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Call Us Today! 602-559-9700  |  info@spoonerpt.com

Call Us Today! 602-559-9700  |  info@spoonerpt.com

17 04, 2024

How Balance and Coordination Work and How to Improve Them

2024-04-17T16:40:16-07:00

By: Julie Helfer, PT, DPT

Balance and coordination are essential for you to move and orient yourself safely. When there is an impairment to your balance and/or coordination, you are at risk of falling.

Any disease, dysfunction, or injury to your cerebellum or your vestibular system can impact your balance and coordination. Neurological conditions, like MS, […]

How Balance and Coordination Work and How to Improve Them2024-04-17T16:40:16-07:00
11 04, 2024

What is Parkinson’s?

2024-04-11T11:33:05-07:00

By: Kayleigh Orozco, PT, DPT

April is Parkinson’s Awareness month, and, to understand what Parkinson’s Disease is and how physical therapists can help those with it to move and feel better, we talked to Kayleigh Orozco, PT, DPT, a Spooner Neurological Physical Therapist at Spooner Scottsdale:

What is Parkinson’s?

Parkinson’s is a neuromuscular disorder that affects your […]

What is Parkinson’s?2024-04-11T11:33:05-07:00
28 04, 2022

4 Steps Forward to Treat Parkinson’s

2023-09-08T14:40:49-07:00

By: Julie Helfer, PT, DPT

You are not alone in your Parkinson’s diagnosis. Outside of the community of those who have Parkinson’s Disease, caretakers, loved ones, friends, physicians, and physical therapists are here to help you in this journey.

Over 60,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease each year, and there is research happening […]

4 Steps Forward to Treat Parkinson’s2023-09-08T14:40:49-07:00
14 04, 2022

PWR! For Parkinson’s

2024-04-04T11:21:21-07:00

As we develop as children, we acquire certain movements that help us in all aspects of life. From sitting, to standing, to rolling over in bed, or reaching overhead for the highest item on the shelf, we engage muscles and move in ways that we don’t necessarily think about unless we are injured or impaired.

With […]

PWR! For Parkinson’s2024-04-04T11:21:21-07:00
24 03, 2022

Brain Injury Awareness Month: Concussions and Physical Therapy

2023-09-08T14:41:34-07:00

She was first at bat in her slow-pitch softball league. The pitcher wound up and sent the ball toward home plate, but something was off. The ball wasn’t going where it was supposed to. Before the athlete knew it, the side of her head was hit by the softball. Her hands went numb, her vision […]

Brain Injury Awareness Month: Concussions and Physical Therapy2023-09-08T14:41:34-07:00
10 02, 2022

Boxing and the Brain

2024-02-29T10:17:00-07:00

By: Annoushka Ranaraja, PT, DPT and Devin Miller, FMS, FIT Trainer

The brain is the center of human function. It controls every function and process you can think of – both consciously and automatically. It’s intricately involved in everything, and we want to keep our brains as healthy as possible for the duration of our […]

Boxing and the Brain2024-02-29T10:17:00-07:00
17 06, 2021

Why Am I Feeling Dizzy?

2024-04-24T16:26:43-07:00

Dizziness and vertigo have become synonymous with one another; an interchangeable set of terms describing the same symptom. Regardless of whether someone says they are “dizzy” or they “have vertigo”, chances are you’re painting the same picture in your mind. 

 This connection makes sense. After all, the definitions of […]

Why Am I Feeling Dizzy?2024-04-24T16:26:43-07:00
18 05, 2021

Ron’s Story: From Wheelchair to Walking After a Stroke

2023-09-08T14:52:16-07:00

Ron had a stroke in January 2020 and started working with Caralyn at the end of October 2020. In recognition of Stroke Awareness Month, we are excited to spotlight Spooner Peoria’s Caralyn Debash, PT, DPT and her patient Ron.

Stroke Awareness Month

When asked why physical therapy […]

Ron’s Story: From Wheelchair to Walking After a Stroke2023-09-08T14:52:16-07:00
12 05, 2021

Stroke Awareness: Signs to Know and How Physical Therapy Plays a Role

2023-09-08T14:52:23-07:00

Did you know 800,000 people have a stroke in the United States each year? Stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer does, making stroke the third leading cause of death for women. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of serious long-term […]

Stroke Awareness: Signs to Know and How Physical Therapy Plays a Role2023-09-08T14:52:23-07:00

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