Celebrate our Anniversary and Run (or Walk) Your Socks Off for ScrapsKC
This October, we want to celebrate CoachAmyPT's fifth anniversary with you, our patients, friends, and family because we owe our success to you. Our favorite way to party is with a charity walk/run. Please join CoachAmyPT and Roadrunners of Kansas City on Sunday, October 24th at 8:00 AM for our second "Run Your Socks Off!" event (we missed you 2020).
This event is FREE with a donation of new black or white adult-sized socks and/or a used pair of running shoes for scrapskc.
Bring your family and friends, wear your craziest socks, and walk or run for up to 50 minutes on the Indian Creek Trail.
Event details:·
October 24, 2021 8:00-9:30 AM
Meet at the CoachAmyPT clinic 4573 Indian Creek Parkway. Check-in at the registration table upon arrival.
Run or walk the Indian Creek Trail West for 25 minutes and turn around, so we all finish simultaneously! Feel free to walk or run for a shorter time.
Replenish with some snacks during the presentation of prizes.
Prizes will be awarded for the participant who:
wears the craziest socks
brings the most friends
donates the most socks
donates the most used running shoes
About ScrapsKC
ScrapsKC provides food, clothing, employment, and companionship to the homeless in Kansas City. The homeless walk ten to fifteen miles a day and often don't get replacement shoes and socks regularly. Your donation of new socks and used adult running shoes can make a significant difference in the life of a person experiencing homelessness.
Enjoy the Fall season outdoors, and spend time with family and friends as we celebrate five years of keeping KC moving and help our greater KC community.
October is National Physical Therapy Month!
Physical therapy became an established practice near the beginning of the 20th century by providing rehabilitation services to injured war veterans and survivors of polio. Over the last 100 years, physical therapy has evolved into a specialized practice that provides advanced treatments to patients not only for rehabilitation but also for injury prevention and sports performance enhancement.
Due to social distancing requirements, we are unable to host in-person events to celebrate Physical Therapy Month. As an alternative way to honor physical therapy month, and as part of our effort to help our patients stay active and injury-free, we’d like to direct you to articles that summarize the four pillars of physical therapy that promote a long-term healthy lifestyle:
Mobility: A Key to Pain-Free Functional Movement and Injury Prevention
Strength and Stability: Another Key to Pain-Free Function and Injury Prevention
Performance Enhancement: Psst…Want to Know the Secrets to Sport Performance Enhancement?
We love hearing your stories of how you’ve conquered pain or injury to continue doing what you love and how you’ve committed to a disciplined regimen to accomplish a new goal.
Let’s celebrate our good health and accomplishments! Share your success stories on our Facebook and Instagram pages this month so we can celebrate as a community.
Thank you for being an important part of the CoachAmyPT and Roadrunners of Kansas City communities. We looking forward to hearing from you this month.
Learn more about Coach Amy
Coach Amy thoroughly evaluates each patient to determine the root cause of an injury. She uses a unique combination of personalized functional movements, Active Release Therapy (ART), Advanced Neurological Dry Needling (ANDN), and/or Cupping. Coach Amy helps patients achieve their goals, whether that is to return to daily function without pain or to achieve their athletic dreams.
CoachAmyPT Patients Inspire: A Ride to Help Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
“Many of the people Bike MS is helping are people just like me.” - Stacy Wagner.
One of the benefits of practicing physical therapy is the one-on-one encounter with diverse and amazing people. My patients often lift my spirits with inspiring stories and I enjoy sharing these with others to lift their spirits as well.
“The atmosphere at the Bike MS event every year is amazing. It’s not a race, it’s a ride to have fun and raise money for a great cause. ”
Stacy, a CoachAmyPT and avid cyclist, has led a team and raised money for Bike MS for 8 years. This event, hosted by the MS Society, raises funds for research, education, and support for people living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Stacy has made new friends and acquaintances that have MS and seen how drastically it affects them.
This year many athletic events are cancelled or being held virtually and this is the case for Bike MS as well. Stacy has a positive outlook about the virtual event because it makes it easier for people of all cycling experience to participate. For example, a typical Bike MS event in K.C. provides options of 40, 70, or 100 miles.
Stacy recognizes, “if someone has never ridden 40 miles before, it can seem daunting and out of reach. This year you can bike 10 miles and call it a day, which means so many more people have the opportunity to participate!”
Multiple Sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective covering of nerves. It causes many symptoms that make participation in daily life much more challenging. Women are two to three times more likely to develop MS than men, and most are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50 years of age. Persons with MS can experience muscle paralysis, tremors, weakness, stiffness, clumsiness, and spasms.
Sharing life with other people is a gift, and it leads to discovering purpose behind the things we do. Congratulations to Stacy on completing this year’s ride; she road 24 miles and raised over $1,600! Thank you to all of my patients who continue to inspire me with actions, goals, and dreams every day.
Miles for Charity Virtual Run Challenge Raises $2,280 for Children's Mercy Hospital
Roadrunners of Kansas City (RRKC) congratulates Janet Buchanan and Scott Merryman, winners of RRKC’s first-ever Miles for Charity Virtual Run Challenge, held April 27 to May 3, 2020. Janet and Scott, who were paired through random selection, ran a combined 96 miles over the week-long challenge.
Challenge donations totaled $1,140, which CoachAmyPT matched for a total of $2,280 total funds raised. Our winners chose Children’s Mercy Hospital as the beneficiary of the virtual charity run.
Miles for Charity Virtual Run Challenge
Roadrunners of Kansas City (RRKC) is excited to announce our very first VIRTUAL charitable run challenge open to all runners in the Kansas City area: Miles for Charity.
As a running community, we are all mourning the cancelation of our half-marathons, triathlons, and group training runs. But that doesn’t mean we cannot still run together virtually as we distance ourselves physically.
The Dates
This week-long virtual run challenge begins Monday, April 27, 2020 and ends Sunday, May 3, 2020.
The Inspiration
A CoachAmyPT patient participated in a small neighborhood virtual, distance-based contest to raise money for charity. The winners chose which charity the funds benefited. We were INSPIRED!
The Beneficiaries
Well, that’s up to you … if you win!
Winners will choose among several types of organizations impacted by COVID-19 in the Kansas City Metropolitan area, including:
Hospitals and healthcare workers.
Example: Children’s Mercy Kansas City
First responders (including firefighters, police officers, and ambulance workers).
Example: KC KS Fire Department
Housing support.
Example: reStart, Inc
Food insecurity.
Critical human services.
Example: Working Families' Friend
We gave examples for each type of organization, but our winners may choose their local hospital, food pantry, etc.
The Match
Let us know if you work with a company that would like to match funds raised.
The Plan
RRKC will pair each participant with another runner. While the teams will not run together because of the need for social distancing, the pair’s miles will be combined together.
Runners will log daily miles for one week. RRKC will tally the totals and announce the winner.
The Cost
The cost to enter the challenge is a minimum donation of $25. You may donate more if you’d like.
Details for payment will be provided following registration.
The ONE Non-Negotiable Rule
To prevent injury and protect your immune system, participants may not increase their weekly mileage by more than 10%.
To determine this number:
Look at your total weekly distance for the last 4 weeks.
Choose the week with the most miles run.
Take 10% of that number.
Add it back to the original distance.
For example, let’s say your last 4 weeks look like this:
week 1 - 40 miles
week 2 - 50 miles
week 3 - 45 miles
week 4 - 43 miles.
Here are your calculations:
Take the largest number (50 miles).
Multiple it by 10% (5 miles).
50 x .10 = 5 miles
Add it back to the original number (50 miles)
50 + 5 = 55 miles
You may not exceed 55 miles during the challenge week.
Please read the Racing and Training Virtually RRKC blog post to learn more about this rule.
While that’s our only rule, you must, of course, also follow all social distancing mandates decreed by our state government.
The Final Step
Please join RRKC’s first-ever VIRTUAL charitable run, Miles for Charity, by registering here.
Our Big Ask
Let’s raise as much money for these charities as possible! Help us encourage our entire KC running and triathlon community to participate. Please share this blog post or our social media posts on your social media accounts or email the link to this post to friends and family.
We look forward to seeing you, virtually, on the run!
Questions? Contact RRKC at info@roadrunnerskc.com.
#igotmyfixcapt
National Physical Month is finally here, and at CoachAmyPT we want to celebrate by thanking our clients. One of my favorite parts of the job is hearing stories of your progress and accomplishments. This month we want to hear how you’ve gone from pain or injury, to getting back into the swing of your active life. By sharing your story, you’ll be entered into our contest to win a Scheel’s gift card. We’ll choose and announce the winner at the end of the month.
Here’s how to share your story:
Post a picture of you doing what you love on our Facebook or Instagram pages.
Write a short description of where you came from, and where you are now.
For example: I went from knee surgery and crutches, to skiing at Lake Tahoe nine months later!
Must include the hashtag #igotmyfixcapt to be entered into our competition.
Don’t forget CoachAmyPT is offering fun, free events all month long.
Join Roadrunners of Kansas City for free group runs every Saturday in October with. Come one Saturday or every Saturday this month to kick-start or supplement your training program. Better results when running with buddies! Course maps and more details are provided on the events tab of the RRKC website.
Foam rolling improves circulation and mobility, prevents injury and aids in recovery. Learn how and when to use a foam roller correctly for the best results at a free foam rolling clinic on Monday, October 7th.
I often get inquiries from clients seeking tips on injury prevention. Over the next four weeks we’ll be writing about four pillars of physical therapy that can prevent injury and promote a long-term healthy lifestyle: mobility, strength and stability, balance and coordination, and performance enhancement.
Thank you for being an important part of the CoachAmyPT and Roadrunners of Kansas City community this year. We can’t wait to learn with you and great stronger with you this month.
Ready to post your #igotmyfixcapt story? Click below.
Free Events in October @ CoachAmyPT
At CoachAmyPT celebrating National Physical Therapy Month means giving back to an amazing community that has provided so much enthusiasm and support. During the entire month of October Coach Amy is offering some fun, free events. Whether you’re a past or current client of CoachAmyPT, or have never been to the clinic and are just interested in checking us out, please join in on the fun. Come for one event, or for all, and bring your friends! Health and wellness activities are more fun with more faces.
All events will take place at the CoachAmyPT clinic at 4573 Indian Creek Pkwy, Overland Park, KS 66207.
Free Group Runs every Saturday in October with Roadrunners of Kansas City.
This dynamic group of runners will motivate you shoulder to shoulder on some long routes, with stocked aid stations along the way. Mileage listed is the maximum mileage each course will be set for, but you can run any distance up to that maximum amount. All runs begin at 6:30 a.m.
Oct. 5th: 10 miles
Oct 12th: 20 miles
Oct. 19th: 10 miles
Oct. 26th: 20 miles
RSVP required on below link. Course maps and more details are provided on the Events tab of the RRKC website.
Free Foam Rolling Clinic: October 7th
Foam rolling improves circulation and mobility, prevents injury and aids in recovery. Fewer pieces of equipment pack this much punch. However, knowing how and when to use a foam roller is critical for results.
Make friends with your foam roller at one of Coach Amy’s And This is How We Roll sessions where she’ll teach you how and when to roll out. Space is limited, registration required.
Thank you for being an important part of the CoachAmyPT and Roadrunners of Kansas City community this year. We can’t wait to see you in October!
"Race for the Planet" with RRKC and Athleta Town Center
Coach Amy would like to invite you to join Roadrunners of Kansas City in partnership with Athleta Town Center, for a “Race for the Planet” 10 mile Training Run on Saturday, August 24th. The event is FREE, and the first 25 to register will receive a $25 Athleta Shop Card to use after the run. Participants can also enter to win a $200 Athleta Shopping Spree at event check in. More information and registration are in the link below.
The course will be set up for 10 miles, but run as as little or as much as you want! Friends and family are most welcome, as this is a community event. Onsite registration/check-in begins at 6:00am, and the group run begins at 6:30am.
Details and course map at RRKC Events Page. Printed copies of the map will be provided at the run. See you at the starting line of this FREE fun event! Registration is required.
Run Your Socks Off! FREE Fun Run May 9th 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Join Roadrunner’s of Kansas City and CoachAmyPT for a walk/run for charity. The event is FREE with a donation of socks for Cornerstones of Care. Bring your family and friends, wear your crazy socks, and walk or run for up to 50 minutes on the Trolley Trail, starting and ending at Betty Rae’s Ice Cream in Waldo.
A raffle, prizes and discount ice cream from Betty Rae’s will conclude the event. By checking in at the registration table, participants are entered into the raffle drawing for a FREE month of RRKC Saturday Group Runs.
Step up your participation and win some RRKC swag. Prizes go to:
Participant wearing the craziest socks
Participant who brings the most friends
Participant with the most donated socks
This run is FREE, but registration is required, and all are encouraged to donate socks! All participants must register at the following link below to reserve a spot.
Event details:·
May 9th, 6:30- 8:00 p.m.
Meet at Betty Rae's Ice Cream in Waldo (7140 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64114), check in at the registration table upon arrival.
Run or walk the Trolley Trail north for 25 minutes and turn around. Feel free to run or run/walk a shorter period of time.
Enjoy the outdoors, and spend time with family and friends as we help our greater KC community with this weekday workout!
NEW Class: Phoenix Core
CoachAmyPT is offering a NEW class! This is an 8-week, no to low impact strength class consisting of slow, controlled, quality movement patterns that strengthen the core (a cylindrical column from shoulders to just below the hips).
We will build a solid foundation for functional movement in daily life and sport. Phoenix Core compliments the Phoenix Rising class for patients and athletes who want to do both. This class is open to all experience levels, beginner to advanced.
Content created by physical therapist and running coach, Amy Parkerson-Mitchell. Classes led by Jennifer Wolf.
Class is held on Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM with the exception of the week of Sept. 9th. The make-up class will be held on Monday Sept. 10th at 6:00 PM. Space is limited! Register HERE.