Don’t Miss the Annual Health and Donna Blomquist, RN and Dee-Dee Patrick, MS, RN, Co-Directors of Health & Wellness, Kare Bears The Kare Bears’ annual Health and Wellness Fair will be on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, 9 a.m.-noon in the Eagle’s Nest Ballroom and Palm Room. It is that time of year again! Put on…
Jim Mulroy, PT Did you know that you can use deep diaphragmatic breathing to decompress your spine to help relieve pain? We all live with some form of spinal compression caused by gravity, ground reaction forces, ligaments, and muscular contractions. When a person stands upright, the lumbar spine can compress up to 55% of our…
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…
TRICARE beneficiaries who are eligible for Medicare Part A and B are invited to TRICARE For Life (TFL) briefings. Briefings are for TRICARE beneficiaries that have questions or want to learn more about the TFL program. The next briefing is Thursday, October 17, 2019, 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. at the Base Theater, across from…
What’s new at Kare Bears? Joyce Van Ornam, President Let’s start with you! If you are new to PebbleCreek, you are new to Kare Bears. Kare Bears is an organization unique to PebbleCreek. It was founded in 1995 by Rayma Scalzo as a “neighbors helping neighbors” organization. Everyone who lives in PebbleCreek is automatically a…
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…
AZOPT Cupping, also known as Myofascial Decompression, is a type of alternative therapy that originated in China in 241 AD. However, it became more mainstream following the 2016 Summer Olympics. You may remember seeing circular marks all over Michael Phelps’ back. This gave rise to cupping’s popularity throughout physical therapy. Cupping therapy is an ancient…
The Yoga Club spent the afternoon in Scottsdale eating a fabulous lunch at The Sicilian Butcher followed by shopping at nearby stores.
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…
Rayma Scalzo We are pleased to have Veronica Santarelli speak to our Breast Cancer Discussion Group on April 25 at 10:00 a.m. She is the Chief Strategy Officer for Grassp, a Medical Marijuana delivery service which caters to the medical community and serves the entire Phoenix Valley. Besides just delivering medicine, her company provides science-based…