IRG Physical & Hand Therapy

06/05/2026

Ben, Diane, and Susan: We really couldn’t be prouder of you! Now that you’ve officially graduated from PT, we can’t wait to see what’s next for you. Living pain-free is possible!

Thanks for trusting our Oak Harbor team with your care!

06/05/2026

We would also like to recognize Jewel from IRG and Everett High School who provided medical coverage for the WIAA 3A and 4A State Baseball Championship Weekend. Thank you for the long hours that you put in and for treating all of the athletes who were not able to have their athletic trainers travel with them!

06/04/2026

For youth athletes, return to sport timelines can vary based on age, growth plates, graft type, and individual healing. Most adolescent soccer players should expect 9 to 12 months of recovery from an ACL reconstruction before returning to full competitive play.

Even though recovery timelines have grown by 45%, the rate of graft re-rupture (re-tearing the repaired ligament) has stayed flat at around 8% (with re-injuries of the unaffected side not counted here).

The key finding, plainly stated: Taking longer to return to play did not reduce the chance of re-injury. Slower was not safer. This tells us that time alone is not the answer — how you recover matters more than how long you wait.

For parents, this is a critical insight. A doctor or coach who clears your child simply because "enough time has passed" may not be following best practice. Ask about specific readiness criteria — not just the calendar.

Whether your child is freshly post-op or months into a recovery that isn't going the way you hoped, we'd love to talk. Schedule a free discovery call with our team at the link in our bio.

06/02/2026

Isabella, you’re the GOAT! 🐐

Congratulations are in order for our first employee of the month at our Arlington clinic! Isabella is one of our amazing exercise techs who helps keep our clinic running smoothly, assists patients with their exercises, and provides support to our therapists. We appreciate all of her hard work and positivity around the clinic. Thank you for being a great team player. We appreciate you! 🥰

05/30/2026

We are proud to be supporting the Everett 3on3 presented by Boeing Tournament happening July 18th & 19th! This event is a perfect way to help keep our community active and provide opportunities for teams, families, and businesses to come together in the heart of downtown Everett. We will be providing onsite medical coverage to keep all the athletes safe and performing at their best!

Team registration is open now and friends of IRG get some great perks: sign up before June 1 to get a discount and use code IRG$20 to receive $20 off your team registration fee. We can’t wait to see you there!

05/28/2026

In case you missed it, we hosted our very first sports medicine symposium at our Sports Institute clinic in Seattle and it was a hit! 👏

We’re so grateful to be able to bring events like this to the Seattle Sports Medicine community. It’s a huge part of our mission to advance our field by providing valuable education and networking to students, athletic trainers, and physical therapists alike.

We’re excited to make this an annual event - see you at GameDay 2027! 👀

05/26/2026

We're so proud of our recent PT graduates at our Oak Harbor clinic 🎓💫

Congratulations on graduating from your PT program and getting back to your daily lives pain-free and with confidence. It's an honor to be part of your rehab journey and to see the amazing progress you make. 🥰

Shirlie (last slide) caught a Mariner's ball with her hand after recovering from surgery ⚾She was working with her occupational therapist, Andrea, to help alleviate her hand & wrist arthritis - looks like she knocked it out of the park!

05/22/2026

Last weekend, our team from Olympia supported the Capital City Marathon by providing on-course medical coverage for the runners in collaboration with Olympia Orthopaedic Associates.

Thank you so much to our awesome providers from our South Sound Marketplace clinic Katie Williams, PT, MPT & Dr. Christine Blas, PT. And shoutout to our good friends from Olympia Orthopaedic Associates: Dr. Dominic Femiano, MD; Dr. Kaley Capitano, DO; Jamie Schroff, PA-C; Dr. Francisco Rodriguez Fontan, MD; and Dr. Amy Winter, MD.

We are proud to support this event again this year and continue our commitment to serving our community!

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05/21/2026

We were thrilled to participate in the University of Puget Sound Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy Job Fair last month. It’s always inspiring to connect with students and provide resources and insight to the next generation of healthcare workers (and hopefully future IRG teammates!).

We love meeting these bright individuals who bring so much passion and vigor to the field. Thank you to our amazing team in the South Sound who made this day of connection possible!

05/19/2026

Moments from the USA Gymnastics Xcel Regionals last month 📸

This competition was hosted at Everett Community College and we were pleased to provide athletic training services to all the amazing gymnasts. Shoutout to our athletic training manager Jennifer Wright, PTA, LAT, ATC for keeping all those athletes safe and performing at their best!