Urgent care centers have become a standard care solution across the country for those times when you need care right away but it’s not a life-threatening situation. For example, your local urgent care may be the ideal destination if you wake up in the morning with one eye swollen and painful. Here’s a look at some of the most common causes of problems like this and the basics of what your urgent care center can do.…
Some patients who are experiencing muscle fatigue or pain may need to follow a specialized physical therapy plan. Cupping, aquatics, and low-intensity exercises are some treatment processes that a physical therapist or occupational therapist may prescribe.
Specialized Services
There are some situations that warrant seeking specialized physical therapy treatment processes. A patient who was diagnosed with cancer, but is in remission and a patient who has arthritis, muscle degeneration, or a physical deformity may not respond to some of the standard physical therapy processes that are often prescribed.…
A stress test—also called a heart test, a cardiovascular exercise stress test, or cardiac stress test—is a cardiology procedure that checks how well your heart functions while you’re at rest and during physical activity. An echocardiogram is a key part of this procedure.
Echocardiography, or an echo, is a type of ultrasound imaging of the heart that uses high-pitched sound waves to produce clear pictures of your heart muscles and chambers.…