alta logo new
In This Issue
Willpower
The Toes Know

  

ALTA NEWS

   

If you feel like you are drowning in paperwork, you are not alone. The new CMS guidelines require extra paperwork for all of our Medicare clients. At the initial visit, and for every 10th visit after that, you will be required to do new paperwork. Please help us do our job. Without the paperwork, we will not be able to continue to treat Medicare patients. Thanks for helping us stay compliant.

 

paperwork  

 

Speaking of paperwork, ALTA is going paperless! Within the next month or two, we will be converting to an electronic health records system, WebPT. Once we are live, you will be able to do your paperwork on line before your appointment.

 

 

Sidebar line     

  
   
Farewell

Nicole!

 

goodbye 2  

 

Nicole, like many other commuters, has had enough of the construction delays on US 36. Effective March 1st, rather than be an SOV (single occupant vehicle), Nicole has opted to consolidate her work days and will be working full time in Denver, just 7 minutes from her home. We will miss Nicole and wish her the best in her new job.

 

 

Join Our List

Join Our Mailing List

                                                   January 24, 2013

Greetings!

 

Willpower: easier than you think!

 

"I can resist anything except temptation."

Oscar Wilde

 

willpower  

 

 

"I really want to get in shape this year - that's my New Year's resolution."

 

"Isn't that the same resolution you had last year?"

 

"Yeah, but this year, I am really going to do it."

 

How will you do it? Learn to use pessimism and 5 other surprising tips to increase your willpower. 

 

willpower 1  

  

The Toes Know                                

I have been thinking a lot about feet lately. Mine have felt a little cramped. I'm longing for summer sandals, or at least sockless freedom around the house. I like to cycle, ski, and hike, all activities that require closed-toe, sometimes snug, footwear. My grandmother had bunions so severe that they scared me as a child. I thought that my own genetics might make bunions and hammertoes magically appear one day. Nothing I could do about it: one day I would wake up with feet so twisted, I'd need surgery.

 Yogatoes

So should I just sit around and wait for those lumpy indignities to appear?

 

NO, actually there are some great ways to give your feet a little TLC at the end of the day and just maybe avoid pain, and hopefully bunion surgery.

 

We know that barefoot cultures have fewer foot problems per capita than any other population. Hmmm... maybe our feet want to be freer, more out in the open, toes more separated from one another. Vibram Five Finger shoes allow toes to stretch, feel the ground, separate, do what toes are supposed to do. Maybe I should make the leap - if I could just get over how ridiculous they look!

 

Then there is Yogatoes. Yogatoes are toe stretchers that claim to do a lot of things, including decreasing bunions and hammer toes. Our feet have little muscles deep inside called the foot intrinsic muscles. These muscles work hard! They support our feet and thus, our entire bodies. Yogatoes stretch and relieve these muscles so they can do their job and we can do ours! As I sit at my desk writing, Yogatoes sound pretty good to my sock and shoe clad feet. I stretch other parts of my body, other parts that don't support me through thousands of steps. Why not my feet?

 

Have you heard of Yogatoes? Tried them? Do you wear Vibram Five Finger shoes? Do you give your feet any TLC?

 

Sincerely,

alta logo new

 

ALTA Physical Therapy & Pilates

2955 Baseline Road 

Boulder, CO  80303

303-444-8707

  

www.AltaTherapies.com