AZ Sports Medicine

Happy Valentine’s weekend from AZ Sports Medicine 💗

Wishing our patients, their families, and our AZ Sports Medicine family, a happy, healthy, and abundant, new year🥳

For all of you and our AZ Sports Medicine Family on this Thanksgiving day🧡

High school sports are well on their way and we couldn’t be more excited for all of our student athletes to be back doing what they love! Here’s to great Fall seasons for all of you!! 🧡💙

We hope you and your families enjoy a safe and memorable Labor Day today!🇺🇸🧡💙

Wishing all of our student athletes and your families a wonderful 2021-2022 school year!🧡💙

Happy 4th of July weekend to all of our wonderful AZ Sports Medicine family, patients, and their families. We hope you have a safe and memorable weekend celebrating our many freedoms🇺🇸💙🧡

We hope all of the wonderful fathers out there are having an amazing day today!💙🧡

We have said it so many times we are so honored to be able to work with this organization and this month we think this is pretty cool too! Go Giants!!⚾️

We hope that everyone is enjoying this Memorial Day weekend with your loved ones and we are so grateful to those who we honor this Monday for our freedom 🇺🇸

Mental health is just as important as physical health and effects our physical health as well. It’s been an especially hard and challenging year, don’t be afraid to ask for help and talk about your mental health needs🧡💙

To all of the amazing mothers we know and love💐

Sports and exercise play such an important role in not just out physical health, but our mental health too! Take a look at this article published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists about all of these said benefits 🧠

https://www.fsem.ac.uk/position_statement/the-role-of-physical-activity-and-sport-in-mental-health/

In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness month we will be posting what we think are some helpful tips and articles around sports injuries and how they can effect our mental health - thank you @AssociationforAppliedSportPsycholgy for these great tips how to manage our natural feelings when we are told we can’t play the sport we love due to injury

https://appliedsportpsych.org/blog/2020/09/missing-time-in-the-competitive-arena-managing-psychological-responses-to-sport-injury/

The first woman to coach a base in the big leagues at tonight’s Giant’s game - Let’s go Giants 🙌🏻⚾️

The AZ Sports Medicine team is rooting for our local United Premier Soccer League team, Olympians FC as they compete for the national championship today in Atlanta, GA. #PlayHard... we will continue to take care of the rest when you get home.

Join Dr. Dean tonight as the Giants play the Dodgers! Yes there are still tickets available on line. Remember the feeling of a Spring Training game? Oh what fun!!🙌🏻⚾️

Whatever love looks like for you we hope you take today to enjoy it💕

Whether your team won last night or not, or you watched for the commercials, or the half time show, or the seven layer dip, it didn’t really matter did it? Wasn’t it just nice to say the normal words “Super Bowl Sunday”? The brighter days are peaking through!🌟 Go out and PLAY HARD! .... We’ll take care of the rest.

If you are a patient, employee, or follower, of our practice, we probably don’t have to explain to you why we know that youth sports builds more than just an athletic kid. We know it’s been hard keeping your kids in the games they love during these challenging times and we just want to say hang in there and good job. There’s been cancellations, postponements, team quarantines, and challenges no one could ever have imagined but in the end our young athletes will come out stronger and wiser team players than they ever would have alone. Imagine if they were never on a team or working towards a goal during this pandemic to begin with. By giving them the gift of sports they have been given a respite of mental escape and a physical outlet. Two important factors for better over all mental health 🧡💙 PLAY HARD... We’ll take care of the rest!

So You Think You Tore Your Meniscus? - AZ Sports Medicine

Wondering if your knee pain might be a meniscus tear? Click the link out more about this common knee injury. If you are experiencing knee pain, #AZSportsMedicine physicians are highly skilled at evaluating and treating many causes of knee pain, including meniscus injuries.

You #PlayHard; we take care of the rest. Contact our office at 480-889-1838 or azsportsmedicine.com to schedule an appointment for us to do our part to get you doing what you enjoy.

So You Think You Tore Your Meniscus? - AZ Sports Medicine Knee pain can happen when least expected. Whether running, weight training, hiking, or getting out of the car, a misstep or a twist of the knee results in pain and swelling. Meniscus tears are one of the most common knee injuries, but with proper diagnosis and treatment almost all patients are able....

We look forward to welcoming in a new year with all of you! We are always extremely appreciative to be able to serve each and every one of our patients and their families. But this year we are especially grateful to our AZ Sports Medicine family, and their own families, who gave of themselves in so many ways to keep our practice at the same level of high quality and compassionate care that our patients deserve even during the trying times of a pandemic. You are all amazing and SO appreciated🧡💙 Happy New Year🎉

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We are so thankful for all of you and our AZ Sports Medicine Family🧡💙 Have a wonderful and healthy Thanksgiving weekend!

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AZ Sports Medicine updated their phone number.

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We hope you and your families have a wonderful day🇺🇸

Happy Friday! 🧡💙⚽️

What is Wednesday?
What is patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS)?

Also known as “Runner’s knee,” PFPS is an irritation of the front of the knee joint between the knee cap (patella) and the thigh bone (femur). This can be caused by repetitive bending of the knee (running, jumping, kicking), a fall on the knee, or the way the kneecap moves, called “patellar maltracking.”
PFPS is very common in young, female athletes, but can happen in any age, gender, or activity level. It is commonly treated through muscle strengthening, flexibility, and balancing exercises (physical therapy), but can also be treated with bracing, change in footwear, injections, or even surgery.
All our physicians at AZ Sports Medicine are well versed in caring for PFPS and many other knee issues, as well as a wide variety of other bone, muscle, and joint conditions. If your knee is keeping you from doing what you love to do. Let us do the work, so you can worry about how you are going to #PlayHard.

Call 480-889-1838 for an appointment with any of our physicians.

For more information about PFPS/Runner’s knee:

http://azsportsmedicine.com/ease-your-runners-knee-pain/

https://www.sportsmedtoday.com/patellofemoral-syndrome-va-37.htm

https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/patellofemoral-pain-syndrome/

Does your athlete require a sports physical?
While it remains unclear exactly what school and sports will look like as this 2020-2021 school year kicks off, you will need to double check if your athlete requires a new pre-participation exam/sports physical. #AZSportsMedicine can provide your athlete with a current physical and sports clearance, often same day or next day!
Most athletes will be able to use their 2019-2020 physical (if one was completed and on file with their school) UNLESS any of the following occurred since their last physical:
-any concussion
-any new medical diagnosis
-infection with COVID-19
-an injury or illness requiring evaluation by an outside medical provider.
If your athlete meets any of the above criteria OR they do not have a 2019-2020 PPE on file with their school, make sure to double check the requirements to be sure your athlete will be cleared to play when sports resume.
Call us to schedule an appointment 480-889-1838.

Details on the AIA requirements for pre-participation guidelines can be found in section I, paragraph D of the AIA Recommended Guidelines for Returning to Athletic Activity found here:
http://aiaonline.org/files/17051/aia-recommended-guidelines-for-return-to-activity.pdf

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When It Comes To Exercise, 'All Movement Counts'

Are you having trouble keeping up with an exercise routine? Are hot summer days or COVID-19 restrictions limiting your usual exercise routine? Remember that every little bit counts! Exercise is not all or nothing. Find an activity you enjoy that gets you moving, gets your heart rate up, and do it when you can - that’s exercise!

See this article from NPR for more tips.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/676129459/get-started-exercising?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr

When It Comes To Exercise, 'All Movement Counts' Feeling blocked with it comes to starting an exercise habit? You can actually get the health benefits of exercise with just 22 minutes of exercise a day — and you might be surprised what "counts" as exercise. Kiss your excuses goodbye!

Can you say opening day?!!⚾️ 🙌🏻