Celebrating 19 Years of Redefining What’s Possible

Written by Shanon Tysland | Founder, CEO at Experience Momentum

Kelly and I thought it would be a good idea to get married and open Experience Momentum in the same month.

There was a dream, a lot of hope, a leap of faith…and probably a healthy amount of ignorance.

That was 19 years ago this month.

The dream was to create something bigger than a physical therapy clinic—a place built around helping people redefine what was possible in their lives.

We imagined physical therapy, massage, nutrition, and fitness professionals working together to care for the whole person. Today, that vision continues to evolve as we add healthspan services and keep asking how we can better support people physically, mentally, and emotionally throughout their lives.

But what I couldn't have imagined 19 years ago was everything that would happen along the way.

Kelly and I grew as a couple.

We added four amazing kids to the mix.

In many ways, we've been raising a family and a business at the same time—and we're still doing both.

Somewhere along the way, I assumed that after 19 years I would have most of this figured out.

Not even close.

Most days, I still feel like we're learning something for the first time.

Every person who walks through our doors is a new person with a different story, different goals, different challenges, and a different definition of what's possible.

Our profession keeps changing. Healthcare keeps changing. Our communities and our world keep changing.

And we have to keep changing with them.

Over these 19 years there have been incredible highs and some really difficult seasons. We've navigated a recession, a global pandemic, plenty of mistakes, hard decisions, and more than a few moments when we wondered what we had gotten ourselves into.

And yet, here we are.

Thousands of people have trusted our team to be part of their journey.

We've built a team of people who care deeply about the humans they serve.

And together, we've donated more than $500,000 to environmental nonprofits, continuing to explore the connection between the health of our bodies, our communities, and the planet we get to move through.

I'm incredibly grateful.

To every person who has trusted us with your health, your goals, your family, and your story—thank you.

To every team member, past and present, who has helped shape Experience Momentum—thank you. This place is what it is because of you.

And Kelly…apparently getting married and starting a business in the same month wasn't such a bad idea after all. ❤️

Nineteen years in, I don't feel like we've arrived.

I actually hope we never do.

I hope we keep learning.
Keep questioning.
Keep growing.
Keep dreaming about what could be better.

I'm excited about year 20.

And the year after that.

And whatever comes next.

Keep redefining what's possible.