Category: EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine
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EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine HELPS program − Wednesday, July 24
Local middle and high school aged athletes are invited to participate in Northern Arizona Healthcare’s EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine’s HELPS − Healthy athletes, sports Enhancement, Learning, Prevention and Scholarships − program from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, at Northern Arizona Healthcare − Camp Verde Campus’ EntireCare gym, 1298 W. Finnie Flat… Read more
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April is Occupational Therapy Month
April is Occupational Therapy Month! An occupational therapist, or OT, helps members of our communites improve their ability to manage work, self-care and leisure activities. OT areas of expertise include the treatment of hand injuries, caregiver and/or family training, fall prevention and home safety. Read more
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EntireCare athletic trainers serving Verde Valley high schools
March is National Athletic Training Month. Northern Arizona Healthcare’s EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine understands the importance of providing sports medicine services to high school athletes in the Verde Valley by placing athletic trainers in local high schools. Jazmine Roland, ATC/L, is the athletic trainer at Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood; and Andrea Bagnall, ATC/L,… Read more
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Can dry needling technique help you?
Recently, 20 physical therapists with Northern Arizona Healthcare’s EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine department were trained in dry needling technique, or DNT. Now, dry needling is available at all six EntireCare locations throughout Flagstaff and the Verde Valley. DNT and trigger point therapy are growing in popularity because of their effect on neuromuscular pain, soft… Read more
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Cancer rehabilitation programs at Northern Arizona Healthcare help get you moving again
Our bodies need to move. For people with cancer, movement is especially important because cancer treatments can decrease muscle strength and capacity as well as bone mass. The consequences can be devastating to an individual’s quality of life; affecting his or her ability to work and participate in meaningful activities. The good news: research shows… Read more
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EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine receives HELPS program funding from Cardinals Charities Fund
Northern Arizona Healthcare’s EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine has received a $3,500 grant from the Arizona Cardinals Charities Fund. This grant will allow 200 high school athletes in the Verde Valley to receive comprehensive, multidisciplinary sport physicals and health checks through EntireCare’s HELPS − Healthy athletes, sports Enhancement, Learning, Prevention and Scholarships − program. The… Read more
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Pulmonary wellness programs improve quality of life
When something interferes with a person’s oxygen delivery, his or her quality of life is often significantly impacted by illness such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. COPD is a category of pulmonary conditions in which a lung obstruction impairs normal oxygen delivery to the body. For a person suffering from COPD or similar pulmonary… Read more
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Water heals: The benefits of aquatic therapy
With aquatic therapy, patients at Northern Arizona Healthcare’s EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine are finding pain relief and relaxation in a warm water therapeutic pool. Aquatic therapy is an increasingly popular treatment modality for patients who cannot tolerate land-based exercise must use care with weight-bearing activity for any reason. It also helps with pre-operative conditioning… Read more
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EntireCare athletic trainers in Verde Valley high schools
EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine not only provides inpatient and outpatient therapy services, but now an EntireCare athletic trainer is providing assessments and injury management to students at Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood. Student athletes are susceptible to a variety of medical conditions, such as concussions, muscle strains, broken bones and fatigue related injuries.… Read more
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Audiology services expands at Flagstaff Medical Center
The Audiology department at Northern Arizona Healthcare’s Flagstaff Medical Center expanded its services and now has two audiology booths − a soundproof room used for hearing tests. One booth is in the Children’s Health Center, which is designated for children; and one booth is in the EntireCare Rehab & Sports Medicine clinic at FMC, which is… Read more