Donald Milione, DC

11/04/2021

Thank Local 1-2 members for keeping our lights on! Prevent back pain by working smarter and not harder. Don’t twist while carrying objects.
Keep your nose between your toes while you are moving objects.

Local 1-2 at the Queens Meter Shop, ensuring that all our equipment is functional and accurate.

11/12/2019

Just doing what everyone else is doing. Fixed my blocked posts. I wondered where everybody had been! This is good to know. It's ridiculous to have 250 friends and only 25 are allowed to see my posts.
I ignored this post earlier because I didn’t think it worked. It WORKS!! I have a whole new news feed. I’m seeing posts from people I haven’t seen in years.
Here’s how to bypass the system FB now has in place that limits posts on your news feed. Their new algorithm chooses the same few people - about 25 - who will read your posts. Therefore, hold your finger down anywhere in this post and "copy" will pop up. Click "copy". Then go to your page, start a new post, and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. "Paste" will pop up and click "paste". This will bypass the system.
If you are reading this message, do me a favor and leave me a quick comment...a "hello," a sticker, whatever you want, so you will appear in my newsfeed‼️It WORKS!! I don’t know how many friends I have. I just want to see all of your posts that I have been missing.

09/20/2019

For 40 years Dr. Ira Kowal walked the halls of Swedish Medical Center as a cardiologist. Although he’s retired, he’s back at the hospital, touching hearts in a different way, through music.

04/15/2019

Do you feel numbness and/or tingling in your hands, wrists or arms? is the problem in your neck, shoulder/arms and/or wrists? Dr. Milione performs in-office nerve conduction velocity studies in order to determine if the problem is carpal tunnel syndrome, a cervical disc problem or both.

04/08/2019

"HOW TO PREVENT NECK AND BACK PAIN"

There are many causes of neck and back pain. As the result of 32 years in practice I have observed and identified some risk factors that can be associated with spine-related pain.
Your Height... Those of us that are tall have a greater risk of developing serious low back pain due to the biomechanical instability of the lumbar spine which is common in tall people.
Your Weight... Increased body mass can exert extra pressure on the discs which separate the bones of the spine. Think of the spinal disc as an inner tire tube. Now place that tube flat on the ground. I think you would agree that the load or weight that is placed on that tube will increase the possibility of damaging that tube.
Stress.... Stress from the ordinary and extraordinary activities of daily living can cause our spinal muscles to tighten and put pressure on our nerves which can result in neck and/or back pain.
Posture... Whether at work or at home, some postures can challenge the natural stabilizing elements in our spine. Sitting in a proper (ergonomic) chair or using a lumbar cushion support in a not-so-proper chair can minimize the risk of having low back pain.
I will continue on the next post but if you have any questions or concerns, please call me, Dr. Milione, Chiropractor at (212) 988-6900.

04/01/2019

A unique treatment performed by Dr. Milione is "trigger point" therapy. The term "trigger point" that was first described by Dr. Janet Travell in 1942 refers to the pain that is related to a discrete point in skeletal muscle or fascia that is not caused by local trauma. Inflammation, degeneration, tumor or infection. Many of us have these painful, annoying extra sensitive nodules along our muscles. The muscle tenderness/pain that arises from "trigger points" is referred to as "myofasical pain syndrome"
Feel your neck or back muscles with you fingers....checking for sensitive nodules. Apply some pressure to any of these nodules and if pain in elicited, most likely you have found a "trigger point". Unfortunately trigger points are common in most of us.
Dr. Milione uses his hands to palpate the muscles for these painful areas. Then Dr. Milione uses non-invasive natural therapies consisting of galvanic stimulation in order to verify the trigger point and monitor the painful area while the next therapy called "pulse ultrasound" is applied in order to decrease the pain and increase circulation. The Doctor performs this therapy until there are no painful areas or trigger points. Then, continuous ultrasound therapy is applied. Ultrasound is high frequency sound waves vibrating at approximately one million cycles per second. Though we cannot hear the sound waves, when administered with a conduction median, such as an Aloe-Vera infused lotion, the ultrasound waves translates into a type of heat which penetrates approximately 2 centimeters below the skin. The combination therapy below the skin which causes the surrounding blood vessels to dilate and increase the velocity of oxygenated blood to the painful areas.

07/03/2018

​Sunscreen only works where it's applied. Don't forget these areas, and let your sunscreen dry before getting in the water.

06/27/2018

You'll never know your strength until you've faced your struggles.

06/20/2018

​If you want to successfully change your habits to live a healthier life, you cannot leave an open door to your old habits. You need to just do it, just make a decision and not look back.

​If you want to successfully change your habits to live a healthier life, you need to just do it.