Stay Healthy South Sound Jennifer Penrose

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews Terese Jenks, MPO, LCO Prosthetic Resident who has a passion for helping people stay as active as possible via bracing methods and prosthetic limbs. She has great ideas and she is willing to problem solve with you regarding arthritis, back pain, scoliosis, and prosthetic limbs. She explains her day to day work day in how she helps patients practically return to more mobility. She dives into the challenges and the victories working with Amputees.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews “Lando” co-owner of CrossFit Cloud City Athletics in Lacey WA. We discuss Lando’s journey in opening CrossFit after being in the military. He talks about the myths surrounding CrossFit (even I had some misconceptions of CrossFit!).

We discuss key concepts of fitness and how the warm-up and cool down and stretching/mobility is key to injury prevention. Lando loves learning and has a passion for developing solid work out programs.

The best thing you can do for your health and enjoying life is investing in yourself. Start somewhere and do one step at a time.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose is the owner of Penrose & Associates Physical Therapy and she has created a team that truly “listens” to patients and understands that pain management is a key reason people come to therapy.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews local orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Lamour. He specializes in ankle foot surgery and sports medicine at Olympia Orthopedics at their East location on Lilly Rd His training included dual fellowships: 1. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship: Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Gulf Breeze, FL 2. Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship: Las Vegas Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Institute, Las Vegas, NV.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews Dr. Nancy Miller-Ihil to discuss nutrition as a basis for health. We discuss weight loss, Paleo, Keto, and how genetics influences what some of us can and can’t eat. Weight loss is more about keeping weight off and the TLS solutions through Nutrametrix offers a free questionnaire that based on your personality, lifestyle, and commitment level will put together a plan for you including recipes.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews Hawk Mason, LMT licensed massage therapist who provides massage therapy services at Penrose Physical Therapy. He is a former military veteran with experience leading a team overseas as well as a history of working with disabled adults.

We discuss how “massage therapy is a powerful tool that can help you take charge of your health and well-being” quote from the Mayo clinic! We discuss the benefits that the literature/research has been able to show as well as what we see with clients.

Massage therapy is no longer considered a “luxury spa service” but more of an integrated approach to wellness and feeling and moving better. In fact, with today’s social media we are actually becoming more anxious and less connected to community and each other. Massage is a great way to decrease anxiety and provide healing through touch. Massage therapy lowers blood pressure, decreases pain, improves mobility and leads to healthier lives!

People are surprised that their pain is actually referred from somewhere else: called trigger points in the muscles. It is very common to have tension headaches from neck muscles that send pain to behind your eyes, your temporal region, your face and jaw. Massage is so helpful with stress, tension, scar tissue after surgeries, and maintaining mobility with arthritis.