Nelson Chiropractic & Pilates Center

06/28/2025

We are excited to announce that our Cherry Hill location is moving to Marlton with Dr. Cohen!

Dr. Eric Nelson will be seeing patients on Thursdays in Marlton starting July 10!

Our Marlton office phone number is 856-281-5957. Our main number is 856-767-8800.

Our Atco location is not changing! The Pilates studio is only at our Atco location.

We are excited to share some big news with you! Effective July 1, 2025, our Cherry Hill Sports Medicine Podiatry Center will be relocating to a new and expanded facility in Marlton. Our new address will be: The Atriums at Greentree, 701 Route 73 North, Suite 6, Marlton, NJ 08053. Changes will not affect patients who visit our Ridley Park, PA., office.
While the location is changing, everything else you love about our practice remains the same. You’ll continue to see the same trusted providers and receive the same exceptional care during the same hours of operation, just in a beautifully updated space specifically designed with your comfort in mind.
If you have any questions or need help with directions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at (610) 522-9200 or visit www.drleecohen.com/contact

10/31/2024

A patient recently presented to my office with significant neck pain. She reported no obvious injury but has been experiencing lower back pain for the past 6 months.

Palpation revealed significant hypertonicity and tenderness in her lower back and hips. Interestingly, while her neck was very tender, the muscle tone was very low.

Muscles testing revealed weakness in every muscle in her body! She was globally weak. Utilizing an Assisted Active Therapy Localization, a concept we teach in our NeuroKinetic Therapy® (NKT) Level 2 classes, I was able to determine that a compression issue in her left SI joint was causing the global weakness.

With further NKT Level 3 testing protocols, I was able to determine that her right sacroiliac ligament was neurologically overactive, and her left was neurologically underactive. Specific treatment to those ligaments resulted in all muscles testing strong.

On her follow up visit a few days later she couldn’t believe how much better her neck felt even though I didn’t even work on her neck!

I’ll be teaching a Level 1 NKT class in Philadelphia/South Jersey November 9 & 10 and in Amsterdam December 14 & 15. For more information or to register please check out https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/

10/24/2024

This was an interesting one! A patient presented to my office with the complaint of dizziness which she has had for many years. She noted that she had seen every specialist and had every form of imaging and everything was normal. She had seen other chiropractors and physical therapists and reports that the Epley Maneuver made her condition worse. Laying down and getting up from laying down, always exacerbates her condition.

Palpation revealed significant hypertonicity and tenderness in her suboccipital muscles bilaterally, left scalene, and left sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM). Muscle testing revealed weakness in every neck muscle. In addition, cervical rotation testing revealed weakness bilaterally as well.

NeuroKinetic Therapy® (NKT) testing revealed that the left suboccipitals were neurologically overactive and her right suboccipitals were underactive. The left anterior scalene was overactive and the left SCM was underactive.

Soft tissue treatment was performed to the left suboccipital and left scalene and simple activation exercises were performed on the right suboccipital and left SCM. All muscles and cervical rotation tested normal on retesting.

When the patient went to lay down, she reported no dizziness. She only had slight dizziness at end range cervical rotation. When she got up from laying down, she reported no dizziness at all! She was completely shocked! On her follow up visit, she couldn’t believe that she had no dizziness at all in any movement, since her last treatment!

I’ll be teaching a NKT Level 1 in the Philadelphia area November 9 & 10, and Amsterdam in December. Check out https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/ for more information or to register.

10/17/2024

A young field hockey player presented to my office with lower back pain. She reported no obvious injury, but between practices and private training sessions, overuse is a concern.

Posture assessment revealed a significant forward drawn posture which included anterior head carriage, rounding of the shoulders, and when seated a significant posterior pelvic tilt. Palpation revealed tenderness and hypertonicity in her abdominal muscles, diaphragm, erector spinae, multifidus, quadratus lumborum (QL), and her iliacus bilaterally.

Muscle testing revealed weakness in her abdominal muscles, QL’s, multifidus, and iliacus bilaterally. NeuroKinetic Therapy® (NKT) testing revealed that her diaphragm was neurologically overactive, and her abdominals were neurologically underactive. In addition, her multifidus was overactive, and her iliacus was underactive.

Soft tissue treatment to the diaphragm and multifidus with a simple activation exercise to the abdominals and iliacus resulted in all muscles becoming strong on retesting. Immediately, the patient noted how much easier it was to take a deep breath.

She was assigned a simple diaphragm release with an abdominal activation exercise for homework. On her follow up visit, she couldn’t believe how much better her back felt!

I’ll be teaching a NKT Level 1 in the Philadelphia area November 9 & 10, and Amsterdam in December. Check out https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/ for more information or to register.

10/10/2024

A patient recently presented to my office with knee pain which she had been experiencing for the past year. She noted no obvious injury and was walking with an obvious limp. The patient did mention playing tennis throughout high school, which she graduated from recently.

Utilizing NeuroKinetic Therapy® (NKT) testing we found 3 major dysfunctions over the span of 3 visits. The first dysfunction was a knee compression issue that was creating weakness in her quadriceps, hamstrings, hip flexors, and gluteus maximus. NKT identified an overactive vastus lateralis and an underactive vastus intermedius as the main dysfunction.

On the second visit, the popliteus was neurologically overactive and inhibiting the re**us femoris. On the third visit, the superior tibiofibular ligament was neurologically overactive related to a neurologically underactive inferior tibiofibular ligament. This dysfunction was inhibiting the lateral hamstrings, the peroneus longus, and the tensor fascia latae.

Soft tissue treatment to the overactive structures and simple activations to underactive structures resulted in every muscle testing strong each visit. In addition to reproducing the treatment for homework, the patient was assigned single leg activities which progressed from body weight to weighted exercises. By her fourth visit, the knee pain and limp were completely gone.

I’ll be teaching a NKT Level 1 in the Philadelphia area November 9 & 10, and Amsterdam in December. Check out https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/ for more information or to register.

10/03/2024

I recently had the opportunity to treat a high school cross country athlete with neck pain. She said that about halfway through her races, she would get a spasm in her right shoulder blade and then intense neck pain.

She showed me a video of her running and it was obvious that her right shoulder was elevated while she was running. Muscle testing revealed weakness in her right middle and lower trapezius, right levator scapulae, right upper trapezius, and right neck flexors.

NeuroKinetic Therapy® (NKT) testing revealed that her right upper trapezius was neurologically overactive and paired with underactive neck flexors. In addition, the right levator scapulae was overactive and the middle trapezius was underactive.

Treatment to the overactive muscles and a simple activation exercise of the underactive muscles resulted in all muscles now testing strong. Homework was assigned to reproduce the treatment at home. In addition, over the next 3 treatment session, we focused on scapular stabilization exercise.

On her 5th visit, the patient mentioned that for the first time in months she was able to complete a race with no spasms or neck pain! She also showed me a video of her running and there were no signs of shoulder elevation.

I’ll be teaching a NKT Level 1 in the Philadelphia area November 9 & 10, and Amsterdam in December. Check out https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/ for more information or to register.

10/02/2024

NeuroKinetic Therapy Level 1 Philadelphia/South Jersey November 9 & 10. Save $100 if you register by October 9.

https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/

09/26/2024

A recent patient reminded me how powerful NeuroKinetic Therapy® (NKT) can be when combined with chiropractic adjustments. A patient presented to my office with neck pain which she was experiencing for the past year. She noted that she had been to two chiropractors, a physical therapist, an orthopedic surgeon, and a pain medicine doctor.

Despite the medication, the injections, the electrical therapy, and the exercise, neither chiropractor was able to successfully adjust her neck. She noted significant tightness to her trapezius and neck muscles bilaterally and that her neck range of motion was greatly reduced.

Muscle testing revealed that all her cervical muscles and bilateral trapezius and levator muscles were strong, and palpation revealed that all those muscles were very hypertonic and painful. With a quick protocol we teach in NKT Level 2, all muscles tested weak on re-test. This revealed that she had a compression issue in her neck that was neurologically locking up all her neck and shoulder muscles.

NKT testing then revealed a compression issue was related to an overactive left scalene that was paired with an underactive left sternocleidomastoid (SCM). Soft tissue treatment to the left scalene and a simple activation to the left SCM resulted in all muscles testing normal and that all muscles now palpated normotonic. In addition, I was easily able to adjust her neck which immediately resulted in full range of motion! The patient couldn’t believe how easily her neck adjusted and how much more movement she had!

I’ll be teaching a NKT Level 1 in Atlanta in September (28 & 29), the Philadelphia area in November, and Amsterdam in December. Check out https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/ for more information or to register.

09/19/2024

I recently had the opportunity to work with a piano player that was having neck pain and jaw tightness. She mentioned no obvious injuries but said that she spends hours and hours playing the piano every day. She also noted that she reads sheet music for many hours at a time and sometimes her eyes hurt.

Posture evaluation revealed a significant anterior head carriage with rounding of her shoulders. Palpation of her neck, jaw, and shoulder muscles revealed significant tightness and tenderness. Muscle testing revealed weakness in her neck flexors and her trapezius muscles tested strong but seemed a little too strong.

NeuroKinetic Therapy® (NKT) testing revealed a dysfunction in her eye muscles that was creating the weakness in her neck flexors and a neurological hypertonicity in her trapezius muscles. Specifically, her right superior oblique was neurologically overactive, and her right inferior oblique was neurologically underactive.

Gentle soft tissue treatment to her superior oblique and a simple stimulation of her inferior oblique resulted in her neck flexors to test strong and her trapezius muscles to return to normal tone. She immediately reported that her jaw had relaxed significantly and that she could fully open her jaw without pain and tightness for the first time in years.

On her follow up visit she commented that her neck and jaw pain hasn’t returned since her treatment and for the first time in years her upper body feels relaxed when she is playing the piano.

I’ll be teaching a NKT Level 1 in Atlanta in September (28 & 29), Washington DC in October, the Philadelphia area in November, and Amsterdam in December. Check out https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/ for more information or to register.

09/12/2024

A patient recently presented with numbness down her left leg. She has been experiencing the symptoms for the past year and previous chiropractic, physical therapy, acupuncture, and massage therapy didn’t help. All imaging was negative aside from some degenerative changes in her lower back. She reported that her piriformis was very tight but that stretching it seemed to make her symptoms worse.

Muscle testing revealed weakness in her re**us abdominis, transverse abdominis, bilateral quadratus lumborum (QL), bilateral multifidus, left gluteus maximus, left piriformis, and left iliacus. NeuroKinetic Therapy® (NKT) testing revealed a compression issue in her lower back related to a neurologically overactive multifidus paired with an underactive transverse abdominis and a compression issue in her left hip related to an overactive iliacus and an underactive piriformis.

Soft tissue treatment to the overactive structures and simple activation exercises to the underactive muscles resulted in all the muscles testing strong on re-exam. While her numbness didn’t change, she immediately noted a significant improvement in her range of motion, specifically with her ability to rotate her torso and touch her toes.

On her follow up visit, she reported an 85% improvement in her symptoms! She mentioned that her homework exercises felt great when she performed them. She was happy to report that her piriformis no longer felt tight despite not stretching it at all since the treatment!

Key takeaway: Just because a muscle is tight, it doesn’t necessarily mean it needs to be stretched. Test don’t guess!

I’ll be teaching a NKT Level 1 in Atlanta in September (28 & 29), Washington DC in October, the Philadelphia area in November, and Amsterdam in December. Check out https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/ for more information or to register.

09/07/2024

Congratulations to Camryn for winning her match yesterday and to the Cherokee Girls Tennis team for beating Washington Township!!

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09/05/2024

A patient recently presented to my office that recently completed 6 months of therapy for his right shoulder. He noted significant improvement with range of motion and 95% less pain. Since he was a weightlifter, he noticed that the last few degrees of shoulder range of motion were limited and painful when lifting overhead. His coach recommended that he see me for an evaluation.

Palpation of his shoulder muscles was largely unremarkable until I felt his subclavius and he almost jumped off the table. On muscle testing, the subclavius and supraspinatus both tested weak.

Utilizing NeuroKinetic Therapy® (NKT) testing, we determined that the subclavius was neurologically overactive, and the supraspinatus was neurologically underactive.

Soft tissue treatment was performed to the subclavius and a simple activation exercise was performed on the supraspinatus. After treatment, both muscles tested strong and shoulder range of motion was full and pain free! On his follow-up visit a week later, he noted that for the first time in months he was able to lift overhead with no pain and full range of motion!

I’ll be teaching a NKT Level 1 in Atlanta in September (28 & 29), Washington DC in October, and the Philadelphia area in November. Check out https://neurokinetictherapy.com/upcoming-seminars/ for more information or to register.