May 11, 2010, by Erik Moen

The Triple Whammy Revisited

The Tuesday ride was spectacular! Today was the day we resurrected the Triple Whammy. The triple whammy was named by Nick Shafer back in the day. Juanita, Holmes Point-Juanita, Simonds Road then back in past the Wayne Golf Course. Nice little hill-climb-palooza all under an hour. A nice diversion with my Tuesday riding buddy Denny (congrats to Mariah, his daughter who graduates from U-Texas next week!).

The Tuesday noon rides are open to anyone! Please join us!

I will be joining the REI lunch-time ride next Tuesday in Kent!

The next Tuesday ride leaving Kenmore will be 5/25. See you out there!

May 04, 2010, by Erik Moen

Everyday Athlete 1st and 3rd Wednesdays

I will be at Everyday Athlete this Wednesday evening (6:30-7:30pm) to answer injury/training/pain questions. I spend every 1st and 3rd Wednesday evening at Everyday Athlete in Kirkland. Come join me!

April 22, 2010, by Erik Moen

New Corpore Sano/Viking Sport Seattle team clothing coming soon!

It is almost here! If you don’t have yours, please get ready for the “jump ball”. We have limited numbers of extras on this order.

April 22, 2010, by Erik Moen

New Corpore Sano Sports Performance Hats

Our hats are here! The podium hat by Headsweats is stylish and cool for your appearance on the podium. Stop by and get yours.

April 22, 2010, by Erik Moen

Happy Earth Day!

Love you mother! Today is Earth Day. Plant a tree, ride your bike,…did I say plant a tree?

It is also the 15th Anniversary of my wedded bliss to my wife Laura. Quite a milestone Happy Anniversary Laura, I love you!

April 15, 2010, by Erik Moen

Corpore Sano Expands to Eastside Location

We are pleased to announce our new location on King County’s Eastside.

We are partnering with Eastside Ski and Sport on Microsoft’s “The Commons” to perform our bicycle fitting services. Eastside is gracious to have us!

Services will begin next week. Appointments may be scheduled by calling the Kenmore office 425-482-2453.

April 15, 2010, by Erik Moen

Corpore Sano Welcomes Pro Mtn/CX Racer Kari Studley PT

Corpore Sano Physical Therapy welcomes Kari Studley PT to their office. Kari is a professional Mtn/Cyclocross bike racer in addition to her professional training as a Physical Therapist. Kari is being brought on to help with Corpore Sano’s expansion of services to the Eastside of King County (more later). Kari has been doing her homework and has been training under Erik’s tutelage in the field of bike fit and bicycle injury intervention. Kari is a welcome addition to the Corpore Sano professional staff!

April 04, 2010, by Erik Moen

FOCUS Bicycles Are Coming!

I am super excited to see our team bicycles start trickling into the office. First to arrive was Ryan V’s new Walser Chrono. Super cool bicycle! Very aero, nicely detailed! We eagerly await the arrival of our road bicycles (Cayo and Izalco). Corpore Sano is your FOCUS dealer! You too can get in on the action! Let us know if you are interested!

April 02, 2010, by Erik Moen

Retul Motion Analysis Case Study – Foot/Ankle

I recently had a client with significant foot/ankle orthopedic history. Needless to say the foot and ankle no longer move much. This of course had implications to the fit of his bike. His first visit I got him close to what I thought was pretty close to good. His task was to ride his bike for 2-3wks to get used to that position. I then had him come in for motion analysis with Retul. Upon closer evaluation, we found that he still had quite a bit of reaching through the bottom of his pedal-stroke which resulted in rocking of the hips. The cues that I used were ankle range of motion, knee lateral travel and lateral hip travel measures. These are all measures that are difficult to do by eye (I have been doing this for almost 20 years) and can’t be fully assessed via static measures. I lowered his saddle ~3mm. The results were pretty cool. Ankle, knee and hip motions made significant improvements and came much closer to values of the normal side. The Retul device is very helpful for me in this type of case. Normalization of “symmetry” on a case such as this will be and should be impossible due to the orthopedic history. HOWEVER,….minimization of irregular motion is possible and will have a positive signicance in this person’s capability of riding his bicycle well! Have a great weekend!

March 27, 2010, by Erik Moen

Private Practice Conference – Chelan

I am attending the Private Practice Spring Conference in Chelan. Awesome blue skies, too bad I am mostly sitting in lectures and meetings. The conference has been great! Lake Chelan is beautiful as always.

To learn more about Physical Therapy and Private Practitioners in Washington state take a look at these websites,….. www.apta.org and www.ppsig.org