We would like to thank everyone for coming to see us over the years in Syosset. We will be moving our office to a different location after February 1st. In the meantime, you can see us at our other locations in Great Neck, East Meadow, and Hewlett. Stay tuned for updates on our new upcoming location in the nearby…
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Dr. Lee Named 2016 New York Super Doctor
We would like to congratulate Dr. Joseph Lee on being selected again as a New York Super Doctor Rising Star for 2016 by his peers. He can be found in the May 2016 Sunday issue of The New York Times Magazine and online at superdoctors.com.
Continue reading…Dr. Miranda Smith Joins Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine
Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine would like to welcome our latest addition to our family, Dr. Miranda Smith. Like our other physicians, she is a fellowship-trained Interventional Spine & Sports Medicine physiatrist. She is also uniquely trained in the latest diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging and ultrasound-guided injection techniques. She completed her residency and fellowship at…
Continue reading…PRP Shows Benefit for Hamstring Injuries
Hamstring injuries some of the most common injuries in athletes. Despite aggressive conservative treatments, it can take a few months to be able to return to play and several months to fully recover. A new article in the American Journal of Sports Medicine shows potential benefit in treating acute hamstring injuries (Grade 2a). Using a single PRP injection combined…
Continue reading…WSJ: Conservative Treatment of Back Pain
Today’s Wall Street Journal talks about treatment of back pain. Whether people experience back pain because they are more active during the summertime or because the pain seemingly appears out of nowhere, most cases can be treated conservatively. Given time alone, most cases of back pain will resolve on their own with relative rest. In cases where…
Continue reading…Our Great Neck Office Has Moved!
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…
Continue reading…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. 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. Recent medical studies have shown potential long term consequences from repetitive head trauma. 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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