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Dr. Boleslav Kosharskyy, a New York-based pain management specialist, encourages everyone to keep multiple forms of pain relief in their medicine cabinets. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the obvious must-haves -- this category of medications includes ibuprofen (Advil), aspirin (E...
The huge strides medical science has made in the last 15 years in joint pain treatment are making their way into public consciousness.Sports have helped push this new understanding. It was just a few seasons ago that LA Laker star Kobe Bryant flew to Germany for a then-mysterious procedure o...
Tennis ElbowResearch suggests as many as a third of people suffer from tennis elbow at some point.While the condition is certainly not limited to tennis players, it got its name for a reason: The repetitive motions tennis players make can put a great deal of stress on the tendons that connec...
It’s not every day we get to treat active athletes in their mid-70s. But the fact that we get to treat patients like this at all speaks volumes about the world we live in today.For over 20 years our modern pain management doctors with locations in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Manhattan offe...
Will conditioning programs or strength training improve pitching velocity in baseball pitchers? Many coaches and players alike think that strength training or power exercises will automatically improve pitching velocity. The idea that most coaches continue to advise is that for pitchers to improve v...
James Perrine first introduced the concept of Isokinetic exercise to the physical therapy profession in the late 1960’s. Traditional weight lifting exercises are performed at variable speeds at a fixed resistance or weight. Isokinetic exercises are performed at a dynamic preset fixed speed (rangin...
The methods of training we use can accurately be described as Nervous System Training. It is one of the most powerful tools for athletic development, in fact chapter one of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Encyclopedia of Strength Training and Sports Rehabilitation is written about "Neural ...
A member of the Beijing SWAT team has smashed the world record for holding the plank position – a bodyweight exercise that puts a man's core strength to the testIt may not look that difficult, but holding the plank position is notorious for being the litmus test of a person's core strength. ...
One of the more popular cues trainers and coaches use when teaching the squat and deadlift is to arch the lower back.There’s a legitimate reason why, too. Squatting and deadlifting under load (consistently) into lumbar flexion is a major no-no, and usually results in any number of lower back d...
Pain Physicians NY has recently added three new pain management treatment options for their medical practices in Brooklyn that will further their advancement in treating patients with spinal and joint related conditions. These treatments will provide patients with the most advanced and convenient no...