Health & Wellness

Runners have physical injuries, some serious, others minor; often, runners are just tired from overtraining.  This page lists various health & wellness services offered by various Central Park Track Club members.

HEALTH AND FITNESS FITNESS TRAINING:
Craig Plummer provides private training sessions on location in the New York metro area.
Specialty is Neuro-muscular/vascular stabilization.
Discount to Central Park TC members. 
Bradley & Monson Physical Therapy
250 West 57th Street (at Broadway)
Personal Physical Therapy means we-
Tailor the treatment to your work, family demands, and running program
Address the source of the problem in order to relieve symptoms
Provide you with uninterrupted attention during the session
Emphasize correct posture with all exercises including running, free weights, and exercise machines.

Maggie Bradley, M.S., P.T., O.C.S. and Lori Monson, M.S., P.T., O.C.S established the practice on the West Side in 1980. The practice has grown to 10 physical therapist including four with Board Certification in Orthopedics. All therapists have at least five years clinical experience.

We treat adults and adolescents who have sports injuries, low back and neck pain, joint problems (surgical and non-surgical), postural malalignment, ligament sprains, muscles strains, fractures.

Insurance Accepted: Oxford, Empire Blue Cross/ Blue shield,  United Health Care, Medicare, PHCS, Aetna (out of network), 
Guardian (out of network), Cigna (out of network)
Doctor's referral is required. Call 212- 496-1187 for appt. or
E-mail Vashti.Maraj@BradleyMonson.com 

Janice Brown MASSAGE
- Free massage sessions will be from October 2001 - January 2002
- All sessions will be Craniosacral Therapy sessions
- All sessions are free; however tipping is permitted
- Each session will be approximately 45 minutes
- Each member of CPTC is guaranteed one free session
- I am a licensed massage therapist (New York State licensure) with 3 years experience under my belt - If anyone wants to know why I am doing this, what Craniosacral Therapy is, more information on my training, or any other questions, they can call me at (917) 576 - 6024
Randall Ehrlich
244-250 West 54th Street
New York, NY  
(212) 262-9282
PRESCRIPTIVE HEALTH ASSOCIATESSpecializing in Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine Arthroscopy and Chiropractic Care.  Featuring VAX-D, the new non-surgical tretment for lower back pain.   Doctors on staff: Andrew Bazos, M.D., Randall Ehrlich, M.D. and Jeffrey Lally, D.C.  Athletic rehabilitation on site.  By appointment only.
Dan Hamner, MD
3 East 71st Street, New York, NY   
(212) 737-1991
SPORTS MEDICINE:  Hands-on sports medicine by runner doctor Dan Hamner with one hour per visit
Bruce Mandelbaum
L.Ac.
2121 Broadway (74th Street)
Suite 401A
New York, NY
(212) 769 - 4295
SPORTS ACUPUNCTURE/ACUPRESSUREBruce Mandelbaum  is licensed in both acupuncture and massage therapy, and his CPTC clients include Tony Ruiz, Stacy Creamer, Stuart Calderwood, Richard Kixmiller, Alan Ruben, Eden Weiss, Frank Handelman, Betty Marolla and Irene Jackson.  Ask any of them about his work.  His experience as a runner and in treating runners since 1983 is that most injuries are tendinomuscular and respond to either acupuncture, acupressure or a combination of both.  If you have any of the following injuries, give him a call --- iliotibial band syndrome, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis, runner's knee, hamstrings and quadraceps pain, gastrocnemius and soleus pain, sciatica and piriformis syndrome, back, neck and hip pain, peroneal tendinitis.
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