TAI Physical Therapy is located inside the Athletic Club of Bend in Bend, Oregon and provides exceptional orthopedic physical therapy for patients of all ages. Our goal is to get you better faster so that you can get back to enjoying the activities Central Oregon has to offer. Our specialities include aquatic physical therapy, golf fitness/performance/rehabilitation, therapeutic yoga, women’s health, pediatic orthopedic physical therapy, and ASTYM™. We focus on manual therapy and functional strength and conditioning that is specific to you in order to enhance your recovery and experience.
Physical Therapist Chris Cooper, PT, DPT, CSCS is a Certified Golf Fitness Instructor Level 2 Fitness Professional through The Titleist Performance Institute. This certification allows Chris to develop a golf-specific fitness program to address imbalances in mobility and stability as they relate to an efficient and powerful golf swing. Chris works with numerous local PGA Golf Professionals to create body-specific programs.
Our physical therapists, Chris and Laura Cooper, recently spoke with Kristi Miller on Good Morning Central Oregon (on Bend Broadband Cable TV) about the benefits of the ASTYM™ system for soft tissue treatment. You can view their spot online at www.ASTYM.com.
Chris Cooper recently talked about his Golf Performance Program on "Good Morning Central Oregon" on COTV (Central Oregon Television). Click here to watch the segment of Chris discussing golf fitness and rehabilitation with host Peter Gilmore of "Fit Over 50."
Chris talks about Golf health and fitness on ESPN. Discussing ASTYM Discussing How to Prevent Low Back Pain Right-click and "Save Link As..." to download these MP3 files to your computer.
You can download Director Laura Cooper's graduate school research project, "The Metabolic Cost of Carrying a Single- Versus Double-Strap Golf Bag," published in the National Strength and Conditioning Association's research publication, The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.
Chris and Laura Cooper were featured in Trail Runner Magazine's November 2006 article about using ASTYM to treat chronic running injuries, "Here's the Rub."
