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Easy Steps to Healing a Rolled Ankle

Icy sidewalks. Busy sidewalks. You’re going along at your usual brisk pace, when suddenly you’ve rolled your ankle, slipping on that treacherous, slippery ice. It’s one of the most common injuries around and you don’t need to be athletic to do your ankle in. It can happen to anyone, especially on icy city sidewalks. In […]

Having good posture in New York is vital to help avoid back or neck pain. Good posture plays a significant part in your long-term health; it is not just something that makes you look your best. Holding your body up the correct way means preventing pain, injuries, and other serious health problems. There are two […]

Manipulation under anesthesia New York for spinal pain is an alternative treatment for chronic pain sufferers that can help prevent surgery if that has been prescribed. Spinal manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) is a non invasive procedure that can potentially treat chronic neck and back pain when other treatments like regular adjustments or physical therapy hasn’t worked. […]

Another treatment we offer is medical massage in New York. Medical massage is different from your regular spa massage in several ways. Although they have some similarities, there are some important differences between them that are important to know for your health and well being. The biggest difference between the two is obviously the purpose […]

At Back & Body we have Tens Treatment New York, otherwise known as electrical stimulation. Electrical stimulation is a physical therapy modality. We may use E- Stim or TENs treatment when you have the following conditions: low back pain, post-surgical pain, muscle weakness/ poor motor control, tendonitis, or bursitis. Tens treatment is used for various […]

The opioid pain medication addiction rate in the US is only going up which means that researchers are constantly analyzing data to search for an alternative in managing chronic musculoskeletal pain. Research into opioid addiction New York estimates that about 50 percent of adults are affected by musculoskeletal pain, which results in a cost of […]

We’re living in the mobile generation. It’s all about being in constant contact with the world. Could there be anything more stressful? And yet, we’re all on the mobile device bandwagon, living and dying by the tyranny of the 21st Century phone. We know there has to be a better way and what better time […]

Recently, an article appeared online about Canadians “cold-shaming” each other. Hard to believe, perhaps, that the world’s most reticent people would be so bold as to shame their fellow Canadians for having a low tolerance for the cold but here we are. Are New Yorkers really any different? Some of us enjoy telling anyone who […]

The professional football chiropractic society says that 34 professional sports chiropractors give somewhere between 16,320 and 27,200 adjustments during the National Football Leagues 16 week run. Now obviously, not everyone is a pro athlete; you may be someone who simply leads an active lifestyle. Dr. David Perna in New York wants you to know that […]

Active release therapy or (ART) heals your body’s soft tissue using manipulation and movement combined. The method has been in existence for over 30 years and Active Release Therapy is available here at our practice in Manhattan. ART basically identifies, isolates, and targets the injured area which breaks scar tissue up. Doing this allows for […]