You deserve to feel strong.In your body. In your sport. In your life.
Physical therapy that looks and feels like training. Every session is one-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy, and every plan is built around your body and your goals — not a protocol.
I help you perform
and recover
at your best.
I'm Dr. Alex White — a Doctor of Physical Therapy and board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, based in Billings, Montana and practicing inside Beartooth Performance. I'm also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, a CrossFit Level 2 Trainer, and a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Performance Coach, with certifications in dry needling and spinal manipulation.
I came up through the throws — discus, hammer, and shot put for the University of Montana, where I earned my degree in 2014. I stayed on for physical therapy school and graduated with my doctorate from Montana in 2017.
I've spent my entire career in outpatient physical therapy, and built my expertise in sports medicine along the way — working with athletes of every age and sport, and sharpening the craft through continuing education year after year.
I built Be Strong because I got tired of watching one good athlete after another get average care. Physical therapy should look and feel like training. Movement is medicine — and pain doesn't always mean damage. My job is to figure out what your body can actually tolerate, then systematically raise that ceiling until the thing you love doing is back on the table.
Away from the clinic, I'm married to my amazing wife, Emily, and we have a daughter. My downtime goes to training, getting outside, and time with family.
You didn't fail rehab. Rehab failed you.
Rest is not a treatment plan.
Two weeks off and the pain goes down — so does strength, capacity, and tissue tolerance. You come back to the same load with less to handle it, and the same injury shows up again.
15 minutes, a heat pack, and a tech.
Insurance-driven clinics double- and triple-book. You get bands, a table, and someone counting your reps from across the room. That isn't a plan — it's a room you visit.
"Cleared" — but never rebuilt.
Pain-free walking is not return to sport. If nobody loaded you at speed, at fatigue, and under the demands of your sport, you weren't rehabbed. You were discharged.
How we build a stronger,
more resilient you.
Every plan is built on the same three-part arc: understand it, rebuild it, then prove it under the demands of your sport or your life. The goal isn't just getting you out of pain — it's leaving you harder to break than when you walked in.
Free Consult Call
A no-pressure conversation about what's going on, what you're chasing, and whether I'm the right person for it. If I'm not, I'll tell you who is.
Your Personal Evaluation
A real assessment — movement, strength, load tolerance, and history. We take the time your case actually needs. You leave with a working diagnosis and a plan built for you, not pulled off a shelf.
Rebuild & Return
Progressive loading that bridges the gap between rehab and performance, with clear criteria for what "ready" actually means — so you go back better than you left.
Care built
around you.
Out-of-network by design. No insurance quotas, no productivity clock — just the time it actually takes to do this well.
1:1 Physical Therapy
One-on-one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy every visit, start to finish — never handed off to a tech or an aide. Hands-on treatment paired with loading that carries over to the gym, the field, and the rest of your life.
- Manual Therapy
- Dry Needling
- Joint Manipulation
- Loaded Rehab
- Always 1:1
Return to Sport
Coming back from an ACL, shoulder, or ankle surgery and need more than a discharge date? Criteria-based progressions through strength, plyometrics, change of direction, and the specific demands of your sport.
- Post-Op ACL
- Testing & Criteria
- Plyometrics
- Sport-Specific
Performance & Strength
For the athlete or active adult who isn't injured but keeps getting close. Individualized programming that builds capacity where you're actually breaking down.
- Individual Programs
- Barbell & CrossFit
- Youth Athletes
- Arm Care
Virtual & Remote Coaching
Not local? Traveling for tournaments? Video assessment, a written program you can actually follow, and direct access to me between sessions — the same standard of care, wherever you are. It also fits a full schedule: expert guidance without building travel time into your week.
- Video Assessment
- Written Programming
- Direct Messaging
- Not Local? No Problem
What I see most.
Inside Beartooth
Performance.
Be Strong practices out of Beartooth Performance on Grand Avenue in Billings — and that's not an accident of real estate.
If the standard is that rehab should look and feel like training, it should happen somewhere you can actually train. Racks, barbells, turf, and sleds are a few steps away, which means the day you're ready to load something heavy, we load it — no waiting for a discharge date to go find a real gym.
It also means you're rehabbing in a room full of people working toward something. That matters more than most clinics admit.
Billings, MT 59102
From the feed.
Rehab, strength, and straight answers — five days a week on Instagram.
A mindset
you can wear.
Be Strong isn't only about being physically strong — it's a mindset for life. Tees, hoodies, and jerseys, shipped direct.
Before you book.
I'm not an athlete. Is this still for me?
Yes. "Athlete" here means anyone who wants their body to do something specific — hike with your kids, lift on Saturdays, get through a shift without your back locking up. The approach is the same: build capacity, respect irritability, and get you back to the thing you actually care about.
Do I need a referral from my doctor?
No. Montana is a direct access state, which means you can be evaluated and treated by a physical therapist without a physician referral. If your case needs imaging or a specialist, I'll tell you and help coordinate it.
What actually happens in the first visit?
You start treatment the same day — not at some future appointment. We go through your history and goals, run a real movement and strength assessment, and then get to work: hands-on treatment, your first interventions, and a plan you understand. You walk out having already begun your recovery, with something specific to do before I see you again.
Do you take insurance?
Be Strong is an out-of-network practice. That's what makes true one-on-one care possible — no visit quotas, no productivity clock, no treating three people at once. I accept HSA payment, and in most cases I can provide the documentation you'd need to seek reimbursement through your insurer. I'm happy to walk through the numbers on your free consult call.
How does virtual physical therapy work?
We meet by video for the assessment, I build you a written program with demonstration videos, and you have direct access to me between sessions for questions and adjustments. It's a strong fit if your schedule is already full — you get expert guidance without building travel time to and from appointments into your week. It also works especially well for post-op progressions, return-to-sport programming, and athletes traveling for tournaments.
I don't live in Montana. Can you still treat me?
In most cases, yes. Physical therapy licensure follows the patient, not the provider — so I have to hold a license or privilege in the state you're sitting in. Montana is a member of the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, which lets me practice in 37 member states without licensing separately in each one. Tell me where you're located on the consult call and I'll confirm before we start. If your state isn't covered, I can still build and coach your strength and performance programming.
How long will this take?
It depends on the injury and the goal, and I'll give you an honest estimate on the consult call rather than a package you have to buy blind. What I won't do is prescribe months of care up front. Your needs will change as you progress, and the plan should change with them — so I never ask anyone to commit to more than four weeks at a time. We reassess, adjust, and decide the next block together.
You deserve better care.
Start with a free consult. No commitment, no sales pitch — just a straight conversation about what's going on and what it'll take to fix it.
Beartooth Performance · 2940 Grand Ave, Billings, MT 59102406-670-5412 · alexwhitedpt@gmail.com