Health & Fitness BEST OF BOULDER - EAST COUNTY

Orthodontist Melcher Orthodontics

315 W. South Boulder Road, Unit 111, Louisville, 303-6669717

Erie Winner: Caraway Orthodontics

Longmont Winner: Martin Family Orthodontics

Lafayette Winner: Lafayette Family Orthodontics

When it comes to improving your smile, there’s no one our readers trust more than Melcher Orthodontics. With the latest orthodontic technology, patients can expect shorter treatment times, fewer office visits and less discomfort. Patients can also expect Drs. Thomas and Matthew Melcher, father and son, to personally evaluate each patient during their visit.

Physical Therapist Coal Creek Physical Therapy

315 W. South Boulder Road, Suite 100, Louisville, 303-666-4151

Longmont Winner: Alpine Physical Therapy

Lafayette Winner: Club Pilates

An injury and lingering pain can prevent you from doing the things you want to do like hiking, skiing, biking and from things you may need to do like working, driving and sleeping. At Coal Creek Physical Therapy, the goal is to allow you to be pain free and say “yes” to the things you want and need to do. Coal Creek uses an integrated approach combining handon treatment, education and therapeutic exercise. As their motto says, “Feel better. Live a life you love.”

Urgent Care

TIE: AFC URGENT CARE, UC HEALTH URGENT CARE

AFC: 1335 E. South Boulder Road, Suite C, Louisville, 720-961-9700

UC: 2101 Main St., Longmont, 720-745-8030

Erie Winner: BCH Urgent Care Lafayette Winner: Advanced Urgent Care

If you’re under the weather, have a weird rash, or sprained your ankle booking it down a 14er, there’s nothing worse than waiting around at a bad urgent care facility. You want quality care and you don’t want to wait too long to get it. (That’s why it’s called urgent care, right?) From lab testing to stitches to onsite X-rays, our readers trust AFC Urgent Care and UC Health Urgent Care for the unexpected inju- ries and illnesses that aren’t serious enough for the ER but can’t wait for a doctor’s appointment. Both urgent care establishments offer walk-ins, but if you don’t want to wait around, you can reserve your spot online.

Veterinary Care Jasper Animal Hospital

1369 Forest Park Circle, Unit 101, Lafayette, 303-665-4002

Longmont Winner: Longmont

Humane Society

Louisville Winner: Louisville

Family Animal Hospital

Erie Winner: Foxtail Pines

Pets are our family and when it comes to their health care, they deserve nothing but the best. Jasper Animal Hospital comes highly recommended for their kind, compassionate and comprehensive vet care. They’ve been serving Lafayette and surrounding communities for more than two decades and offer comprehensive care including wellness checks, microchipping, testing and surgical procedures for your fur (or scale or feather) babies.

Yoga Studio Yoga Pod

2201 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 720-815-4435

Lafayette Winner: Soul Tree Studio

Louisville Winner: Yoga Junction

Find your inner peace at restorative yoga or turn up the heat at podHOT at Longmont’s Yoga Pod. The studio is owned by a husband and wife duo and has been a reader favorite year after year between its Boulder and Longmont locations. With a full slate of classes each day, you can be sure to squeeze a savasana into your busy schedule.