Health & Fitness
Christina Rust-Hefley, D.P.T. CORNERSTONE PHYSICAL THERAPY & AQUATICS Article by Jennifer Stevens
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hristina, better known as Tina, is a hometown girl who was raised right here in Sandpoint, Idaho. Although she was born in San Diego, CA in 1986, her folks Dr. Bob and Marian Rust, moved to our beautiful little town way back in 1974. Along with her 5 brothers and 2 sisters, Tina was raised outdoors hiking, camping, skiing and playing on Lake Pend Oreille. She graduated from Sandpoint High School and played on the 1985-86 State Championship Volleyball teams. Carroll College, in Helena, offered her a chance to play volleyball at the collegiate level and complete a Bachelor of Health Sciences Degree. While in Helena, Tina welcomed her 2 oldest children, Nicole (24) and Stefan (21), into the world. In 1993, she was accepted to graduate school at Creighton University in Omaha, NE and successfully finished in the top 5% of her class, proudly achieving one of the first Doctorate of Physical Therapy degrees in the United States. Tina’s youngest two children, Samantha (18) and AJ (17) were born in Omaha as well. She then moved quickly back to the Pacific Northwest and worked for several years in the Coeur d’Alene area. Professionally, Tina helped pioneer the introduction of Aquatic Therapy to the rehabilitation community and developed the Inland Neuroscience and Spine Center in Spokane, WA with Sacred Heart and St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Hospitals.
re-opened Cornerstone Physical Therapy down on North Division. Tina continues to specialize in client education and intervention decisions for all orthopedic diagnoses and injuries. Her expertise remains Aquatic Therapy and Spine rehabilitation. Tina is also a certified Functional Capacity Examiner (FCE) and has completed over 600 hours of continuing education in the past 16 years. Her other hobbies and interests include hiking, backpacking, cycling, snowshoeing and hot yoga. In her free time, Tina is also working up at Schweitzer as a coach and ski instructor. Please stop by 1301 N Division to meet Tina in person, say “Hi” or check out her beautiful, full-size warm water therapy pool, as well as the gym and private treatment rooms. Tina sums it all up by saying, “It’s good to be home.”
Sandpoint just has that draw, however, so in 2001, along with her four children, Tina moved home. She is proud to announce that along with her husband, Sean, they have successfully rehabilitated the warm water therapy pool and
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Christina Hefley, D.P.T. Jennifer Stevens, Office Manager Johnny Cook, PT Aide Scott McMullen, MPT
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