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Month: July 2012

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ACL tears – Part I – Risk Factors

Sports Physical Therapy of NY July 13, 2012November 8, 2017

If you participate or have children that participate in sports the words "torn ACL" may make you cringe. It is not uncommon for us at Sports PT to break into a conversation about the risk factors associated with ACL tears....

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!