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The Four Principles of Getting Back to Proper Movement

At Back & Body Medical here in Midtown Manhattan, we are committed to helping patients get out of pain and back to proper functionality. We see many patients coming in in a great deal of pain, which affects many things including their movement. We adopt an overall strategy to help the patient go from the state […]

Pain Relieving Injections – Pros & Cons With Back & Body Medical being a collaborative care practice, we offer many treatment options and have the ability to create treatment plans based on the patient’s condition and injury. This is very powerful in helping patients get back to full fitness and health sooner rather than later. […]

The new year is a time of growth and exploration. Millions of people around the world set new year’s resolutions, and you should too! One of the most popular resolutions is to get healthy and fit. This can seem overwhelming and difficult at first, so we at Back and Body Medical would like to give […]

The best patient outcome is always our priority for our patients who come in injured or in pain. While there are many great physical therapists and chiropractors out there, the biggest advantage Back & Body Medical has is its collaborative approach to patient pain and condition. Why? Because if a patient condition is more complex […]

Small Memories Are Often the Most Cherished in Life

We often think of the big events in our lives as the defining moments. Things like graduating college or passing your driving test, or even getting married. Of course these are all important and significant events of anyone’s life, but when you look back in your memory banks, it’s often the small things that mean […]

It’s 4pm Christmas Eve. Back & Body is now closed until the 26th. A bout of back pain has just come on and it’s going to spoil your Christmas. It isn’t bad enough for a visit to ER, but it’s not comfortable. What can you do? Fortunately there’s a lot of things you can do […]

The holiday season is upon us. It can be a great time of cheer and joy and eating and drinking and sitting. A lot. So we’ve decided to help you through the season by making a few suggestions to help your health while not having to totally be a saint and refraining from all the […]

The hips form a crucial part of the human structure. They are at the center of the body and provide a great deal of stability and also flexibility too. The bear a great deal of weight and a proper functioning hip is vital to any human. In the younger generation, many activities, sports and other […]

Texting While Driving is Not a Good Thing - Stats to Back it Up

With the holiday season upon us and more wet and slippery weather to come, the amount of accidents will certainly increase. New York City of course sees its fair share and with the constant stop start traffic, drivers have another thing to contend with – their cell phones. It is so easy when you’re bored […]

We at Back and Body Medical NY have written in the past about mechanical traction for those with neck pain, but we’ve never discussed the possibility of it treating low back pain (lbp). Today, we will be looking at what scientific literature has to say about traction for lbp. In a 2018 review, researchers looked […]