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My Love For Hope

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The love of my life, Hope, is taking off shortly to represent the United States in the Women’s Rugby World Cup for her third time. This is the biggest tournament in the world for rugby and only happens every four years. The challenges and excitement that have come to us through the last few years as our lives have completely changed have been incredible to look back on.

We met back in 2019. Instantly I was head over heels for her and knew she was the woman I would marry. One year later we said our vows together during the midst of the Covid-19 shutdown. Since then, we have enjoyed hardships and joy together. She has been training constantly for the past five years preparing for this World Cup, which got delayed one year (again because of the Covid-19 shutdown). Now the World Cup is here, and she is heading down to New Zealand to compete against the best in the world. 

Hope is a spectacular athlete and renowned throughout the world in Women’s rugby. She has played for the USA Olympic 7’s team for three years, won five national championships in college at Penn State, two more national championships with women’s teams, and in her first year of playing professionally in England, helped her team take second place in only their second year in the league. 

What makes Hope even more brilliant, is the woman she is behind the scenes. She cares deeply for each and every one of her teammates. She is an amazing wife and coach. She is genuine to each and every person she meets and will take the time to care for those around her who she sees need it. 

One of my favorite stories is about the day we met. We hadn’t met quite yet, and I was watching her play 7’s rugby. She was crushing it! No one stood a chance against her. Well, about 10 meters away from where I was, she annihilated a girl out of bounds. It was one of those hits that everyone goes “ooooo.” The game continues playing and Hope jumps to her feet, helps up the girl she had just tackled and sent into a different dimension, stares her in the eye with so much care and love, and asks, “Are you ok?”. Hope stays with her for 30 seconds or so and when she knows the girl is fine, she joins the game again. At that moment, I got to see who this woman is: a world-class athlete and a genuine, caring, authentic woman, who plays and lives for something more than herself. 

It was about three days later I saw I was officially head over heels for her, and completely lost in being with this amazing woman. Without her, I would not be the man I am today, the doctor I am today, or the friend I am today. She has transformed me in so many amazing ways, and I have to say “thank you” every day because of all I know she has done for me. 

So, as she heads away to represent her country, I want to share a bit of the amazing Hope Rogers that I have gotten to know and grow with. Join me in cheering and watching her with the online streaming that will be provided. 

She plays against: (times in parentheses are Mountain Daylight time)

  • Italy – on Saturday, October 8 at 17:45 (5:45 pm)
  • Japan – on Friday, October 14 at 22:30 (10:30 pm)
  • Canada – on Saturday, October 22 at 20:15 (8:15 pm)
  • Quarter Final – (Pending on pool play)
  • Semi-Final – (Pending on quarter-finals play)
  • Final – (Pending on semi-finals play)

Let’s go, Beautiful!

Foot and Ankle Treatments to Keep Your Joints Activated

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Your ankle and foot have 24 bones, over 30 joints, and over 100 muscles and ligaments.

When something goes wrong it goes wrong badly. Old injury can overload and break, tear or stretch any of these structures causing acute and even chronic symptoms that manifest day after day, year after year–

Floppy and/or weak ankles, compartment syndromes, plantar fasciitis, metatarsalgia, decreased jumping ability due to old calf strains, just a general sense of “my feet and ankles feel weak.” But you have been there and done everything you are supposed to do and it isn’t working!

Are you tired of “traditional” care?

Ice, rest, anti-inflammatory drugs, rehabilitation, e-stim, massage, needling, etc…

Maybe that’s worked for you, but if it hasn’t…

Don’t do the same thing over and over again and expect different results. Your “wheels” aren’t right and it’s affecting your ability to do what you love. Do something different and get hard-hitting, fast, long-lasting results at Parker Muscle Clinic. Restore your God-given abilities of strength, stamina, and stability.

We do things differently and expect immediate results.

If your tissue integrity is good and you have been down the road of traditional care for your ankle and foot and it hasn’t changed the way you would expect, WE are the place for you! You are meant to be whole. You are designed to be whole. The foot and ankle are your foundation for the whole body and proper function. We have a system that is diagnostic, therapeutic, fast, safe, and effective. We expect miracles with our patients.

Our goals are your Goals.

Our practitioners are the best trained and experienced. If you search our Google reviews, you will find that we are some of the most personal and caring humans out there. We are dedicated to getting you better and Faster. We evaluate each and every muscle and joint for function, immobility, and hyper-mobility. We utilize treatments and methods proven in clinical practice.

We have used these methods in Olympic Games medical care, Pro Rodeo, Pro Soccer, Pro Rugby, and numerous Division I sports programs for both women and men. And we have demonstrated faster healing times, decreased incidence of injury, and increased performance levels in individual athletes.

Our passion is born from personal suffering from our own athletic injuries. Traditional care didn’t offer us much. We have established a system designed for the restoration of muscle and joint function that is hard-hitting and long-lasting, fast, safe, and effective.

Don’t give up on yourself! There is a solution, and we can be the place that gets you back on track. You will walk out feeling the difference on your first visit and, if necessary, subsequent visits are expected to produce miraculous effects.