Dr. Dave is a licensed physical therapist in the state of New Jersey. Following a thorough physical therapy examination and evaluation I develop an in-depth intervention approach for a variety of musculoskeletal conditions, post-surgical care, prehabilitation and injury prevention utilizing evidence-based, cutting edge treatment techniques. Manual therapy is used in combination with exercise to assure carry over from session to session and into your life.

You go to the dentist every 6 months or a year to make sure your teeth are healthy, and to your primary care physician for a physical to get your blood pressure taken and to make sure your systems are functioning as they should but what about a check up for the way you move? This is a 30 minute session where I take you through a movement screen, postural inspection and exam of your body joint by joint. The purpose of the movement check up is injury prevention, a chance to go over any aches and pains you may have and to make sure you’re moving in a way that will optimize your performance and the way you carry out your activities of daily living.

Dr. Dave Garaffa is certified by the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI). The initial TPI screen consists of a 16 point checklist. This will help to determine the body swing connection. This is the link between physical characteristics and how they affect your swing.

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM),Trigger Point Release, Soft Tissue Mobilization, Myofascial Release, Functional Range Release, Active Release , Strain-counterstrain, Cupping

Therapeutic Exercise, Strength Training, Personal Training, Mobility routines , Gait training, Neuromuscular Rehabilitation, Balance Training, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF), Work Specific Training, Injury Prevention, Ergonomics

Spinal Manipulation, Joint Mobilization, Spinal Traction