2020-03-13 15:43
Our student athletes come to us with an injury that prevents them from doing what they love the most. It is so great to see them complete PT and get back to doing whatever their atheletic pa… Read More
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One of Nassau County’s largest groups for personalized Sports, Spine, Balance and Aquatic physical therapy programs.
2020-03-13 14:25
Physical therapy is a safe, effective and preferred treatment for millions of American seniors. A series of new federal policies threaten to dramatically reduce access to the valuable servic… Read More
2020-03-10 15:49
We are so happy to announce our new Baldwin location is now booking patients! Our therapist, Gio, is ready to help our patients in the Baldwin and surrounding areas, get stronge… Read More
2020-03-06 21:15
We just love our staff! Congratulations to our New Hyde Park Clinical Director, Chris, on taking over our Wantagh location now. The staff at New Hyde Park decorated his work area with so man… Read More
2020-03-06 20:26
Our Northport’s Total Joint Replacement patient is so happy to be back to all his regular activities! His hard work and always reaching for the goals we set for him from the sta… Read More
2019-11-14 16:21
Keeping our friend and pro surfer, Balaram Stack, in the water!
The post Pro Surfer Back at it after physical therapy! appeared first on Peak Performance Physical Therapy Read More
2019-10-17 15:12
Our patient, Vincent, is all smiles after completing physical therapy with our physical therapist, Joe. Vincent had a Total Knee Replacement and worked so hard at all his physical the… Read More
2019-10-17 14:47
We are so beyond excited and proud to have helped collect so many crutches for such an amazing cause! Thank you to our staff and patients for all their help and support. All the crutches are… Read More
2019-09-26 16:33
Our Northport staff proudly posing for a picture after a long 10k race was completed! It was a wonderful day for our staff and all the runners. We were so happy to be a part of this a… Read More
2019-08-20 18:47
Our Lynbrook staff are all smiles as they are super excited to have already collected 50 crutches for our new collection drive. As in all the past years, we are happy to be working wit… Read More
2019-07-08 18:45
Last month 30 Peak staffers got the opportunity to visit with Dr. Checo from The Central Orthopedic Group. The afternoon included a 1 hour lecture and 2 hours of demonstration and hands-on w… Read More
2019-07-08 18:15
On Friday, July 5th, our staff in all our offices and our patients, celebrated Hawaiian Shirt Day! It was so nice to see such a colorful and fun celebration, especially after a holiday… Read More
2019-06-04 16:59
Our patient, Cristina, is feeling so good after completing physical therapy with us! After suffering from lower back pain, Cristina went to see an orthopedist, and he referred her to us so w… Read More
2019-06-03 20:40
Our Wantagh staff is beyond excited to see how their patient, Dan, rehabilitated with us after shoulder surgery. Dan set his goals high from the start and wanted to get back to his fav… Read More
2019-05-24 20:22
Our New Hyde Park physical therapist, Chris, is so very pleased with his spine patient’s progress! Francine set a goal when firsting starting physical therapy with us, of being a… Read More
2019-05-23 16:22
Our amazing staff participated in Long Island Cares, “Casual for a Cause” Day. Each person who dressed down for the day donated money to this wonderful charity. Along… Read More
2019-05-06 19:24
Join us in the 5th Annual Casual for the Cause with Long Island Cares on Wednesday, May 22nd. Our staff will be dressed casual and we have help raise money to help feed many families i… Read More
2019-03-29 18:04
ALL OUR WONDERFUL STAFF BEING FESTIVE ON OPENING DAY OF BASEBALL WEEKEND!! ALL OUR PATIENTS ENJOYED SOME FRESH, HOT POPCORN AND WORE THEIR FAVORITE TEAM JERSEYS AS WELL! HOPE ALL TEAMS HAVE… Read More
2019-03-22 13:52
For National Athetic Trainer Month, we would like to spotlight all our amazing ATC’s!! Meet our ATC, Ben….. Where can you find me? Valley Stream North HS Athletic Trainer Past E… Read More
2019-03-22 12:58
For National Athetic Trainer Month, we would like to spotlight all our amazing ATC’s!! Meet our ATC, Maddy….. Where can you find me? I work at Valley Stream South HS, the Lynbro… Read More
2019-03-22 12:48
For National Athetic Trainer Month, we would like to spotlight all our amazing ATC’s! Meet our ATC, Alexa…. Where can you find me? Valley Stream Central High School Past Educati… Read More
2019-03-21 19:49
For National Athetic Trainer Month, we would like to spotlight all our amazing ATC’s!! Where you can find me? Hewlett High School and Lynbrook Peak Office Past Education: Undergraduate… Read More
2019-03-21 19:23
For National Athetic Trainer Month, we would like to spotlight all our amazing ATC’s!! Meet Amanda… Where you can find me? Lynbrook High School & in the Lynbrook Peak office… Read More
2019-02-26 18:34
Rosemarie came to us for physical therapy rehabilitation after a double hip replacement! She worked so hard on her rehabilitation and set high goals for herself from the day she started.&nbs&hell…Read More
2019-02-25 18:51
Our Total Hip Replacement patient, Carol, is all smiles as she is close to completing her rehabilitation with us! Our physical therapist, Mary-Alice and our entire Lynbrook staff, were so ha… Read More
2019-02-25 18:30
Bilateral hip replacement patient, Barbara, has come a long way since her procedue. We were so happy she choose us to rehabilitate with and together, we set some goals for Barbara. We asked… Read More
2019-02-25 18:11
Our Total Knee Replacement, Sue, was all smiles after completing rehabiliation with us. We asked Sue what she was most happy about doing after rehabilitation and she said, “Look… Read More
2019-02-22 18:20
It makes us so happy to see how far in recovery our Total Knee Replacement patients have come! Our physical therapist, Mary-Alice, our physical therapist assistant Fran and our entire Lynbro… Read More
2019-02-22 17:19
Our fantastic Total Knee Replacement patient, Eileen, was so focused and hard-working on her physical therapy rehabiliation with us. Our physcial therapist, Nicole, our physcial therap… Read More
2019-02-22 16:37
Amita is our Total Knee Replacement patient who is so happy in her rehabilitation with us! We asked Amita what can she do now that she has completed physical therapy with us and she s… Read More
2019-02-21 15:58
When our patient, Barry, had a Total Hip Replacement, he choose us to do his rehabilitation with. We set some goals for Barry to do his best to achieve. With the help our physical ther… Read More
2019-02-21 15:29
Our patient, Jay, is happy to be back to doing things he very much enjoyed after having a Total Hip Revision. Our physical therapist, Corinne, our physical therapist assistant Mitch an… Read More
2019-02-14 18:32
A Total Hip Replacement is what our patient, Dominick, experienced this year. With the hard work of our our physical therapist, Mary-Alice, our physical therapist assistant, Fran, and our en… Read More
2019-02-14 16:12
Our wonderful patient, Herbert, is estatic about how he is feeling after a Total Hip Replacement and doing rehabilitation with us! We asked Herbert what he is most happy about and he said, … Read More
2019-02-12 16:35
All our patients are important to us, but we very much enjoy seeing and hearing about our total joint replacement patients success stories. Here, our patient, Michael, had a total hip replac… Read More
2019-02-12 15:07
Our New Hyde Park physcial therapist, Chris, along with our entire staff, enjoyed working with our patient, Noor, after is total knee replacement. His goals were to, “Walk freely… Read More
2019-02-11 20:41
Our patient, Thomas, is so excited to be so successful in recovery after his bilateral total knee replacement and doing physical therapy with us. Rehabilitating from not one total knee… Read More
2019-02-11 17:08
We are so very happy for our total knee replacement patient, Marie, on accomplishing all her goals. We asked her what she can do now with that she is rehabilitating with us from her surgery… Read More
2019-02-11 17:07
Our patient, Anne, had a total knee replacement after walking became almost impossible. With the help of our physical therapist, Chris, our entire New Hyde Park staff and Anne’s… Read More
2019-02-08 18:23
Congratulations to our patient, Chris, who had a total knee replacement and worked so hard during his physical therapy to get back to the things he likes best. We asked Chris what he i… Read More
2019-02-08 16:45
Our Island Park physical therapist, John and our physical therapy assistant, Luis, are so proud of their patient, Joanne’s amazing recovery from a left knee total joint replacement. We… Read More
2019-02-08 15:42
It is such an amazing moment when you help your Total Knee Replacement patient, Bryan, achieve all his goals he set out from when he first started physical therapy. With the help from… Read More
2019-02-07 20:30
Our total knee replacement patient, Lorna, and our Lynbrook staff, are so excited to have completed physical therapy and ring the bell for her last day of therapy! She could not have reached… Read More
2019-02-07 16:08
Our New Hyde Park physical therapist, Jen, with her very happy Total Knee Replacement patient, Theresa. After knee replacement surgery, Theresa’s goal was to “walk w… Read More
2019-02-06 20:30
Our Wantagh staff are so excited to see their patient, Enid, doing so well after her Total Hip Replacement. She can now get back to playing tennis, golf and skiing thanks to the help s… Read More
2019-01-15 17:38
Peak Performance is proud to have teamed up with the organization Crutches 4 Kids. Their mission is to collect crutches for children around the world that do not have the resources and acces… Read More
2018-11-30 20:39
“After fracturing my spine at seventeen and having two spinal fusion surgeries, Peak Performance has helped me to become pain free for the first time five years. Thank you to my team… Read More
2018-11-27 19:02
Working with her Physical Therapist, Mitch, Doris shares her Gait and Balance program experience at Peak Performance Physical Therapy.
The post Doris: Overcoming Vertigo appeared first on Pe… Read More
2018-11-13 20:50
OUR FOOD DRIVE WARS IS ON! Send us your picture of any creative food displays and we will post it on our Facebook pages! Please don’t forget that we are working with Long Island Cares… Read More
2018-11-01 21:36
Frank is able to continue many normal life activities that he wasn’t able to do before he begun our Balance for Life Physical Therapy Program. He can now go shopping with his wife… Read More
2018-10-30 15:43
Bridget is not only a mother to eleven children, but is a grandmother to twenty five grandchildren! She has Parkinson’s disease, but after coming to Peak Performance for balance therap… Read More
2018-10-09 19:37
I have had Aquatic Therapy before here at Peak Performance. Let me just say, it really does help. My physical therapist assistant, Monika, was wonderful. She was so concerned with my wellbei… Read More
2018-10-05 18:18
Dizziness, vertigo and disequilibrium are typical symptoms that many adults are suffering from. The stem of these symptoms can be from a peripheral vestibular disorder, classified as a… Read More
2018-10-04 15:30
Each year, millions of elderly people aged 65 and older, are experiencing a fall. Statistics show that one out of four older people will fall each year. However, most people fail to tell the… Read More
2018-10-03 16:11
“I came to Peak Performance Physical Therapy barley being able to walk, and now I am pretty much feeling 100% back to myself. The workouts my Physical Therapist, Molly, had me do helpe… Read More
2018-09-21 16:34
Football is one of the most popular sports played among young athletes, but it leads the race in numbers of injuries out of all other sports. In 2007 alone, around 920,000 athletes 18 and un… Read More
2018-08-31 16:10
According to statistics from USA Today, there have been more than one million emergency room visits annually, or about every twenty five seconds due to a sports related injury. Aside from no… Read More
2018-08-29 16:08
“…I can honestly say, I’ve not only found a great Physical Therapist, I’ve found true genuine people who care about my healing and recovery” __________________… Read More
2018-07-12 17:12
After a few weeks of Aquatic Therapy, Suzanne noticed a significant difference in her Sciatic pain, it was almost gone! Aquatic Therapy’s healing effects are truly amazing, read more a… Read More
2018-06-22 16:28
Patients who have undergone major surgeries like total joint replacements are typically wary when coming to Physical Therapy for the first time. Our therapy teams ensure that patients are co… Read More
2018-06-20 16:36
“Thank you to everyone at Peak Performance who have helped me get my strength back after having a double hip replacement surgery. “Thank you to my entire team for cracking t… Read More
2018-05-31 16:44
According to APTA (American Physical Therapy Association), A new study has added to the growing body of evidence that beyond its effectiveness as a treatment for the pain itself, there… Read More
2018-05-30 18:12
Peak Performance’s Aquatic Therapy Program is suitable for everyone, even those struggling to walk. William, a patient in our New Hyde Park Office, was struggling with walking and stan… Read More
2018-05-29 20:15
Individuals Suffering from osteoarthritis, arthritis of the bone, are seeking pain relief mostly felt in the hips, back and knees. However, individuals diagnosed with osteoarthritis are face… Read More
2018-05-29 16:49
Staff at Peak Performance Physical Therapy came together and dressed in casual wear on Wednesday, May 23rd to contribute to Long Island Cares, a local organization dedicated to feeding those… Read More
2018-05-15 15:07
After Nick L. underwent total hip replacement surgery, everything from climbing stairs to walking down the street was a painful struggle. Throughout his time at physical therapy, he started… Read More
2018-04-04 18:57
When Paul C. found out he had to undergo surgery on his knee, he knew he had to find the right facility to recover at after the surgery. He was recommended to go to Peak by a friend and he's… Read More
2018-03-29 14:55
Our HydroWorx pools and team of specialized Physical Therapists are changing the lives of our patients. Meet Uchena, he uses aquatic therapy to treat his Multiple Sclerosis and sim… Read More
2018-03-28 19:44
This winter, we collected a whole SUV full of mobility devices for children in need! Our wonderful patients and staff contributed to our big donation and we are proud to donate to the amazin… Read More
2018-03-27 15:20
Physical Therapy after a major surgery can be daunting, but we know that with time, patience and the proper team, we can get you back to doing the things you love. Read Adamarie's success st… Read More
2018-03-26 18:57
At Peak Performance, we believe that you have the ability to live without the limits a joint replacement may put on your life. We are focused on returning you back to life comfortably so you… Read More
2018-03-13 18:32
Recently, the Long Beach Boys Swim Team took home the Nassau County Swimming and Diving Championship. Team member, Elias, was suffering with tendinitis of the shoulder and chose to undergo r… Read More
2018-03-05 16:25
March is National Athletic Trainer Association Month! We're celebrating our own Athletic Trainers, click for more!
The post Celebrating Our Athletic Trainers: NATA Month 2018 appeared first… Read More
2018-02-26 21:09
Long Beach Boys Swim Team won the Nassau County Swimming and Diving Championships. Team Member, Elias, recently recovered from his shoulder injury at Peak Performance's Island Park location… Read More
2018-01-22 16:09
Our December Toy Drive is complete, see our update on the drop-off at NYU Winthrop Hospital! Read More
2018-01-17 14:43
Samantha A. thought that after getting surgery on a tendon in her calf, she wouldn't be able to do what she loves anymore. Read more to see how she went from crutches to half marathon! Read More
2018-01-09 16:24
Rich, a Lynbrook native, found comfort in his time at Peak Performance with his team of Physical Therapists who have made him feel at home during his long recovery. Rich underwent two total… Read More
2018-01-05 01:20
With the hazardous weather conditions, it is important to stay safe and protect your back while shoveling. Shoveling snow can result in a multitude of back injuries, some even being severe… Read More
2017-12-26 17:01
Icy and wet grounds make falling a high risk during the winter season. Many times ice can be invisible to the naked eye on your front steps, porch and other surfaces near your home. Also, th… Read More
2017-12-22 16:49
As the holiday season is approaching, many of us become preoccupied with family obligations, holiday events and even traveling. It can be a challenge to maintain your healthy lifestyle and r… Read More
2017-12-20 14:41
Jenna suffered a severe ankle fracture, she could only walk with crutches and was suffering with intense pain in the foot. A major part of her life and what makes her happy is going to the g… Read More
2017-12-14 19:39
Forever grateful to everyone at Peak Performance Physical Therapy for all they’ve done for me these past 3 months. The rehab process is never easy, but these people made me look forwar… Read More
2017-12-11 17:07
John's vertigo was making him feel "helpless," hear his personal account of recovery in this inspiring patient testimonial Read More
2017-12-05 19:10
When Ilene’s vertigo became relentless after having hip replacement surgery, she looked for a solution through Physical Therapy Read More
2017-12-05 19:10
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2017-11-29 22:21
We are a proud supporter of Crutches 4 Kids, a charity that donates crutches and mobility devices to children in need. Crutches 4 Kids’ has addressed the dire need for mobility devices… Read More
2017-11-22 18:57
2017-11-21 18:50
Paul's happiness with his recovery goes beyond words, see his inspirational account of his recovery below: Read More
2017-11-09 18:41
After his recovery with therapist John Finneran, PT, DPT, here is what our patient has to saw about us… Shortly after undergoing a Total Knee Replacement in October, 2016 I developed… Read More
2017-10-25 18:34
Falls are the leading cause of a wide range of injuries in the elderly population. It is recommended for older adults to receive advice from a physical therapist in order to reduce their ris… Read More
2017-10-19 15:08
At Peak Performance, we celebrate a new season every two months. For September and October, we celebrate Fall Prevention Season. We’ve rounded up our expert Emory Certified Vestibular… Read More
2017-10-18 17:12
Along with strength, endurance and flexibility, Balance exercise is one of the four types of exercise. For physical activity in adults, a healthy workout routine would consist of all f… Read More
2017-10-10 14:04
The leading cause of health concerns for people over the age of 60 is falling. Many times, falling is often related to balance issues. Annually, the percent of individuals who suffer f… Read More
2017-10-09 18:35
WATCH: A Special Message From Island Park PT, John Finnernan Read More
2017-10-06 15:10
Vertigo is the sensation of spinning-even when you are sitting perfectly still. This condition is associated with the inner-ear “vestibular” system that is responsible for your e… Read More
2017-10-03 14:45
The annual Ocean to Sound relay consist of eight runners per team covering fifty miles from Jones Beach State Park to Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay. For those who are not fa… Read More
2017-09-28 14:36
The Vestibular System consist of parts of the inner ear and brain that process sensory information involved with balance. However, a large number of individuals suffer from a vestibular diso… Read More
2017-09-24 16:49
Statistics have shown that every thirteen seconds, an older adult pays a visit to the emergency room due to a fall related injury. However, in most cases, these falls that occur can be preve… Read More
2017-09-23 17:34
At Peak Performance, we are proud members of Nassau County. We wanted to share these important tips with you from the Nassau County Department of Health. https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/Docum… Read More
2017-09-17 17:19
Falls can be severe at any age, but the elderly population are placed at the highest risk for breaking a bone when they fall. Osteoporosis, is also referred to as the “silent disease&r&hell…Read More
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