Heather Renee Wirtz MPT
Physical Therapist
3201 1st St Emmetsburg IA, 50536About
Heather Wirtz is a physical therapist practicing in Emmetsburg, IA. Heather Wirtz specializes in physical treatment to help a patient reduce pain, restore mobility, rehabilitate an injury, or increase movement and overall function. As a physical therapist, Heather Wirtz can treat multiple conditions with exercises, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, joint mobilization, heat, ice, massage, laser or light therapy and more. Heather Wirtz will create a treatment plan based on the patients specific injury or condition, and might target a specific body part or body system based on the individual.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The effects of mechanical forces on lung functions.
- [Effect of ambroxol on surfactant secretion and synthesis in isolated type II alveolar cells].
- [Chronic bronchitis, COPD].
- Calcium mobilization and exocytosis after one mechanical stretch of lung epithelial cells.
- Acute influence of cigarette smoke on secretion of pulmonary surfactant in rat
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