When patients call our Elizabeth and Jersey City clinics, one of the first questions we get is “How long have your physical therapists been practicing?” We our proud to say that they experience of our owners and lead physical therapists speaks for itself. For over 25+ years, Humberto Colmenares has been helping his physical therapy … Read more
Back pain can cause so many different problems in daily life. It can especially cause problems in simple activities that you may have been used to doing, but can do no longer because of pain problems. For Zoila, her back pain definitely prevented her from getting a good night’s sleep. The pain consistently interrupted her … Read more
When pain takes hold, it can be hard to stop without help from a qualified physical therapist. As the pain relief experts, a good physical therapist is uniquely qualified to both help relieve pain and teach their patient how to relief future pain symptoms and also how to prevent pain from even coming back. For … Read more
The worst part about living with pain is how pain can prevent someone from doing the things that they love to do. From our vast experience in physical therapy, after stopping a person from doing what they love to do, pain then moves on to stop someone from doing even the simplest activities in their … Read more
One of the toughest challenges when it comes to vestibular physical therapy is that patients don’t necessarily know that a physical therapist, specifically trained in vestibular therapy, can help significantly relieve dizziness and imbalance problems that occur as a result of vertigo, BPPV, and other similar problems. Because many patients aren’t aware of this, they … Read more
The after effects of surgery can be numerous: constant pain, loss of strength, loss of range of motion. But with a great physical therapist implementing a great physical therapy program, all of these problems can be solved in addition to being able to handle any setbacks that can occur along the road to recovery. With … Read more
“The pills aren’t helping my dizziness and vertigo at all.” It’s a common response that Dr. Asha and myself hear from our vestibular physical therapy patients. After seeing their physician, our patients are told that there isn’t anything that can be done to help, and that the only thing that can be done is to … Read more
When patients come in for vestibular physical therapy treatment for vertigo, there can undoubtedly be a lot of fear. Many of my patients exhibit the same symptoms, including dizziness, vertigo, fear of falling, imbalance, and a definitely a feeling that their condition will never get better. I am glad to say that as one of … Read more
After having surgery, it’s easy to think that getting back to normal is “too hard.” But with the right physical therapist and the right physical therapy program, it’s not as hard as it can seem. For Nicholas, he started physical therapy with Dr. Asha, Diana, and the Elizabeth team in extreme pain after his ACL … Read more
There are many patients that come in for physical therapy for back pain. Many have, unfortunately, stated to me how their back pain affects their everyday lives in many different ways. All of this is normal for my back pain patients. But what’s unsettling for me is the number of patients that have told me … Read more
