Monthly Archives: June 2020

Therapist Spotlight: Evan Ameluxen-Coleman, PT, DPT

Evan Ameluxen-Coleman, PT was only 12 years old when he attended his first physical therapy session. After partially tearing his patellar tendon in his knee playing soccer, he spent several months strengthening his knee in physical therapy before returning to the sport.  The experience informed his eventual career path: Ameluxen-Coleman is a physical therapist at […]

Physical Therapy in the time of COVID: One Rebound Patient’s Story

When low back pain prevented Sara Evans from bending over to tie her shoes late last fall, she knew it was time to give physical therapy a try.  Evans, a Bend resident and mother of four school-aged children, suffered from a herniated disc that initially left her with debilitating back pain. Evans said her back […]

In Search of Snow, Men’s Alpine U.S. Ski Team Comes to Bend

  On a recent June morning, as the first light illuminated Mt. Bachelor, members of the Men’s Alpine U.S. Ski Team were already halfway through their on-snow training session.  A handful of team members —including Bend native Tommy Ford — spent 10 days in Central Oregon for their annual summer training camp. Each morning, the […]