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To be the premier provider of outpatient physical and occupational therapy with an emphasis on providing manual physical therapy and industrial rehabilitation services. We are committed to excellence in the provision of physical and occupational therapy. The professionals at Olympic Sports & Spine Rehabilitation are committed to providing you with caring, cost effective and state of the art therapy services. Working together, we can achieve your goals. Together, Michael, Vern and Brian manage the company while continuing as treating clinicians in their practice. joined Olympic Sports & Spine Rehabilitation as a partner and co-owner in 2013. Brian Thacker, DPT, OCS, SCS, COMT, C.Ped. In 2006 the torch was passed with the sale of the company to Michael Tollan, PT, OCS, COMT, FAAOMPT and Vern J. Our company has grown from one small clinic on Meridian Avenue in Puyallup to our current seven clinics serving Gig Harbor, Lakewood, University Place, Spanaway – Graham, Tacoma, Puyallup and the South Hill area.

Olympic Sports & Spine Rehabilitation was founded in 1984 by William (Bill) O’Grady, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, DAAPM, FAAOMPT. The Buffs connection to the Museum goes back to its inception as former Buff Buddy Werner was part of the first class inducted in 1977.About Olympic Sports & Spine Rehabilitation Our History Aside from working with the Buffs, he worked with the US Ski Team and ski schools in Aspen and Vail.ĭakin and LeMaster are the 18th and 19th connections to CU in the Snowsports Hall of Fame and the first since Brad Ghent was inducted in 2018. The appeal of the British Olympic Association issued by committee of which the Earl of Birkenhead is chairman, Earl Cadogan vice. After graduation, he embarked on a career in ski education, writing guide books and using his photography skills to further the sport like few others had. LeMaster skied on the CU B Team under coach Bill Marolt and then coached the B-Team in the 1970s. LeMaster, an alum of the CU Ski Team who remained a close friend of the program for more than four decades, was also included into the class. He has served as Chief of Media for all World Cup races at Vail and Beaver Creek since 1987. Since 1984, Olympic Sports & Spine has been dedicated to clinical and service excellence, providing one-on-one physical, occupational and massage therapy. Ski Team, the Vail Valley Foundation, and for the Snowsports Museum. He is at or close to the top of the CU record book in many categories related to top five finishes and podium appearances in CU history.ĭakin worked in the CU Sports Information office and served as the Ski SID in the late 1970s, and has remained close to the program over the years. He won the NCAA Championship in the giant slalom, giving him three wins on the season and four in his career.įorejtek returns for a fifth season in 2023 having started 47 races with 34 top 20, 30 top 10, and 25 top five finishes including 18 podium appearances and four race wins. He finished 10 of 12 races, all in the top 10 with seven top five finishes, five podium appearances and three race wins. The benefits of low-to-moderate impact activity, such as running, in the maintenance of BMD remain unclear.27 In the 2005 National Senior Olympic Games. Most recently, the honor was presented to Cass Gray and Magnus Boee a year ago.įorejtek was the National Skier of the Year, the individual NCAA Champion in the giant slalom, the RMISA MVP, and picked up his fourth and fifth All-America honors in 2021. The appeal of the British Olympic Association issued by a committee of which the Earl of Birkenhead is chairman, Earl Cadogan vice. Current Buff Filip Forejtek was also honored as the Male Collegiate Skier of the Year by the organization.ĭakin and LeMaster are two of the five people inducted Sunday.įorejtek, who will return to the CU Ski Team for a fifth season in 2022-23, joins a growing list of Buffs recognized by the organization as the Collegiate Skier of the Year, becoming the 16th CU skier given the honor since 2009. VAIL-John Dakin and Ron LeMaster, two ski legends with Colorado Ski Team roots, were inducted into the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame Sunday at the 45th Annual Celebration.

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