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National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month

May is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month and our Payson hospital is on a mission to teach you the risk factors and help you understand how to prevent this devastating disease. Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones lose their density and structural integrity and become fragile and more likely to fracture. According to the National [...]

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7 Things to Know About Joint Pain

You gaze longingly out the window. The basketball net sways in the wind, seeming to beg for the attention it hasn’t received in quite some time. You make your way out to the garage, dust off the deflated basketball and sigh with nostalgic frustration. What you wouldn’t give to play like you used to. Next [...]

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Avoiding Sports Injuries

Injuries and sports frequently seem to go hand-in-hand. However, this doesn’t need to be the case if you adhere to correct training protocols and take some simple precautions. Follow these six steps to prevent injuries so you can stay in the game: Warm Up We all know the importance of warming up before exercising. However, [...]

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