Shoulder Pain Specialist - Dr. Lev Kalika

Dr. Kalika, clinical director of NYDNRehab, has devoted his life’s work to finding innovative and effective ways to treat musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. Dr. Kalika has published multiple scientific articles on the use of musculoskeletal ultrasonography in rehabilitative medicine. Dr. Kalika has developed his own holistic methodology for diagnosing shoulder pain, using the highest resolution ultrasonography available. His diagnostic approach to shoulder pathology includes a dynamic exam of the scapular muscles using cutting edge kinematic motion analysis technology and ultrasound imaging. He is one of the few experts in the USA trained in scapular (shoulder blade) ultrasonography. According to Dr. Kalika, shoulder pain is too often mismanaged, focusing on the rotator cuff while ignoring the scapula. Physical therapy is most effective when the structural integrity of the scapular muscles and nerves is restored. Unless the shoulder girdle/neck complex is addressed holistically, regenerative therapies targeting the rotator cuff tendons will only render mediocre results. The NYDNRehab clinic features some of the most technologically advanced equipment available for shoulder injury rehabilitation.