Ben Gold applies his love of sports to his practice of physical therapy. He understands the athletic person’s desire to heal quickly and correctly and get back to their sport. Ben´s treatment philosophy balances a mix of advanced manual therapy techniques, specific exercises and education to optimize his patients’ recovery.
Ben is one of the most highly skilled, acclaimed manual therapists in his field. He teaches mastery level certification courses to other therapists across the United States and internationally; this year he has speaking engagements booked in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Houston, Phoenix, Oklahoma City and Las Vegas. Ben is a graduate of The University of Melbourne, Australia, where in addition to his study of physical therapy, he majored in anatomy and physiology.
In Australia, Ben worked at an advanced rehabilitation center specializing in treating acute sports injuries with manipulative physical therapy. Upon moving to the United States, Ben received his Mastery Certification in Manual Therapy. Ben has advanced skills in manual therapy, including the McKenzie Method, Mulligan Concept, Maitland assessment and practice, McConnell patellofemoral treatment, neurofascial mobilization, and cervical/lumbar stabilization.
Ben can be reached at bgold@hptnyc.com.
Patients may or may not be aware, but since 2006 in New York State, a prescription is not needed to see a physical therapist. Direct access allows physical therapists with 3 or more years of experience to see patients for 10 visits or 30 days without obtaining a prescription from ...
Which provides a better outcome with respect to pain and narcotic use after ACL surgery - a cryocuff or regular ice pack? Both are routinely used during the early stages of PT after ACL surgery.
The concept of regional interdependence can best be defined where “seemingly unrelated impairments in a remote anatomical region may contribute to, or be associated with, the patient’s primary complaint.”
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Recent evidence is changing the way we treat tennis elbow. Ben breaks down the most current concepts for this common treatment.
The results I believe were quite astounding. At 2 years post surgery, "improvements in the vacuum phenomenon [were seen] in both patients. On T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, signal intensity of intervertebral discs with cell grafts was high, thus indicating high moisture contents.... lumbar disc instability improved.
It has long been assumed that backpacks are better than over the shoulder bags for preventing lower back and neck pain. My days of imparting this information to patients is over...