Stay Healthy South Sound

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews patient, Kyle Smith, who ran her 3rd Boston Marathon 6 weeks after her meniscus surgery.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose discusses all things with back pain: discs, stenosis, sciatica, and even takes you on her own personal journey of her lumbar surgery.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews Dr. Kylie Starr, a staff physical therapist at Penrose Physical Therapy that went through a total knee replacement in 2021.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews Jeff Lynch, a patient of Penrose Physical Therapy, and discusses his journey with the Penrose Physical Therapy Team.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose explains the 2nd most common walking and running injury, Achilles tendonitis. In this episode, Dr. Penrose shares quick tips to implement right away if you have it and long-term considerations to prevent it!

Dr. Penrose interviews local business owner, Lisa Ellis regarding Rock Steady Boxing and the benefits for Parkinson’s.

Dr. Penrose discusses why low back pain is so common. She also puts to rest some myths regarding the low back like 1. You need a strong back. 2. You need a flexible spine. She also discusses common diagnoses: herniated discs, degenerative discs, sciatica, stenosis. She also gets into what to do about back pain. Optimal back health doesn’t come from doing nothing. Implement spine hygiene today as y...

Dr. Penrose describes the 8-week wellness and weight loss program while interviewing a client that went through the program. We had over 20 people in the 8-week program from Jan - Feb 2021 with fantastic results. The program is science-based and focuses on low glycemic impact eating and eating lean proteins and non-starchy carbohydrates. Cathy, who went through the program, also noticed less infla...

Dr. Penrose outlines the causes of knee pain, the anatomy of the knee, and the different mechanical factors that affect knee pain. Knee pain is affected by your foot type and your lower leg alignment as well as your hip strength. The way you walk or run also plays a role in your knee pain. You need to have the entire leg looked at to fully address the knee pain so you can get rid of the knee pain...

Dr. Penrose interviews a patient that went through back pain and sciatica at Penrose Physical Therapy. Rosemarie tells her journey of how she suffered for several months before realizing physical therapy was an option. She even says “I thought physical therapy was for when you break your arm.” Instead, she now promotes physical therapy as a first line intervention if you are in pain or limited in...

This is an episode where Megan Dahlman interviews Dr. Jennifer Penrose on the “Strong Mammas Podcast” on: Common mom injuries: plantar fasciitis, kneecap and it band pain, and more lower body injuries Do your knees hurt a lot? Or maybe you have foot pain, like Plantar Fasciitis? Or maybe it’s IT Band syndrome...that horrible stabbing on the outside of your knee? Momma, you do NOT need to suffer th...

In this episode, Dr. Penrose discusses the complexities involved with weight loss.

Dr. Penrose interviews Dr. Griffith on Naturopathy and how choosing a Naturopathic Physician as a primary care provider, or as a second opinion, can really help you with your overall health.

Dr. Penrose highlights the LATEST research regarding osteoporosis.

Dr. Penrose and Dr. Cordis discuss COVID-19, protests/racial injustices, kids learning remotely are all factors creating more stress for everyone! It starts with mental health and what you choose to focus on. Chronic stress causes the brain to release signals to the endocrine system that cause cortisol levels to stay high which decreases our immune system. We discuss practical strategies for stres...

Dr. Penrose discusses that there are 3 main reasons people are having an increase in knee pain while staying home more due to COVID-19.. Some people are becoming too sedentary causing weakness and stiffness leading to pain of various kinds. Another group has decided this is a great time to take up more running from home and more walking and has created an overuse injury. Another group has knee pai...

Dr. Penrose highlights 3 patient stories that discovered Telehealth was surprisingly convenient, effective, and delivered the outcome that each patient was seeking! Most payors are paying for Telehealth through the end of 2020. We are hoping it stays an option even longer to help people in situations that are remote, or travel or have kids at home use Telehealth. COVID 19 has taken many freedoms a...

Dr. Penrose released her new book in March 2020. On the podcast she outlines the book and how it was developed as a practical way to help people with knee pain, back pain, achilles, hip and more. Dr. Penrose tells 2 patient stories to highlight what physical therapist’s do in order to fix your “medical diagnosis.” For example she tells a story of Amy diagnosed with “peroneal tendonitis” from her d...

Dr. Penrose interviews Christine about her medical training in becoming a licensed acupuncturist. Christine also studied Chinese herbal medicine in China to complete her full understanding of Chinese medicine. Christine went on to become a “Functional Nutritional Provider” as well because many of the ailments we have come back to what we eat or what we fail to absorb. We discuss what acupuncture i...

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews Dr. Femiano regarding tendon problems. We discuss the difference between tendonitis, tendonosis, and best treatments at this time. We also discuss when to use ultrasound to image the tendon and PRP (platelet rich plasma) and stem cell results. The best thing is to prevent tendon problems in the first place and we discuss that as well!

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews Terese Jenks, MPO, LCO Prosthetic Resident who has a passion for helping people stay as active as possible via bracing methods and prosthetic limbs. She has great ideas and she is willing to problem solve with you regarding arthritis, back pain, scoliosis, and prosthetic limbs. She explains her day to day work day in how she helps patients practically return to more...

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews “Lando” co-owner of CrossFit Cloud City Athletics in Lacey WA. We discuss Lando’s journey in opening CrossFit after being in the military. He talks about the myths surrounding CrossFit (even I had some misconceptions of CrossFit!). We discuss key concepts of fitness and how the warm-up and cool down and stretching/mobility is key to injury prevention. Lando loves le...

Dr. Jennifer Penrose is the owner of Penrose & Associates Physical Therapy and she has created a team that truly “listens” to patients and understands that pain management is a key reason people come to therapy.

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews local orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Lamour. He specializes in ankle foot surgery and sports medicine at Olympia Orthopedics at their East location on Lilly Rd His training included dual fellowships: 1. Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship: Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Gulf Breeze, FL 2. Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship: Las Vegas Orthopa...

Dr. Jennifer Penrose interviews Dr. Nancy Miller-Ihil to discuss nutrition as a basis for health. We discuss weight loss, Paleo, Keto, and how genetics influences what some of us can and can’t eat. Weight loss is more about keeping weight off and the TLS solutions through Nutrametrix offers a free questionnaire that based on your personality, lifestyle, and commitment level will put together a pla...