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2512 E. Vistoso Commerce Loop, Ste 180
Oro Valley, AZ 85755
(520) 389-5311
Monday: 7am-5pm
Tuesday: 7am-5pm
Wednesday: 7am-5pm
Thursday: 7am-5pm
Friday: 7am-12pm

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A better kind of #physicaltherapy, 1-on-1, delivered by rockstars. #orovalley #tucson #YouAreAPainkiller

📆 SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday August 31st at 12-1

📆 SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday August 31st at 12-1 PM we will have a live Healthy Movement seminar with:

🧘‍♀️#yoga extraordinaire Amy, owner of @flourish.yoga.tucson

🏋️‍♂️Chris Litten, owner of Body Basics personal training,

🥗💉Dr. John Tait owner of Origen #orthopedics and

💪Dr. Seth, #physicaltherapist and owner of @themotiveaz

DM and we will send you the link!

#orovalley #tucson #health #movementismedicine #running #hiking #pilates #exercise #weightloss #lifting #regenerativemedicine #physicaltherapy #injuryprevention

😊 Exercise doesn’t need to be boring. Moving

😊 Exercise doesn’t need to be boring. Moving your body 30 minutes a day can help maintain your health. Emphasizing things like mobility with some #yoga (as pictured) can be an added bonus!

One thing we believe in: listening and being fully

One thing we believe in: listening and being fully present with our patients. Glad to hear it’s making a difference! 😊

#physicaltherapy #physio #exercise #moveit #manualtherapy #listening #communication

🏓 Pickleball paddles 101: what should you consi

🏓 Pickleball paddles 101: what should you consider when looking at a paddle? How heavy are they and how does the grip influence things?

#pickleball #tennis #pickleballislife #physio #physicaltherapy #getoutside #exercise #exercisemotivation

🎆 Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸 Next time you

🎆 Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸

Next time you think you have it tough, just remember the brave soul Joey Chesnut “eating through injury” to down 63 dogs today. 😂

⭕️ The body is complex and interconnected. T

⭕️ The body is complex and interconnected.

This week, the American Heart Association included #sleep for the first time on its list of life’s “essential 8” checklist for heart health.

👉 Not getting enough sleep can increase your weight and blood sugar, both important factors for the heart. We also know not getting enough sleep is one risk factor for chronic pain.

Get your 💤 !

#choosept #physicaltherapy #heart #hearthealth #exercise #exerciseismedicine #physio #hiking #yoga #pilates #pickleball

This could be a modern Norman Rockwell painting. J

This could be a modern Norman Rockwell painting. Just two kids taking a selfie with their dog. @drkatierose

THANK YOU 🙏 to all the patients and people who

THANK YOU 🙏 to all the patients and people who were present over the past week to help Matthew Tejido, PT, DPT, OCS a board certified PT spending time in the clinic during the tail end of his fellowship program in orthopedic manual therapy.

💪 We strongly believe in developing rockstar PTs all across the country and Dr. Tejido made the trip from Illinois.

We wish him the best and again thank everyone for their willingness to help while on their own journey toward recovery.

#physicaltherapy #choosept #education #fellowship #learning #community #lovewhereyoulive #arizonadailystar #arizona

👉 We’re not symmetrical on the outside - and

👉 We’re not symmetrical on the outside - and we’re not symmetrical on the inside.

❤️ That’s fine. You’re still a wonderful, beautiful person just the way you are. And we’re here for that. 👏

#physicaltherapy #physio #rehab #exerciseismedicine #exercise #manualtherapy #osteopathy #chiropractic #chiro #choosept

✌️ THE 2 WEEK RULE for deciding whether to see

✌️ THE 2 WEEK RULE for deciding whether to see someone for a problem.
👇If you can, if the problem doesn’t start to improve by the first two weeks, try and get in to have someone take a look at it.

Most problems do start to improve quickly but if they don’t show signs by 2 weeks, being seen by someone to help coach you toward how to manage it and things you could try or we could do can reduce the chance that it becomes chronic or a tougher thing to get rid of.

🚩 There are other reasons to immediately seek care, but providing advice on that isn’t the intent here. If you have any questions shoot us a DM

#physicaltherapy #physio #physiotherapy #choosept #exercise #exercisemotivation #massage #yoga #health #hiking #pickleball

🍭 Remember candy land? It was a fun game! You w

🍭 Remember candy land? It was a fun game! You would roll the dice and go from different places like the Gingerbread Plum Tree or Molasses Swamp. After the game was over, everyone wanted to play again.

🤕 The route people take through healthcare is often just as windy as the route in Candy Land. When you’re beat up, you don’t really want to go to all of those places. For some reason, it’s just not quite as fun when you’re in pain. You just want to go to the end – the place where you feel better.

💡 Most people don’t know that you usually don’t need a referral to see a physical therapist. In the bottom picture here, it shows a study that demonstrated large cost savings and faster improvement in people that skipped all the unnecessary tests and time-consuming visits and just went straight to where they were going to end up anyways – physical therapy.

There aren’t a lot of situations where you can skip all the middle part and get to the end part. You definitely can’t do that in Candy Land.

But you CAN do that when it comes to #physicaltherapy and you health. Remember you can #choosePT.

#exercise #yoga #pilates #rehab #movement #movementismedicine #getmoving #hiking #exercises

This research paper (led by our own Seth Peterson,

This research paper (led by our own Seth Peterson, DPT) has been 8 years in the making. While working at another clinic, Seth led an educational program to improve how people with knee replacement surgery were managed by physical therapists after surgery. The results were amazing!

BEFORE the program, about 1 in 10 people seen after knee replacement had an adverse event (type of problem with the recovery)

AFTERWARDS, there were ZERO for 3 YEARS.

While many PTs are nice and can give you decent exercises that help most people after the surgery, going over how to identify early signs that something was amiss was a huge leap for many in this program. Nevertheless, because of this program, there were likely many people who might have had blood clots or a knee manipulation who were prevented from doing so.

This program and its core tenents are common practice at our clinic. If you or someone you know is considering having a knee replacement, consider having them drop by to check out our space and chat with a PT.

#kneereplacement #kneerehab #rehab #physicaltherapy #physio #exercise #exerciseismedicine

⭐️ If you want pain management tools - even if

⭐️ If you want pain management tools - even if you have complex pain - we’re the place for you #orovalley #tucson

#physicaltherapy #review #choosept #hiking #running #exercise #exerciseroutine #cycling #pickleball

A review from Aziz making us remember what we’re

A review from Aziz making us remember what we’re really here to do – and what makes us stand out from your other options for #physicaltherapy and #rehab in #Tucson.

We are a 1-on-1 physical therapy clinic. Our providers spend time diagnosing your problem and tailoring a program that fits your specific needs. Then, you see the same physical therapist for every appointment thereafter – giving us a really unique ability to have the focus and attention to be able to respond to any developments in your condition over time.

#orovalley #sports #azsports #tennis #arizona #lowback #lowbackpain #neck pain #choosept #rehab #exercise #exercises #health #yoga #pilates #healthyliving

Time for an overview of a tricky condition to have

Time for an overview of a tricky condition to have: lumbar spinal stenosis.

Our PTs have published research on this and continue to so we can get a little bit wiser here.

Overview 👉LSS is an imaging diagnosis. The symptoms often associated with LSS are pain/tingling/numbness in the buttock or legs, which is called neurogenic claudication. We think this occurs because of a lack of blood flow and probably some swelling at the nerve root as it comes out of the lateral canal.

For most people, it exists without causing any problems. Like any condition, it can wax and wane or come and go over time. When it does come on, which his only in about 20% of people who have it, then there are some key nonoperative things to do.

First of all, we need to ensure you understand this really isn’t that serious. Some research shows there is a big threat value associated with stenosis in people who have had surgery and they don’t get a lot of education from doctors. How do you control the symptoms throughout the day? There are simple tricks.

Manual therapy and exercise also appear to work pretty well, but this can be a tough condition to crack. Combining multiple interventions and even sometimes medication or anesthetic injections can help. Surgery should be reserved for those with severe neurological compromise and who have not responded to conservative treatment!

#backpain #pickleball #hiking #walking #exercise #tucson #choosept #physicaltherapy #yoga #pilates #exercises

Great to drop into AT Still University this mornin

Great to drop into AT Still University this morning to give a talk about what to do with unusual patient presentations and how to become a lifelong learner!

The first time you see the Easter Bunny 🐰 @ovpa

The first time you see the Easter Bunny 🐰 @ovparksandrec

➡️ THE SECRET IN-NETWORK CLINICS DON’T WANT

➡️ THE SECRET IN-NETWORK CLINICS DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW.

We get asked all the time “do you take my insurance?”

Behind that question lies a lot of things people REALLY want to know, like “how much will this cost me?” (which is actually a completely different question).

😳While we communicate with EVERY insurance and help EVERY patient, we don’t sign contracts and send bills to every insurance company out there. Some, but not all.

😈 WHY? Well, our system is messed up. This post from an in-network business owner shows why. First of all, he is 100% right and I find his take completely refreshing.

➡️ Fact is, in-network clinics aren’t serving YOU, they’re serving the insurance company. The insurance company is their customer, not you. But they don’t want you to know that 🤫

I know, it’s messed up. Imagine you have a relationship where you think you’re dating someone, but they’re really dating someone else. What could go wrong?

Phone calls from a billing department person you’ve never met? Surprise bills? Ornery office staff? Checked-out therapists not willing to fight for you and what you want? Feeling like a cog in the machine? ⚙️

…well, there, that’s kind of what you are. That’s what your insurance company decided you deserve.

💪 We decided to stand against these pressures and start a company that put YOU and our relationship at the center of decisions, the way it should be.

#physicaltherapy #physio #health #healthcare #choosept #orovalley #running #hiking #exercise #yoga #pilates

😃 Seth Peterson and Kirstin Weible were coautho

😃 Seth Peterson and Kirstin Weible were coauthors of a recent peer-reviewed study on the credibility, accuracy, and concordance with recommendations for the internet’s most popular websites.

How did they do? Not good. Check it out below. ❌

🤷‍♂️ If you have any questions about your condition, you might have better luck checking out our blog (it’s organized by condition) or shooting us an email! (Which you can do anytime)

My 2 year old had a tummy ache, so he put a band-a

My 2 year old had a tummy ache, so he put a band-aid on it. 🤕

To us, it doesn’t make a lot of sense (and is kinda funny 😆) but it actually helped him feel better. The 🩹 was doing its magic. All would be ok.

We get asked all the time “is this just a band-aid?” “Should I stop taking this because it’s ‘masking the pain?’”

👌 It’s okay to do something because it helps you feel good. In fact, having a sense of control over your pain is a huge part of successfully taming it. Research shows it’s actually a big part of how people make decisions about their pain and how serious they think it is.

😇So, it’s ok to use that heat pack or wear that brace if it gives you some control. It works best when paired with the treatment that deals with the underlying cause, so you can get better, just like this kid ☝️

#familylife #orovalley #physicaltherapy #physio #choose pt #rehab #healthcare #healing #movementismedicine #exercise

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