Welcome Leila Rose Colella!

Lara and Dr. David Colella welcomed their daughter Leila Rose to the world on May 10, 2021. It was surely a special mother's day for their family as well as an exciting day for the team at db OrthoPT.
"You and Your Health" TV Show
Pediatric Orthopedic Update and
Pediatric Concierge Medicine
Dr. David Bertone, PT, DPT, OCS is the host of "You and Your Health" which airs on Old Bridge Television and several other community television stations on a monthly series.

This month's guests were Dr. Christos Plakas, MD from Costal Pediatric Orthopedics. Dr. Plakas discusses the most common pediatric orthopedic injuries and congenital abnormalities. Learn more about Dr. Plakas at https://coastalpediortho.com/

Our second show was with Dr. Amna Husain, MD from Pure Direct Pediatrics. Dr. Husain has a large social media following around the concept of Concierge Pediatrics. She discusses the concept of having your own personal pediatrician on call as well as the most common illnesses and conditions that she sees in her practice. Learn more about Dr. Husain at https://puredirectpediatrics.com/

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New Solution for Painful Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is an extremely painful condition that affects many people with very few successful treatment options. It is characterized by damage to the nerves that often causes pain, weakness and numbness to the hands and feet. It is can occur in those with diabetes or have undergone chemotherapy or radiation treatment, have an autoimmune disease or had a trauma.

Recent research has shown a new effective treatment for peripheral neuropathy. This treatment involves the use of a high frequency spinal stimulator that is implanted in the spine to disrupt damaged signals to the peripheral nerves being affected. Physical therapy can also be an effective treatment option to address the pain, weakness and balance problems that may develop.

If you want to read more about this recent study published in the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology CLICK HERE.
Dry Needling Update

Many of you have been following the dry needling legislative saga with us for several years. Just to review, dry needling is a manual therapy technique performed by specially trained physical therapists to treat painful trigger points and improve function in muscles. Several of us at db OrthoPT have been trained in dry needling and were successfully using the technique when appropriate on our patients until 2017 when the Attorney General of NJ rules that the technique was not specifically listed in our scope of practice and we were required to stop.

Since we were required to stop by this ruling, many of our patients have not been able to benefit from this highly effective pain relieving technique. The American Physical Therapy Association of NJ has been working with several legislators to come up with a legislative fix. A bill was successfully passed out of the full Assembly in 2019 but stalled in the Senate. A new bill was introduced last year and on June 16th, 2021 was successfully voted out of the Senate Commerce Committee by a vote of 5-0! S867 Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling under certain circumstances.

We are asking that you please call your Assemblyperson and Senator to request their support for A2316/S867 so we can get this technique back in our toolbox.
Check out our new TV Commercial!!
We have launched our new TV commercial that will air on Hulu TV and across all social media platforms. Please help to spread the news about db OrthoPT by sharing the video with your family, friends and social media networks.
Are you a Golfer? Do you want to improve your enjoyment of the game and performance?

Dr. David Bertone, PT, DPT, OCS is now a certified Titliest Performance Instructor has has put together a free video series to help improve your golf game.

The first video is a simple warm up program you can do before heading to the driving range or playing golf. It will only take a few minutes to properly prepare your body for the stress of the golf swing.

The second video teaches you how to use the swing speed stick or orange whip device to increase your swing speed.

Do you want to have your body and golf swing assessed? Sign up here to register for a Golf Performance Evaluation and get your game back of track!
For ALL the outstanding 5-star REVIEWS!
Our patients have been raving about the care they receive at db OrthoPT since day one in 2008. We are extremely grateful for the support and kind words to help make us the most successful physical therapist owned private practice in Monmouth County!

Please take a moment to read some of our reviews and if you haven't already, please consider writing one to further build our online reputation. Thanks again.