In 2025, PR Labs founder & CEO, Kate Ripley was on the podcast, Business Insider – Wellness Edition. During the interview, host Riley Smith asked Kate about her journey from massage therapist to business owner and how her holistic approach to sports medicine helps clients recover from injuries and improve performance. Kate highlights her collaborative…
Our mission is to create a welcoming, inclusive “one-stop-shop” experience for all patients, our sports practitioner/small business owners, and staff. We are working towards making sports medicine and recovery more accessible, collaborative, and efficient for us all. Performance & Recovery Labs is an umbrella corporation that gives independent sports medicine business owner/practitioners the opportunity to…
Has stay-at-home meant you’ve been working and sitting in an less than optimal position for long periods of time? Does your couch make an ideal desk for your laptop? Has the whole “social isolation” thing been causing you to sleep in weird positions? Kate recorded this video as part of the “Be Boulder, Go Farther” virtual…
We all get told to buy a foam roller, but who teaches you HOW and WHAT to do with your foam roller to help yourself? Here are a few pointers I share when I’m teaching foam roller classes: 1) If you are pressed for time, foam rolling post-activity is a more economical use of your…
I just finished a session with a regular client who began our time with a sheepish, “I have a confession. I cheated on you last week.” To which I replied (after long dramatic pause for effect) my standard, “It’s okay! You needed to get work done, and my schedule was packed. I’m glad you contacted…
I commonly see clients after a big race or event or even a training block and they complain of their legs feeling “like lead” or “full and tight”. This is usually due to a buildup of metabolic wastes and toxins that your muscles produce that, quite literally, gets “stuck” in the tissue because (*there are…
Okay, okay. I know my clients, friends and loved ones are probably pretty sick of hearing me sing the praises of foam rollers. What the heck IS a foam roller you say? And why/how do they help? Let me try to chip away at all your questions and misconceptions. No-they are not a cure-all for…
“How old is the pillow you’re currently sleeping on?” I ask most clients as we are completing their initial intake form. Most pause for a moment and then either shrug and say half-heartedly, “I don’t know,” or “not that old”. I usually smile and follow up with “How old IS ‘not that old’?” Commonly the…
