Choice Physical Therapy

10/23/2025

🎉 Happy Birthday to our amazing Patient Care Assistant, Kayleigh! 🎉

Your kindness, hard work, and dedication help make our clinic such a welcoming place for our patients every day. We’re so grateful to have you on the team and hope your day is filled with all the things that make you happiest! 💙💛

Please join us in wishing Kayleigh a wonderful birthday! 🎂✨

10/23/2025

💪 October is National Physical Therapy Month! 💙
At Choice Physical Therapy, we’re celebrating the amazing PTs who keep our community moving, healing, and thriving.

Our therapists are more than just professionals — they’re life-changing, multi-tasking, miracle workers who pour compassion, responsibility, growth, and contribution into every session.

💙💛Thank you, Physical Therapists, for all that you do!

Also, give it up for Mary for coming in and changing up our board every month! 👏

10/20/2025

10/17/2025

Check out today’s PT Video Series about Frozen shoulder by one of our newest PT’s Dr. Ace!

Frozen Shoulder
◦ 3 Stages
◦ Freezing
◦ 0-9 months
◦ Loss of ROM in a capsular pattern (External Rotation > Abduction > Internal Rotation)
◦ Pain at rest and with activity
◦ Frozen
◦ 9-15 months
◦ Increased Pain
◦ Progressive loss in ROM
◦ Decrease in muscle strength and size (Due to pain and weakness)
◦ Pain with active movements
◦ Thawing
◦ 15-24 months
◦ Slow restoration in ROM
◦ Decrease in pain

Key points
◦ Self-limiting (Keeping up with Home Exercise Program is key)
◦ Takes time! (12-24 month for restoration in ROM/function)
◦ Interventions to address this diagnosis
◦ Injections
◦ Stretches/Strengthening exercises and manual therapy interventions to address noted impairments with this diagnosis

10/14/2025

Congratulations to our October Team Members of the Month! Thank you for all of your hard work & commitment to our team! 💙💛

10/14/2025

Campbell Ave didn’t just show up — we matched up 👯‍♀️💪 Repping Twinning Tuesday loud and proud for Spirit Week during National PT Month! Our team is all about unity, laughter, and a little friendly competition. When you love what you do (and who you work with), it shows!
💥 Stay tuned for videos and pics from our two other clinics!

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10/13/2025

Today’s PT Video Series is about Plantar Fasciitis! 🦶🏼
- Inflammation at the thick band of tissue that connects your heel to your toes.
- Can be very painful when you take your first step of the day, intensity may improve as the day goes on.
- Treatment that is best supported by research ➡️ Manual therapy at the irritated site and surrounding structures, stretching and taping techniques.
- The “windlass” test can help lead you to a diagnosis if you are questioning whether or not you have plantar fasciitis!

10/10/2025

Kicked off our 8 week strengthening class today with and amazing group of active, strong community members!!

The atmosphere was fun and energetic, and we are so proud of everyone who stepped out of their comfort zone tonight to better themselves! 🙌🏼 Together we can do hard things!

Thank you, Jill & C for putting this program together for our community! Looking forward to the upcoming 7 weeks 💪🏼

10/09/2025

🎉 Please help us give a warm welcome to Toni, our new Patient Care Coordinator at our Wynantskill office! We’re so excited to have her on the team and know she’s going to be an amazing addition. 💛

And while we’re at it… a big (belated) Happy Birthday to Toni! 🥳🎂

Here’s to a great year ahead and many wonderful days together at the clinic! ✨

10/07/2025

🎬PT Video Series: Diagnosing a meniscus tear!

Check out this video by our newest Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist, Dr. Matt Zaino, DPT, OCS who teaches you 5 tests/movements which you can try at home to help detect if your underlying knee pain is a meniscus tear. 

5 Tests:
1. History of clicking or locking in knee
2. Joint space tenderness top the touch 
3. Pain with end range knee flexion
4. Pain with passive knee extension
5. (+) McMurray test - performed by PT
    •     If 4/5 movements produce pain, you have 96% specificity (likelihood) of a meniscus tear 
    •     If 5/5 movements produce pain than there is a 99% specificity you have a meniscus tear

🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️If you have any questions or pain when doing these movements, please consult with one of our Doctors of PT to discuss your best treatment options or email  erin@choiceptny.com and she will help you navigate your options!

10/04/2025

Join our Turkey Trot Training Challenge coaches, who many of you may recognize, in our 8 week walk/jog/running challenge to prepare for the regions Turkey Trot! Registration closes tomorrow!

https://runsignup.com/Race/NY/Troy/TurkeyTrotTrainingChallenge