Movement for Life
Movement for Life is a physical therapy clinic serving Tucson, AZ.
About Movement for Life
Movement for Life is a physical therapy clinic serving Tucson and surrounding southern Arizona communities. The organization describes its clinics as employee-owned and focused on personalized care for patients at every stage of life, from pediatric and adolescent care through adult and geriatric rehabilitation. Its Tucson locations include Fort Lowell, Oro Valley, and Tanque Verde, with another clinic in Green Valley. Treatment is tailored to each patient's needs, goals, and lifestyle.
The clinic offers general physical therapy along with specialized programs and services. These include balance training and fall prevention, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, concussion rehabilitation and management, pediatric physical therapy, pelvic floor physical therapy, pre- and post-surgery rehabilitation, sports injury and performance training, vestibular care, workplace injury treatment, and youth athlete rehabilitation. Additional services listed by the clinic include blood flow restriction therapy, cupping, dry needling, instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, and a Parkinson's disease program. Its program offerings also include ACL injury prevention, arthritis care, oncology treatment, osteoporosis care, and temporomandibular joint dysfunction treatment.
Movement for Life's Tucson team includes physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and front office staff with backgrounds in clinical care, athletics, research, education, and community service. At the Fort Lowell and Tanque Verde locations, clinic director Lukas Tvedt, PT, DPT, OCS, treats patients ranging from young children to older adults, including recreational athletes and participants in baseball, mixed martial arts, ballet, golf, football, tennis, and volleyball. He holds a board certification in orthopaedics, has more than 13 years of outpatient clinical experience, and serves as an adjunct faculty member at Northern Arizona University. He also mentors licensed physical therapists through an orthopaedic residency program connected with Movement for Life and the University of Southern California.
Other members of the Fort Lowell team bring experience in sports, neurological care, pelvic health, adaptive athletics, and community health. Daniel Musselwhite, PT, DPT, ATC, works with student and recreational athletes and has clinical interests that include concussions, orthopaedics, and pelvic floor dysfunction. He is certified in dry needling and has pursued additional education in concussion management and pelvic health. Physical Therapist Assistant Alissa Rothpletz moved to Tucson in 2004 to attend the University of Arizona and has worked with adaptive athletics programs, wheelchair sports, and people with spinal cord injuries. Fernando Dominguez, PT, DPT, was raised in Douglas, Arizona, volunteered as a community health outreach worker in Mozambique through the Peace Corps, and earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from The George Washington University. Front office administrator Diana Doherty has made Tucson her home since moving from Louisiana in 1998.
Patients can begin by booking an appointment through the clinic's website, with separate options for new and current patients. Movement for Life also offers Everflex, a free digital physical therapy tool intended to provide self-help while patients wait for care. The clinic's services are available through its Tucson-area locations, including Fort Lowell, Oro Valley, and Tanque Verde, as well as the Green Valley location. Visitors can expect an individualized evaluation and treatment approach shaped around their condition, activity level, and therapy goals.