The doctors at Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine frequently treat knee injuries, including ACL tears, with a variety of successful nonsurgical methods. You may have become aware of ACL tears through media coverage of professional athletes’ injuries and now have the misfortune of suffering the pain and incapacity of such an injury yourself. If so,…
Read MoreThe chances are good that you need the care of a competent physiatrist like the doctors at Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine. If the term is unfamiliar to you, you’re not alone. Even some spell-check devices “correct” physiatrist to psychiatrist! The fact is, the terms pertain to two very different specialties. Are physiatrists real doctors?…
Read MoreAt Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, our experienced physiatrists observe the wonders of physical therapy daily. As our patients become increasingly pain-free, mobile, and flexible, they also become more self-confident and more happily engaged in their own lives. We understand that most people want to avoid an operation unless it is necessary. Fortunately, physical therapy…
Read MoreCartilage is our primary connective tissue, serving a variety of structural and functional purposes throughout the body. Where cartilage covers the ends of our bones, it reduces friction, protecting our joints from the stress of weight-bearing movements. Damage to cartilage can be painful and restrict movement. Types of Cartilage and What They Do There are…
Read MoreWhen the Beatles sang Doing the garden, digging the weeds/ Who could ask for more, they were nowhere near 64 and probably not thinking about the aches and pains that become more prevalent in middle-age. While children and young adults usually don’t hurt themselves by simply bending over, injuries that occur during this simple act…
Read MoreOne of the main reasons patients come to Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine is to seek help for the stiffness and pain of osteoarthritis. Because our practice is a holistic one, we treat complaints as they relate to general well-being, not just to individual joints. We have spent years in the field of rehabilitation medicine,…
Read MoreAlthough most of us associate arthritis with aging, the disorder can also affect young adults, teens, and even children. Because the symptoms of arthritis may be similar to those of other injuries or disease conditions, it is important to be diagnosed as promptly as possible. Early intervention can make a substantive difference in effective treatment,…
Read MoreAt Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, we have long been aware that household chores, whether performed indoors or outdoors, can result in painful musculoskeletal problems. During the recent months of quarantine, for many people such aches and pains have become more frequent and more intense, largely because, confined to home, they have been spending more…
Read MoreIn this unprecedented time of carefully re-entering a world of face masks and social distancing after months of sheltering in place, many of us are feeling a bit like bears after hibernation, some of us eager to get going, others tired from too much resting. The world is different than it was and some of…
Read MoreWe all know the sensation of being pinched — a sharp compressive sensation on the skin. Even after the fingers or shoe or hinge stop compressing our skin or flesh, we can still feel the pain; we may end up with a bruise or cut to remind us of the small assault. Nonetheless, pinch injuries…
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