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Dr. Sam Morjaria

The Runner’s Guide To Effective Cross-Training and Improved Performance

With the NYC Marathon only two months away, many local runners seek ways to improve their performance and safeguard their bodies. At Park North Physical Therapy in Harlem and Morningside Heights, we're not only focused on holistic training techniques but also on the advanced methods to assess and improve your gait using specialized technology like Digitsole. Our therapists have developed a list of cross-training exercises for runners to improve your athletic performance. Let us guide you through more productive running workouts in and out of the season. 

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

The Role of Nutrition in Physical Therapy Treatment

Ever thought of your meal plate as a secret weapon to supercharge your rehabilitation in physical therapy? While mobility, strength and muscle release are essential components of recovery, many people overlook the powerful benefits of nutrition.Dive in with us as we uncover the relationship between what you eat and how it can accelerate your body’s recovery time. To help you make more informed nutritional decisions that will compliment your physical therapy treatment plan, our team at Park North Physical Therapy has put together a short guide.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Relieving Chronic Lower Back Pain Through Deep Core Strengthening

From office seats to work-from-home, studies show we may sit up to eight hours a day while awake. Our bodies have developed for movement, so constant sitting and lack of exercise can often lead to chronic back pain.To address chronic lower back pain, we have to define the cause and build solutions from there. For example, you can reduce your low back pain by developing your deep core with targeted exercises.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

How to Properly Warm-Up for Your Workout from a Physical Therapist Perspective

Warming up before exercise can prevent injury, boost performance and mentally prepare you for your workout. We are breaking down some essential warm-up tips for tp make the most out of your next workout.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Preparing for Joint Replacement Surgery with Physical Therapy

Joint replacements can be life-changing procedures. They offer relief from chronic pain and help you get back to your favorite activities, like walking around Central Park or biking the Brooklyn Bridge.However, preparing for joint replacement surgery can be intimidating, especially during the recovery process. At Park North Physical Therapy, we’ve helped hundreds of patients with hip, knee, shoulder and other partial or total joint replacements. To encourage an efficient rehab process, we’re helping you prepare for surgery with everything you need to know about pre-operative physical therapy.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Recovering From Joint Replacement Surgery, Physical Therapists Answer Your Most Commonly Asked Questions

After surgery, the most critical phase of your recovery journey begins. In order to regain full range of motion and strength, physical therapy is essential for joint replacements. A comprehensive post-operative PT care plan includes mobilization, strengthening of the surrounding muscles and tissues around your joint and pain management. We know that undergoing surgery can be an overwhelming process, so we’re breaking down the most frequently asked questions we get from our patients about joint replacement care to help you feel more at ease.

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Park North Team

Park North Physical Therapy Marries Traditional Hands-On Therapy with Cutting-Edge Technology

We interviewed Park North's owner, Dr. Sam Morjaria, about his perspective on modern-day physical therapy and how it's changed over the course of 25 years.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Improving Your Odds For Injury Recovery and Athletic Performance By Getting Better Sleep

Learn more about how sleep affects your recovery in physical therapy and your overall athletic recovery. Plus, a few tips from Samuel Lu about how to get better sleep.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

10 Ways to Practice Self-Care and Stay Healthy on Vacation this Summer

Summer vacations may be known for fried festival food, cold dairy treats and lazy days spent by the pool, but that doesn’t mean you have to take a vacation from your self-care practices. Actually, your vacation can be an excellent time to break away from office life and be used as an opportunity to incorporate even more movement into your day. In order to stay healthier this summer, your friends at Park North Physical Therapy put together this guide to help you maintain an active lifestyle while still enjoying your getaway. Check out our Physical Therapy tips for staying active on vacation without sacrificing your trip.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Overcome Tech-Induced Back Pain by Improving Your Posture and Spine Health

Say goodbye to tech-induced back pain and poor posture with physical therapy technology that unlocks the power of core strength for a pain-free back. Schedule a spinal assessment in Harlem or Morningside Heights, NYC.

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Sam Morjaria

Strong Ankles, Powerful Performance: How to Prevent Recurring Ankle Injuries with Physical Therapy

Discover effective techniques to strengthen your ankles and prevent ankle sprains with Park North Physical Therapy. Learn why ankle injuries are common among athletes and how you can improve your ankle stability through balance training and conditioning exercises.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Handbook to Healthier Movement: Warning Signs, Causes and Tips for Addressing Muscular Imbalance

Muscular dysfunction can wreak havoc on your body causing pain, weakness and stiffness. If left unaddressed, they can interfere with your daily activities and even lead to chronic conditions. In this blog post, we'll explore warning signs and causes of muscular imbalances, as well as tactical ways to fix and prevent them. Ultimately, these solutions will help you restore balance, alleviate discomfort and improve your overall well-being.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Physical Therapy for Athletes: How to Prevent Sport-Related Injuries and Boost Your Performance

While it can’t prevent all sport-related injuries, physical therapy can help you take a proactive (rather than reactive) approach to training, plus it helps you recover faster, build resilience and even prevent certain injuries from occurring in the first place. Let’s explore the power of physical therapy for athletes and focus specifically on injury prevention through prehabilitation (prehab).

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Regaining Mobility with Physical Therapy: An Inspiring PT Success Story with George Hirsch

At Park North, we’ve helped hundreds of patients regain their mobility and independence. Our most recent inspiring recovery journey was George Hirsch, one of the most iconic movers of New York City and certainly a hometown hero at Park North Physical Therapy. 

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Unraveling the Power of Neurokinetics: Enhancing Physical Therapy Outcomes

Neurokinetics and physical therapy may be considered distinct areas of practice, but they overlap in their shared focus on the rehabilitation and improvement of human movement and function. This blog explores how neurokinetics is revolutionizing physical therapy by providing a deeper understanding of the neural control of movement, ultimately leading to more effective, personalized treatment plans.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Why Park North PT Partnered with Local Charity to Empower Community

Learn about the shared commitment to help others reach their full potential that aligned Park North Physical Therapy with Figure Skating in Harlem. In honor of Black History Month and alongside our mission to give back to the community, our Park North clinics donated $10 for every new patient we had the pleasure of meeting and treating in February and March to help FSH promote youth empowerment and racial equality in our community!

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Top 10 Benefits of Physical Therapy for Pain Relief and Mobility

This post shares 10 important ways that physical therapy helps you take the first steps to a pain-free lifestyle that keeps you mobile so you can enjoy the quality of life you deserve.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Start Training Now with Physical Therapy to Prepare for Summer Sports

If you’re planning ahead for a fun, healthy (and injury-free) summer, physical therapy is a great way to prepare for a lively season of sports and recreational activities. We share the benefits of starting a physical therapy program ahead of the summer season in this post.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

The Art of Physical Therapy: Where Creativity Meets Science

As physical therapists, it’s part of the job description to leverage our hands and brains to come up with innovative solutions to help our patients achieve optimal health and function. Just like a painter, sculptor or musician, we use our hands to mold and manipulate to deliver an improved final product – in this case, a healthy, pain-free body for our patients. This post explains how physical therapy is a careful blend of art and science.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Active Release Technique Certified Therapists Now Available at Park North

Active Release Technique is an innovative approach to soft tissue care that utilizes the therapist's hands to break down scar tissue, improve range of motion, reduce pain and restore proper function to affected areas. With its impressive results and growing popularity among athletes, it’s no surprise that ART is quickly becoming the go-to treatment option for patients across the country.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Treat Your Pain and Inflammation with Low Level Laser Therapy

Want to see how low level laser therapy, a safe, effective treatment option for physical therapy, can improve your injuries and recovery? This blog explains how low-energy laser beams accelerate the healing process and provide the relief you've been looking for!

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Halima Akter, OTR/L

The Difference Between Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy

Physical therapy and occupational therapy are both forms of rehabilitation that help patients recover from injuries or illnesses and improve their overall health and quality of life. While both focus on helping patients regain their physical abilities and independence, there are important differences between the two fields. This post explores the distinct roles of physical therapy and occupational therapy and reviews examples of the types of conditions and patients that a PT and OT typically treat.

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Dr. Sam Morjaria

Create a New You in the New Year without Pain or Dysfunction

Everyone wants to get in shape as January approaches, but if you’re currently in pain or limited in your movement and functionality, you may be working twice as hard to reach your goals for a new YOU in the New Year. Don’t let pain or dysfunction slow you down or hold you back - address it FIRST so you can clear the obstacles standing in your way.

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Year-End Wrap Up: The Patient Perspective of Park North PT

We’re so grateful for 2022 and for the opportunity to be your local physical therapy specialists for another year. Since 2008, Park North Physical Therapy was created to serve our community with sports orthopedics, hands-on care and the very latest in education and technology to match your unique wellness needs and goals.

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Use Your Flexible Spending Account Before You Lose It This Year

A flexible spending account (FSA) gives you tax-free funds for medical expenses outside your annual insurance coverage. It’s essentially the “use it or lose it” version of insurance. While these accounts may be helpful for hidden costs throughout the year, they do expire when your plan resets. 

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Giving Thanks for PTs Who Make Your Health Their Mission

In this season of gratitude, we’re thankful for our dedicated team of physical therapists who have chosen your health and wellness as their mission. When you’re in pain, suffering from an injury or struggling to move due to your age or condition, it matters who you surround yourself with. You need a helper. A compassionate carer with the expertise to identify the root cause of your issue, develop a personalized program of care and then work alongside you to improve your recovery and functionality as quickly and safely as possible.

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Incredible Rehab Benefits of the NEUBIE Device for Physical Therapy

Did you know that Park North Physical Therapy features one of the most innovative, effective e-stim machines currently available to target neurological conditions, remove pain and return movement and functionality in patients after just one use?

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Benefits of Neuro VR for Physical Therapy | Park North PT

Every year, thousands of people experience strokes, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s Disease. These same people turn to physical therapy to help regain functionality and independence, but often, traditional PT isn’t enough to keep patients engaged with their programs. Neuro Rehab VR is a Fort Worth-based company offering groundbreaking new technology to make physical therapy more enjoyable and accessible. Their virtual reality programs boost a patient’s motivation and confidence through immersive therapy programs that allow for more effective treatment and faster recovery.

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The Benefits of Merrithew Pilates Reformer Training and Stability Chair

We all know that pilates is a form of body conditioning that targets diverse muscle groups to help build strength, stability, flexibility and coordination. But did you know that Joseph Pilates first developed the Pilates system in an internment camp during World War I as a physical rehabilitation method for his fellow inmates and injured soldiers?

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Increase Athletic Performance and Reduce Running Injuries with Digitsole

Digitsole Pro technology is an FDA-approved Class II device that has been developed for healthcare providers to measure objective biomechanical data in order to assess and improve mobility disorders. Park North Physical Therapy is proud to be one of the first clinics to put this into practice for our patients!

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Physical Therapy Technology Brings the Future of Patient Care to NYC

With the status quo long left trailing in the rearview mirror, Park North Physical Therapy has ushered in a new era of state-of-the-art physical therapy technology and innovative patient care programs to our local community of Uptown Manhattan.

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Outpatient Occupational Therapy Services Improve Pain, Functionality and Recovery

As Park North Physical Therapy has grown into a second location, we’ve seen first-hand the daily struggles our uptown community faces as so many live with long-term pain or limited functionality.

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Samuel Lu

Telehealth is an integral part of healthcare

Telehealth is an integral part of healthcare, and it has become vital during times of social distancing.

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Samuel Lu

Finding motivation to stay in shape with closed gyms

Everyone has the same questions. How can I continue to be motivated to stay in shape and stay active with the gyms closed during this time? There are still many ways you can challenge yourself physically.

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Samuel Lu

Stretching to prevent injuries is a misconception

A common misconception that people have is that stretching is always necessary to prevent injury. People believe you should always be more flexible, and that the more flexible you are the lower the likelihood is of getting hurt.

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Sam Morjaria

Misguided perception: More weight means stronger

When I say weight training or strength training, what goes through your mind? Most of you will probably think of elaborate machines in the gym, weighted plates and dumbbells. If you aren't much of a 'gym' person, it can all be very overwhelming and intimidating.

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Samuel Lu

Stretching: Dynamic vs. Static

When you wake up first thing in the morning or before a workout after sitting at work all day, your muscles are stiff and cold, and to suddenly hold a stretch for a period of time can actually cause more harm than good.

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Samuel Lu

Changing a weakness to a strength doesn’t happen overnight

Despite having high-pressure jobs, families and/or a busy New York social calendar, they find the time to come in and we work together to achieve goals and improve quality of life.

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Samuel Lu

Respect, admire and attend to our physique

Self-confidence begins with a foundation of respect and needs constant attention and care to maintain and build one's unique self.

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Samuel Lu

How deep should you squat?

We’ve covered the benefits of squats. Now the next question many have is how deep should you be squatting?

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Samule Lu

The Benefits of Squats

There is a reason why squats are commonly called the king of exercises.

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Samuel Lu

Quad Strength

The quadriceps are one of the most important groups of muscles for having good healthy knees.

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Improving Your Ankle Mobility

Ankle mobility is very important for many functional activities. While ankle stability and strength are often addressed during ankle injuries, mobility plays a big role as well.

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Samuel Lu

The Potential of a Hybrid Treatment Plan

As we all are learning more about telehealth and how to implement it, we also want to look to the future it holds for us. It opens up the possibilities to how we can take care and maintain our health. There is a strong potential and future for a hybrid treatment plan.

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Samuel Lu

Rehabbing and Preventing Low Back Injuries

Most of us have hurt our backs at some point in our lives, as referenced in our previous post (see: acute low back pain). After the acute inflammatory stage is over (usually within 1-2 weeks), and most of the pain has subsided, the question is what is the next step?

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Samuel Lu

Acute Low Back Strain

Techniques used after pulling your back. “I pulled my back and can’t move” is a phrase many of us have said at some point in our lives. It happens. Lifting heavy boxes during a move, doing yard work, or cleaning your floor are common ways.

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Samuel Lu

Creating the Ideal Environment for Telehealth Physical Therapy

How do you prepare yourself for Telehealth? Participating in a telehealth physical therapy session does not require as much to set up as it may seem. True, it’s not in a clinic that’s fitted out with all the equipment and machines that are commonly used, but there are many alternate ways to still receive effective treatment and perform exercises.

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Samuel Lu

Telehealth

The opportunities that telehealth provides for physical therapy. Telehealth is an integral part of healthcare, and it has become vital during times of social distancing.

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Samuel Lu

Overstretching

Can you stretch too much? A common misconception that people have is that stretching is always necessary to prevent injury. People believe you should always be more flexible, and that the more flexible you are the lower the likelihood is of getting hurt.

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