Health & Wellness
Tips to keeping you healthy and well from Dr. Erika Putnam, Chiropractor and owner of The Bend, Whitefish
Supplements or Salmon? (nutrition requirements are a moving target)
People are in varying states of health. Some folks are in optimal health with vitality and others are in a stage of disease. Most, are in between stages of health. They are either repairing and gaining on their health or moving closer to symptoms of disease. We are either in the process of degenerating or regenerating. Anabolism or catabolism. Health is not static, so where you are on the health spectrum dictates your requirements for exercise, nutrients, sleep and maybe even supplementation or medication.
Back Country Back Care
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...
In the Spirit of Wellness
Wellness strikes a chord in us that is beyond routine blood tests and the outward appearance of looking like we are okay and saying we are doing just fine. Wellness implies “feeling.” It implies feeling well…, alive…, happy…, and vital… in totality, as opposed to...
Take a whole being approach to your health during the holidays! Week 2
Stay on the healthy path over the holidays with these quick tips from our health partners at The Bend. Dr. Erika Putnam, Chiropractic Physician, The Bend www.thebendatwhitefish.com 406-888-6044 Dr. Tara Wilcox, Naturopathic Physician, www.drtarawilcox.com,...
A Change of Heart to Improve Your Health
As we approach Valentine’s Day, the season of chocolate covered strawberries, I boldly ask the question “How are you doing on your New Year’s Resolutions?” Are you still committed or did your enthusiasm wane a little with each week or at your first setback? If you are...
A Whimsical Wellness Blog
The Bend at Whitefish “Why Whitefish?”, I have been asked many times since my arrival in the late fall of 2016. I am here because it became my happy place. I made the trek to Montana from Idaho as a personal retreat each year in 2010. Four days turned into five and...
Bones & Breath, In Essence
Let me introduce myself. This is a new blog written by a chiropractor who also teaches yoga and lives deep in the wild mountains of Montana. At the age 48 I took a huge leap of faith by packing up everything I owned in Idaho to move to a new town and start a new life....

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