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Month: March 2012

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FUNCTIONAL TESTS OFFERED AT THE ARTHRITIS EXPO THIS SATURDAY !

Sports Physical Therapy of NY March 30, 2012November 8, 2017

Where do you compare to your peers with regards to function? This Saturday, March 31st, staff members from Sports Physical Therapy of NY will have a booth at the Arthritis Expo. The expo will take place at the Hilton Hotel...

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Keep Your Own Parts: Prolong The Need For Costly Surgery with PT

Sports Physical Therapy of NY March 23, 2012November 27, 2017

Each year there are nearly 500,000 total knee replacements and 230,000 total hip replacements performed in the United States. "In 2004, the national bill for hip and knee replacements was $26 billion1." These numbers continue to increase annually and it...

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Myths of Painful Aging

Sports Physical Therapy of NY March 16, 2012November 27, 2017

Many tend to blame a lot of things on age. Decreased balance, decreased strength, and pain are amongst the most common complaints in older people. So what is really brought on by age and what do we have the ability to...

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!

Sports Physical Therapy of NY March 8, 2012November 27, 2017

We truly appreciate and would like to thank everybody who came out for our Community Event! It was a great turn out with 37 people in attendance. We were able to share stories about PT experiences, meet new people from the...

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REMINDER: Awesome Event Coming Up Soon!!!!!

Sports Physical Therapy of NY March 2, 2012November 8, 2017

Please join us for an insightful evening filled with discussions, food, and drinks at our Saratoga Springs location. Come meet our staff and learn more about physical therapy and how it has evolved over the past five years. This event is...

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Shane Connors, PT, MSPT, DPT Shane is a graduate of Ithaca College where he received his masters and doctorate degrees in physical therapy. Shane grew up in Bethlehem, NY where he was a member of the basketball, baseball and cross-country teams for the eagles. He enjoys working at SportsPT due to wide variety of equipment and interventions that he gets to use everyday and how his job improves his patients' quality of life for the long run.

Alison Synakowski, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC, CSCS Alison Synakowski is a Certified Orthopaedic Specialist in Physical Therapy and the Facility Manager at Sports Physical Therapy. She enjoys seeing all types of conditions, not specific to athletes, and creates a specific and unique program to suit the needs of each individual patient. She is a current member of the American Physical Therapy Association and truly focused on improving awareness of the many benefits of PT.

Jennifer Szymanski, PT, DPT, ATC Jenniferjoined the Sports PT team in 2008 and excels in this out-patient orthopedic setting. Prior to this, she worked and found enjoyment in the acute in-patient setting for 3 years. She graduated from Mercyhurst College with a Bachelors in Sports Medicine and became a Certified Athletic Trainer. While attending Gannon University to obtain her Masters and Doctoral Degrees in Physical Therapy, she was the athletic trainer for the University's Women's Volleyball and Lacrosse teams.

Zoe Devito, MSPT Zoe J. DeVito graduated with an undergraduate in Clinical Exercise Physiology and Masters in Physical Therapy from Boston University in 1999. She has worked for this company since graduating and started the Saratoga facility of Sports PT in late 2000. Her philosophy includes a "hands on" approach to PT with special interest in spine, post surgical, postural and soft tissue dysfunctions. At this time she is employed per diem while raising a family.

Jeff Fear, PT, MPT Originally from Saratoga, Jeff graduated from Notre Dame College in Manchester, NH in 2001 with a Masters of Physical Therapy. He has over 10 years of outpatient orthopedic experience, is an APTA-certified clinical instructor, and has a special interest working with patients with shoulder injuries. What he enjoys most about his job is working with different types of people with different types of injuries everyday as well as being apart of a succesful team!