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Post-surgical Therapy for a Meniscal Tear

Clinical Director Hector Mayo explains how physical therapy can help restore knee function after a partial meniscectomy.

Physical Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis

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Align Your Spine

Ankle eversion with resistance

Ankle eversion with Theraband resistance

Ankle inversion with Theraband resistance

Ankle plantar flexion

Back Limbering Stretch for the Hip Flexors

Baker’s Cysts

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Codman’s exercises for shoulder limbering

Comminuted Elbow Fracture

Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

Custom Brace for Madelung’s Deformity

De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

Don’t let your golf game cause back pain

Dupuytren’s Disease

Elbow Flexion Extension Brace

Exercises to Improve Balance

Extension Splint For Finger Injuries

External rotation with Theraband resistance

Frozen Shoulder

Gluteus Medius Stretch

Hamstring Injuries: Causes and Treatments

Hamstring stretch

Hip abduction

Hip extension

Hip Pain – Causes and Treatment

How Do You Treat ACL Tears?

Ice Skating Injuries

Internal rotation with Theraband resistance

Is Pilates Safe to Do After a Back Injury?

Knee Pain in Runners (Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome)

Labral Hip Tears

Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)

Low Back Pain From a Herniated Disk

Lower trapezius strengthening

Lumbar Radiculopathy

Mallet Finger

Middle trapezius strengthening

Osteoarthritis of the Hand

Out of Joint: Shoulder Dislocation During Skiing

Passive shoulder flexion with the opposite hand

Physical Therapy After Hip Replacement Surgery

Physical Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis

Piriformis stretch

Plantar Fasciitis

Posterior tibial tendonitis

Resistance Isn’t Futile: Swimming for Fitness

Rock Climbing

Rotator Cuff Repair

Scapular retraction

Scapular retraction with shoulder extension

Shin Splints

Shoulder abduction

Shoulder external rotation

Shoulder external rotation stretch

Shoulder flexion stretch

Shoulder Injuries and Tennis

Shoulder Instability and Weakness

Shoulder Labral Tear

Skier’s Thumb

Soccer and Knee Injuries

Spinal Stenosis

Standing shoulder internal rotation behind back

Stress Fractures

Table Slides for Shoulder Flexion

Take a Hike

Top Five Advantages of Telehealth for Physical Therapy

Total Knee Replacement

Treatments for Meniscal Tears

Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tears

Trigger Finger

Use It or Lose It: Osteoporosis and Exercise

Viscosupplements for Osteoarthritis

Wall slide for shoulder flexion

Yoga Safety

At Grand Central Physical Therapy and Hand Therapy, we deliver highly effective therapy in a supportive environment. Experienced therapists provide expert treatment of all musculoskeletal conditions, and we specialize in pre-surgical and post-surgical rehabilitation as well as sports orthopedic care. Each therapist schedules only two appointments per hour, so every patient receives individual attention. Our dedicated hand therapy center focuses on hand and upper extremity rehabilitation, and the fabrication of custom dynamic and static splints.

Expert Physical Therapy in Midtown Manhattan

Robert Ortiz, P.T.

Founder and Administrative Director
Grand Central Physical Therapy

Robert began his career at Plus One Physical Therapy in 1988, and has been in business for himself since 1990. In 1993 he founded Grand Central Physical Therapy to provide the highest level of individualized care in an outpatient setting. Robert's experience includes work with general and sports orthopedic patients, with a concentration on the foot, knee, hip and shoulder. Robert received his Bachelor of Science in Health Science and Physical Therapy from Hunter College. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

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