by Erika Putnam, DC | Oct 13, 2019 | Active Lifestyle, chiropractic, Yoga
One of my best friends, and road biking buddies was hit by a car on her bike. I got the daunting news of the accident from her 17 year old son. When asked, I was afraid to hear the sentence that would follow the question, “Is she okay?” I was home to Boise for the... 
by Erika Putnam, DC | Sep 12, 2019 | Active Lifestyle, chiropractic, health, Montana Life
Back care never seems that important until it’s you who is facing sitting out for the season or potentially postponing the hunt you have been planning for two years. All of a sudden you wished you knew more about back care and prevention. Being faced with surgery or... 
by Erika Putnam, DC | Aug 13, 2019 | Active Lifestyle, chiropractic, functional medicine, health
If you were to make a list of the things you know you are doing that are not in your best interest I bet you could immediately begin moving closer to improvements in your health. In almost all cases patients bring these things up in clinical conversations. They say... 
by Erika Putnam, DC | Feb 12, 2019 | Active Lifestyle, Yoga
Today I playfully suggested to my yoga students at The Wave, “let’s wear red next week for Valentine’s Day.” I reasoned that red is a festive, bold color and seems fitting for a daring heart opening class. They seemed to know what I meant by heart opening. They also... 
by Erika Putnam, DC | Jan 15, 2019 | Active Lifestyle, chiropractic, Montana Life, Yoga
When a 6’4” Montana cowboy type, manly man with a grey beard and work stained Carhartt’s says he picked me to be his chiropractor because I do yoga, a wide smile came across my face. Not to stereotype, but this isn’t the type of guy I expect to walk in and have an... 
by Erika Putnam, DC | Aug 13, 2018 | Active Lifestyle, chiropractic, Montana Life
If you spend more than 30 minutes in the saddle you likely have a keen awareness of where your bike seat meets your sitting bones. Has it ever occurred to you that an unequal sensation in your haunches may be an indicator that your pelvis is misaligned? Over the last...