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New York City based physical therapy the way you deserve. 60 minutes with a doctor of physical therapy to get you back to living your best life.

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Don't let an injury change your identity.
Our New York City physical therapists are the best in the business. Get one on one care for 60 minutes to give you the care and attention you deserve. Eliminate your pain, treat the root cause, and live your best life. It's PT the way it should be.

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  • Your foot hurts when you get out of bed
  • The thought of swinging a racquet hurts your elbow
  • Back pain limits you from being productive at work because sitting too long hurts 
  • You can’t PR on your run because of your knee pain is
  •  Walking your dog is no longer something you look forward to
  • You can’t go hiking because you knees or ankles hurt

Three steps to get out of pain

New York City physical therapy 3 step process

 

The goal of physical therapy is to make a permanent change in your body. After working with thousands of athletes in New York City we have developed with a 3 step program to get you back to living your best life.

  • Step 1: Eliminate or greatly reduce your pain
  • Step 2: Find and treat the root cause
  • Step 3: Make permanent changes so you can live your best life
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About Us

Dr. Jason Cooper, PT, DPT, CSCS, ART

Dr. Jason Cooper, Physical Therapist New York City
Jason Cooper, Doctor of Physical Therapy in New York City

Dr. Jason Cooper, PT, DPT, CSCS, ART created reCOOPERate Physical Therapy with you in mind. Jason was drawn to physical therapy because of the personal connections that could be made while helping people feel their best. He graduated with a doctorate degree in physical therapy from the University of San Francisco and has more than 10 years of experience providing evidence based care at the highest level. You will be able to maximize your efforts with specific manual therapy techniques paired with an individual strength program designed to help your whole body function at an optimal level. Whether you want to run your first mile, run a marathon, or get off the couch without pain, Jason’s goal is to help return you to what you love to do.

  • Sports Medicine
  • Running Injuries
  • Joint Mobilization
  • Repetitive Strain Injuries
  • Active Release Technique (ART)
  • Certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS)
  • Guasha
  • Myofascial Decompression (Cupping)

Dr. Sama Khedgikar, PT, DPT

New York City Physical Therapist Sama Khedgikar
Dr. Sama Khedgikar, Doctor of Physical Therapy in New York City

Dr. Sama is a clinical ninja. She is known for her bedside manner, and is an expert at getting athletes back in action. She is and expert in orthopedic care, and is a pelvic floor and women’s health certified specialist. With her DPT from Loma Linda University and advanced certification from Herman and Wallace, she combines evidence-based rehab with cutting-edge movement science to help you return to the activities you love. In her spare time you can find her doing what she loves, playing volleyball.

  • Sports medicine
  • Running injuries
  • Pelvic floor rehab
  • Myofascial decompression
  • Running analysis
  • Repetitive strain injuries
  • Custom exercise programing
  • Differential diagnosis, especially orthopedic and pelvic floor

Dr. Shreyal Parikh, PT, DPT

Dr. Shreyal, PT, DPT. Sports Physical Therapist in New York City
Dr. Shreyal Parikh, Physical Therapist in New York City

Dr. Shreyal is a physical therapist with a passion for human movement and healing. She specializes in musculoskeletal and orthopedic injuries, as well as performance care for dancers, athletes, and theater performers. With a deep love for biomechanics, Dr. Shreyal combines clinical precision with an understanding of the unique physical demands of high-level performance. Outside of her professional work, she enjoys traveling, dancing, and getting lost in a good book.

  • Sports Medicine
  • Running Injuries
  • Performance injuries
  • Repetitive Strain Injuries
  • Myofascial decompression
  • McKenzie method
  • Biomechanical approach
  • Muscle energy technique

These are evidence based home exercise programs designed to get you better through a week by week progression

Exercise has the strongest evidence for helping improve function and reduce pain

Low Back Pain Physical Therapy
Lower Back Pain

If you have lower back pain, sciatica, herniated disc, injury to the sciatic nerve, low back strain, bulging disc, and need back pain relief you are not alone. The CDC reports that 25% of Americans have had lower back pain in the last three months. These programs are built to help manage common lower back pain ailments conservatively through a few exercises per day.

Knee Pain Physical Therapy NY
Knee Pain

Knee pain can be the culprit of many conditions including IT band, patellofemoral pain syndrome, Osgood Schlatter, patellar tendonitis, runner’s knee, or jumper’s knee among many others. Often times knee pain can be reduced or even resolved with strengthening of the muscles around the knee, hip or ankle to improve the mechanical function of the knee. These programs are built to reduce the most common forms of knee pain through a self paced six week program to help resolve and prevent knee pain.

Foot and Ankle Pain Physical Therapy
Foot and Ankle Pain

Foot pain and ankle pain can really impair your mobility. Common injuries are plantar fasciitis, achilles tendonitis, shin splints, poterior tibialis tendonitis, ankle sprains, and impaired balance. Having good foot and ankle strength and mobility will help rehabilitate achey feet and allow you to improve your activity level. Each of these programs will build a better base of how you propel yourself from the ground when walking or running.

Neck Pain Physical Therapy
Neck Pain

Neck pain is caused by many things and might be cervical radiculopathy, a pinched neck nerve, spasm of the neck muscles, cervical spondylosis, cervical disc bulge, or arthritis in the cervical spine. Neck and shoulder pain often go hand and hand, so these home exercise programs are designed to improve neck strength and mobility as well as improve posture through strengthening postural muscles to provide neck pain relief.

Shoulder Pain physical therapy
Shoulder Pain

If you have shoulder pain, rotator cuff tear, partial rotator cuff tear, frozen shoulder, rotator cuff tendonitis, rotator cuff injury, bursitis of the shoulder, impingement syndrome, labral tear or shoulder blade pain these programs are tailor made for you. Even if the structural integrity of the shoulder is compromised many people can live a normal active lifestyle if their muscular system is strong enough to provide the support needed. These programs outline how to rehab your shoulder conservatively, from home in a self paced program designed to take 6-8 weeks.

elbow, wrist, and hand physical Therapy
Elbow and Wrist Pain

Elbow, wrist, and hand pain are generally connected. Elbow pain can be caused from tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, cubital tunnel syndrome, elbow tendonitis, elbow bursitis, medial epicondylitis, lateral epicondylits, among other injuries. Wrist pain is often from de quervains tenosynovitis, tendonitis of the wrist, carpal tunnel pain, arthritis, or previous fractures. These common elbow pain and wrist pain complaints can be reduced and rehabbed through strengthening the muscles, stretching the tissues and nerves, and allow you to resume normal function through education and specific elbow and wrist physical therapy which can be in a few minutes every day.

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Dr. Jason Cooper DPT

Are you an active individual or athlete in New York City, frustrated by an injury or chronic pain that’s sidelining you from the activities you love? We understand how disheartening it can be when your body isn’t cooperating – whether it’s impacting your morning run, your weekend game, or simply your ability to navigate the city without discomfort. You’ve pushed hard, you’ve trained diligently, and now pain threatens to steal your active lifestyle.