We’re excited to announce that our Great Neck office has moved just down the street to a brand new, larger office space at: The Great Neck Colonial Building 560 Northern Boulevard, Suite 204 Great Neck, New York, 11021 icon-phone (516) 441-5940 icon-print (516) 441-5944 We will have physician office hours five days a week and also offer…
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Are Today’s Sports Harming Your Children?
A New York Times Op-Ed article this week discusses an important trend of children playing sports at a highly specialized and competitive level at earlier and earlier ages.  Both parental and social pressures have contributed to this concerning trend, as it has led to greater rates of serious injuries in young athletes, both at the recreational and professional levels….
Continue reading…Dr. Beer Named New York Super Doctor
We would like to congratulate Dr. Beer for his selection to the prestigious New York Super Doctors 2014 list of physicians, which was recently published in the May 18, 2014 issue of the New York Times Magazine.  His selection comes from a rigorous multi-step process designed to identify physicians who have attained a high degree of peer recognition…
Continue reading…Dr. Lee Selected to New York Super Doctors
Dr. Joseph Lee has been selected by his peers to the Super Doctors New York Rising Stars Edition.  After being nominated by professional colleagues in the community, Super Doctors candidates are further reviewed by a Blue Ribbon panel of top physicians.  The Super Doctors list represents the top 5% of the physicians within the respective state or region….
Continue reading…Dr. Lipetz Appointed Chief of Spine Medicine at North Shore LIJ
Dr. Lipetz has been appointed to the position of Chief of the Spine Medicine Division in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at North Shore LIJ.  In this role, Dr. Lipetz will direct strategic plans and quality initiatives for spine care that focus on developing multidisciplinary spine centers, collaborating with colleagues in the Orthopedic and…
Continue reading…Glucosamine of No Benefit in Knee Arthritis
Glucosamine has been touted as an alternative treatment that has potential benefits for reducing arthritic knee pain.  A new study published in the the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology studying the effects of glucosamine drinks in patients with symptomatic, mild to moderate knee arthritis showed no significant improvement in degree of pain, cartilage damage, or knee function….
Continue reading…Acupuncture Shows Benefit for Chronic Pain
Acupuncture has been used to treat a wide range of conditions, including chronic pain.  In a new article from JAMA, researchers performed an individual patient data meta-analysis of acupuncture for chronic pain and found that acupuncture treatments reduced pain better than sham and placebo treatments.
Continue reading…Dr. Lipetz Discusses Exercise on Yahoo! News
Dr. Lipetz discusses exercise and the Winter Olympics in a new Op-Ed piece in Yahoo! News.
Continue reading…Football Helmets Don’t Adequately Protect Against Concussions
Awareness of concussions risks from contact sports has grown considerably over recent years. Â Recent medical studies have shown potential long term consequences from repetitive head trauma. Â In a Bloomberg News article this week, researchers at Brains, Inc., a company focused on the biomechanics of traumatic brain injuries, conducted tests modern football helmets and found that…
Continue reading…Increased Risk of Back Injuries In Young Athletes
Young athletes have become much more involved in sports, playing on multiple teams during a season and throughout the year.  Specializing in one sport has become more commonplace as well.  A recent study in the Journal of Sports Health featured on NPR found that in most sports, specializing in a single sport led to higher rates of back…
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