As medical professionals, we always recommend that our patients exercise, but some exercises, especially when performed incorrectly and over a long period of time, can lead to chronic back pain. So, let’s take a look at some of the leading culprits of exercise-related back pain and explore where many of […]
Pregnancy & Varicose Veins: Five Ways to Reduce Your Risk Pregnancy brings about a lot of changes in a woman’s body, but one often unexpected change is the development of varicose veins. And it makes sense. After all, during pregnancy your body not only produces more blood, but your hormones […]
Varicose Veins: Why Standing & Sitting are So Bad for You (and What to Do About It) When it comes to developing varicose veins, the risk factors run the gamut from family history and aging to pregnancy, obesity, and leg trauma. But what you might not realize is that standing […]
Can Your Workouts Lead to Varicose Veins? Although exercises, like running, biking, hiking, and soccer rely more heavily on the legs than other workouts, they do not cause varicose veins. If they did, every athlete would, at some point, develop them. But they don’t. However, that’s not to say that […]
Varicose Veins: Pain, Swelling & Managing Your Symptoms As we age, our veins can lose elasticity and stretch, which can cause the valves within our veins to become weak and allow blood, which should be moving toward our heart, to pool in our veins. When this happens, our veins become […]
Seven Tips for Healthier Veins You might only think about your veins when you see them bulging after a tough workout or find a spider of varicose vein forming on your leg. But we have about 60,000 miles of vasculature – arteries, veins and tiny capillaries carrying blood and nutrients […]
What to Expect After Varicose Vein Treatment At Vascular & Interventional Specialists of Prescott, we understand that you want to know what to expect after varicose vein treatment. And while we can’t tell you exactly what your experience will be, our general guide to recovery can help you mentally prepare […]
Six Tips for Healthy Legs We all want strong, fit and healthy legs, but few of us know how to get them – or how take care of them once we do. There are, of course, scrubs, moisturizers and tanning products that might give you a sun-kissed glow and enhance […]
Just the Facts: Peripheral Angiograms and How They Help with Vascular Disease If you’ve been diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), your doctor may recommend a peripheral angiogram to not only help him or her understand the extent of the disease, but to help inform your individualized treatment plan – […]
Know the Difference: Peripheral Vascular Disease vs. Peripheral Arterial Disease Vascular diseases can range from coronary artery disease to congestive heart failure and high blood pressure, but two of the diseases – peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) – are so similarly named and so closely […]