Fitness, Exercise, Sports Injury, Athlete Samantha LaBarbara Fitness, Exercise, Sports Injury, Athlete Samantha LaBarbara

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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Q & A About Telehealth

We’ve answered all the questions you have about Telehealth for physical therapy, including who it is good for, how we can help and if it is covered by insurance. Read our blog for more information.

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Health, Lifestyle Samantha LaBarbara Health, Lifestyle Samantha LaBarbara

The Ultimate Resolution - Finding A Work-Life Balance

As the year comes to a close there’s often a sense of pressure to come up with a resolution or a list of resolutions to better yourself in the New Year. Many of these resolutions revolve around fitness, weight loss, exercise and diets. While there’s nothing wrong with committing to a healthier lifestyle and getting in shape, this year we are taking the opportunity to focus on a bigger-picture resolution that can help set you in the right mind-set for success, physical and mental. Finding the “right” work-life balance.

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4 Ways To Work Off That Halloween Candy

It’s Halloween, which means more likely than not, you’ll be sneaking in a few pieces (or a few handfuls) of candy. Those mini bags of M&Ms are harmless, right? That is unless you have twenty of them. Well here’s our take - everything is okay in moderation

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Posture, Exercise, Physical Therapy Samantha LaBarbara Posture, Exercise, Physical Therapy Samantha LaBarbara

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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