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Written by Edward Umheiser, PT, DPT Edited by Alex Ariza Injuries to the shoulder are fairly common in everyday life. Strains and sprains resulting from repetitive activities such as throwing a ball or twisting your arm while reaching behind your car seat happen all the time, and usually heal on their own in only a […]

Written by Moussia Krinsky-Raskin, MS, OTR/L Edited by Alex Ariza Occupational Therapist and Hand Specialist, Moussia shares her professional expertise in treating broken wrists. I want you to close your eyes. Envision yourself walking down the street, admiring the surroundings, then suddenly you lose your footing. Instinctively, what do you do? To brace yourself for […]

Written by Boris Gilzon, PT, DPT, OCS, CHT & Alex Ariza Physical Therapists play an essential role in the nonsurgical treatment of hip pain. Two of the most common conditions associated with hip pain are labral tears and hip impingement. Labral Tears Labral tears occur when the labrum, which is the cartilage that comes between […]

Written by Alex Ariza Reviewed by Moussia Krinsky-Raskin, OTR/L Sports injuries can occur from many different kinds of physical activities. This post will focus on how our occupational and physical therapists approach treating tendonitis, specifically for rock climbers feeling elbow, forearm, and finger pain. Rock climbing is a very demanding sport requiring a lot of […]

Written by Alex Ariza Reviewed by Irene Hernandez, PT, DPT Everyone has pelvic floor muscles. So why is it that almost all information relating to pelvic floor therapy focus solely on women? There are obvious reasons why Pelvic Floor Therapy is normally associated with women’s health issues. For starters, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction is far more prevalent […]

Dear Patients, With the new year approaching, changes to your health insurance policy may occur. These changes may affect your current payment plan. If you have an insurance plan with deductible policies – please be aware that your accumulations will reset for the new year. This means your deductibles will have to be met again […]

Written by Boris Gilzon, PT, DPT, OCS, CHT and Alex Ariza If you’re a fan of baseball you may have heard that New Los Angeles Angels pitcher, Shohei Ohtani, has a damaged Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) in his pitching arm. This is bad news for Ohtani, as his career relies heavily on the function his […]

Written by Alex Ariza & Irene Hernandez, PT, DPT At Park Sports Physical Therapy we are always on the lookout for talented specialists who will be able to help our patients dealing with specific conditions and injuries. We would like to introduce you all to our newest pelvic floor therapist, Irene Hernandez, DPT Bowel dysfunction: […]

Race day is approaching. You put months of training and during that time, in ideal world, there would be no lingering soreness, no twinges. Are you worried about some long-standing maladies caused by overtraining? Do you think that there were other factors like body inefficiencies or misalignments that led to soreness, pain, even injury during your […]

Our Physical therapists are sports medicine specialists capable of effectively treating any sports-related injury. If you’re an athlete and you experience an injury while playing your sport, you’re probably looking for sports medicine treatment in Brooklyn. Regardless of the type of injury or the sport in which it occurred, though, the best option in every case […]