Tag: 2 Your Health

2 Your Health: Choose Physical Therapy First

Arizona Orthopedic Physical Therapy Physical therapy (PT) is the best first-line option for most injuries, symptoms, and conditions you face. From head to toe, a licensed physical therapist is able to treat pain or limitations and help you return to the activities you need and love—pain free! We also know the best course of action…

2 Your Health: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Marc M. Soloman, MD The lower (lumbar) spine is made up of five vertebrae (bones) bodies in the lower back and is the physical center of the body. These bones are the largest and strongest since they support and carry the weight of the muscles and bones above it. A normal, healthy spine has lumbar…

2 Your Health: Common types of dizziness and vertigo

Tyler Guymon, AZOPT Buckeye clinic manager and doctor of physical therapy If you have ever woken up one day experiencing symptoms of dizziness and vertigo without knowing why, you are not alone. While many cases of dizziness and vertigo can be traced to a specific incident, many times, patients can’t recall the moment these symptoms…

2 Your Health: Breathe better for better health

Jim Mulroy, PT, MPT, AZOPT Glendale Physical Therapist The average person breathes 21,000 times a day, 12-20 times per minute and ventilates six-ten liters of air per minute. The primary breathing muscle in our body is the diaphragm. Good diaphragmatic breathing uses less secondary breathing muscles which lessen the chance of developing neck, head and…

2 Your Health: How do I stretch?

Daniel Cox, DPT, AZOPT Glendale Doctor of Physical Therapy This is a question we often get from our patients and the simple answer is, it depends on your goals. There can be a lot of uncertainty about the most effective way to do it, and why it’s even beneficial to stretch. There are two main…

2 Your Health: AZOPT – How physical therapy treats Parkinson’s Disease

Celeste Delap, DPT, LSVT BIG certified, CCI, AZOPT Goodyear Physical Therapist Parkinson’s disease is an incurable, progressive disorder of the nervous system that gradually affects movement. In the United States, Parkinson’s disease occurs in 13 per 100,000 people and about 60,000 new cases are identified each year. In our West Valley, many people know someone…

2 Your Health: Why does my muscle cramp?

Brooke Smith Everyone, at some point, has experienced a muscle cramp. Whether it’s at night, after a workout or randomly throughout the day, a muscle cramp comes without warning. It can be located along the front or back of the thigh, hands, arms, calves, abdomen or foot. Muscle cramps can be very painful. Some lead…