little…

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Problem-Solving & Physical Therapy

By Emerson Talbott, DPT / May 14, 2019

Spring Fever Like the rest of the city of Asheville, as soon as good weather hit, I jumped at the opportunity to take advantage of mowing my lawn. Chalk it up to my obsessive brain if you want, but before I even started the mower I was problem-solving for how…

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Problem Solving: Wood vs. The Body

By Emerson Talbott, DPT / April 29, 2019

Over the years, I have developed a love for working with my hands. Outside of being a Physical Therapist, I try to incorporate this into my daily life through some basic woodworking and home improvement problem solving.  Years ago, when I was but a young whippersnapper in high school, my dad…

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