Injury, Posture, Exercise Samantha LaBarbara Injury, Posture, Exercise Samantha LaBarbara

The Top 9 Ways to Avoid Injury

As physical therapists, we see a lot of injuries. We love helping our clients to heal, but we also want to help our clients avoid injury altogether. So many injuries can be prevented, and it’s actually pretty simple to do so. Check out what you should be doing to avoid injury (and us, but we’ll forgive you).

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Don't Skip The Stretch

You’ve finished your workout, and it’s very tempting to skip your stretch, take a shower, and call it a day. It’s not a big deal, right? Wrong!

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Top 5 Warm Up Drills for Golfers Before Tee Time

Golfers will perform best when they stretch the muscles and joints that will require the greatest range of motion during the golf swing. Dr. Paul Nasri, PT, DPT and the College of Staten Island Doctor of Physical Therapy program are here to help. They have assembled the top 5 warm up drills for golfers to implement before they tee off!

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What Are The Best Exercises To Improve Your Posture?

This is the famous question that I get all the time from my physical therapy patients.  We often see the infomercials about products claiming to improve your posture and make you sit up straight.  More often that not we are purchasing these products online to try and mitigate the effects of gravity on us all. 

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