Ed Mancini Manual Physical Therapy

Ed Mancini, PT, MS,CFMT, OCS is a manual physical therapist whom has been in practice for fifteen years specializing in orthopedic and sports physical therapy. Ed has studied and practiced orthopedic and manual therapy extensively throughout his career, and in 2005 completed through the Institute of Physical Art his certification with honors to become a Certified Functional Manual Therapist. He is also board certified by the American Physical Therapy Association as a Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy.

Ed graduated from SUNY Stony Brook with a B.S. in physical therapy as well as with a B.A. in Business/Economics, and then completed his Advanced Masters in Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy from Touro College in 2000, graduating with Highest Academic Achievement. He also completed an osteopathic manual therapy residency that same year under the tutelage of Jeffrey Ellis, during which time he began teaching with Integrative Manual Therapy Solutions, an organization that provides post-graduate, osteopathic manual therapy education courses for the spine, pelvis, and costal cage to practicing physical therapists. Ed co-founded Body In Balance Physical Therapy and Performance Enhancement Center on Long Island in 2000, where he treated many athletes at the high school, collegiate, professional, and Olympic level and began integrating sports and functional training with rehabilitation and manual physical therapy. He also has seven years of extensive experience working in a school based setting with pediatric patients. Ed currently is in private practice in Manhattan, where he works with professional dancers/performers and leading actors on Broadway as well as with athletes of all ages. Ed is also an ex-athlete, as he played football for fifteen years from PAL through his time at Hobart College, as well as baseball into high school. With most of his formative years spent playing a sport and involved in exercise at some level, he feels that this background combined with his knowledge of the human body and injuries from his physical therapy training allows for a well rounded, thorough approach to assessment and treatment of the athlete in both prevention and return from injury.

Manual physical therapy is an excellent adjunct to sport/fitness training either for rehabilitation from injuries, or for the assessment of restriction / dysfunction somewhere along the functional chain or muscle imbalances which may be causing overuse or breakdown elsewhere in the body. It consists of hands-on evaluation looking at the body as a whole and searching along the entire chain to assess for problems rather than only at the site of pain, and then treatment using techniques such as soft tissue mobilization, muscle stretching, joint mobilization/manipulation, neuromuscular re-education, and core stabilization.