When I found CrossFit, I knew I’d found my silver fitness bullet. I was amazed at how effective this different approach to exercise is. Every facet of my fitness improved over the first year, with CrossFit. My flexibility, strength and endurance had never been better.
But my passion got the best of me and one morning, I woke up with a painful left shoulder. I knew my next move was to seek out rehabilitation of the injury, so I checked in with friends.
I discovered that Back & Body Medical, a renowned pain relief and sports medicine clinic in Manhattan, had introduced its award-winning model to New Jersey. I was thrilled to hear this, as I’d heard so much great feedback about this clinic. I knew that one of its doctors, David Perna, is a CrossFit athlete himself, for starters.
So, I found them online and booked an appointment.
Help for wounded CrossFit warriors.
When I went to Back & Body for my initial consultation, I knew I’d found the right rehabilitation for Crossfit athletes near me in Westfield, NJ. I met with Dr. Perna and described the pain. He did a series of mobility trials to check my shoulder’s range of motion and then ran diagnostics to pinpoint the exact cause of the pain.
When I returned to discuss my results, he said I’d injured my rotator cuff and that intensive treatment was in order. He suggested a combination of physical therapy and therapies under the discipline of sports medicine. Because he’s a CrossFit athlete, he knew that being benched was tough to accept.
He also made it clear that returning to my CrossFit obsession too quickly could mean exacerbating my injury. He told me that the moderate exercises the team would prescribe to relieve my pain and work through the injury were my focus until I was told differently.
At Back & Body Medical, I really felt like I had a team on my side that understood the challenges of CrossFit athletes like me. You just can’t say about that every clinic around. In addition, the range of therapies available at Back & Body was amazing.
In one convenient facility, I found pain relief and rehabilitation for the CrossFit athlete near me in Westfield, NJ that’s genuinely effective.
Feeling great!
My shoulder is getting back to normal and I’m almost ready to return to CrossFit. Rehabilitation for the CrossFit athlete near me in Westfield, NJ was supportive, effective and a wonderful experience, all around. I’m so grateful to find Back & Body’s award-winning care in New Jersey.
Back & Body Medical’s team worked with me to heal my injury, providing exceptional medical support that also provided me with a better understanding of body mechanics. I now know that I need to prepare myself more mindfully before throwing myself into it at the gym and cool down adequately, after a workout. I won’t be wrecking my shoulder again any time soon!
Contact Back & Body for outstanding care!
