Vijay B. Vad, MD

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Mon - Fri:	9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Specialties

Primary: Physiatrist (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation)

Sub-Specialty: Sports Medicine

Additional Specialties: Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine/Rehab

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General Info

Dr. Vijay Vad is double board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation (physiatry) and sports medicine. specializing in sports injuries, knee arthritis and back pain.

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Phone: (212) 774-2934

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HSS - East River Professional Building

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Upper Manhattan, Upper East Side

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Physicians & Surgeons, Physical Therapists, Physicians & Surgeons, Orthopedics, Physicians & Surgeons, Pain Management, Physicians & Surgeons, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physicians & Surgeons, Rheumatology (Arthritis), Physicians & Surgeons, Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine & Injuries Treatment, Surgery Centers

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Specialties: Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine/Rehab

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Phone: (212) 606-1306

Address: 523 E 72nd St 9th Fl, New York, NY 10021

Website: https://www.hss.edu/physicians_vad-vijay.asp

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General Practitioners

Arthritis
Fibromyalgia
I talk in my book about fibromyalgia. I have my own personal biases. Yes, it definitely exists, but I do think it’s over-diagnosed. I give an example of a woman who had been suffering from fibromyalgia for six or seven years. She couldn’t sleep, she was exhausted. I examined her and she didn’t have the classic fibromyalgia points. We talked, and she really had an irritated nerve in her neck that was causing pain in her shoulder blade. Literally, after one epidural and one proper pillow, she was night and day a different woman. But the book also talks about people who truly have fibromyalgia and other problems, and about the importance of aerobic exercise and how that can affect endorphin levels and how exercise increases REM sleep.

Ultrasound
One exemplary innovative technique is “the use of a joint “lubricant” called hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid, a lubricant used to treat knee arthritis, may also play a role in treating arthritic toes and ankles. This substance exists naturally in many tissues of the body such as cartilage, skin and the vitreous humor of the eye. The process involves getting two to three injections of hyaluronic acid into the arthritic joint under ultrasound guidance, which guidance provides precise placement of the medication in the joint.”
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Orthopedic Surgery
As a non-surgeon practicing at the busiest orthopedic surgery hospital in the country, Dr. Vijay Vad stands out. Instead of sending his patients to surgery, his goal is to keep them out of it. A sports medicine specialist at New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery who regularly works with professional golfers and tennis players, Dr. Vad is a believer in the power of the mind-body connection and regularly prescribes yoga exercises and other alternative strategies for his patients. He is also the author of the new book “Stop Pain: Inflammation Relief for an Active Life,’’ which is packed with practical advice and self-care options to help chronic pain patients reduce their dependence on narcotics and avoid additional medical procedures.
Hip Replacement
The New York Times- Sunday, June 24, 2001- Larry Katzenstein author. Mr. Crawford, a former New York Knicks basketball player, had been scheduled for a hip replacement. But he cancelled the procedure after hearing about a non-surgical alternative. Visco-supplementation is injecting artificial joint lubricant into the hip. Dr. Vad has visco-supplemented 70 hips and over 600 knees. When a joint lavage (washout) is performed with good patient selection ( age 40-60) with instillation of Synvisc using x-ray guidance and proper rehabilitation exercises, Dr. Vad has reported an 86% success rate at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in March of 2001.

Physical Therapists

Sports Medicine
The practice is dedicated to performing and developing minimally-invasive procedures for treating back pain, arthritis and sports injuries. These procedures are usually combined with precise rehabilitation protocols for maximum benefit including pain reduction and restoration of motion and function.
Physical Therapy
Dr. Vad lays out concrete strategies for dealing with the most common pain problems. He then addresses the possible risks and rewards of various treatments for other types of chronic pain. His analysis of conventional and complementary options—including everything from prescription medications and surgical intervention to physical therapy, acupuncture, and breathing exercises—will open your eyes to the many ways you can take back control of your life.
Frozen Shoulder
Dr. Vad has published a 15-minute simple outpatient procedure called capsular distention for restoring motion and eliminating pain in frozen shoulder. In addition to treating patients at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Vad has previously served as the physician for the professional men’s tennis circuit (Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP) as well as the physician for the Westchester Classic of the PGA Tour, and MSG Tennis Showdown. Dr. Vad has written and published Back Rx, Arthritis Rx, Golf Rx and The New Rules of Running published by Penguin Random House.
Tennis Elbow
Slipped Disc
Doctors say it’s important to view any spinal surgery as a treatment of last resort. Vijay Vad, a Sports Medicine specialist at Cornell University Medical Center’s Hospital for Special Surgery has presented research to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in March of 2001 showing an 84% success rate using a specialized epidural injection called “Transforaminal Epidural Injection” using fluoroscopy which is an x-ray guidance system. This success rate was obtained combining the injections with proper physical therapy exercises. Dr. Vad said that while the treatment required a significant effort and time investment by the patient, it’s far more desirable than surgery. “The more we do non-surgically for the back, the patient win out,” says Dr. Vad. Note: The transforaminal epidural injection is a non-surgical outpatient procedure for patients with disc herniation (slipped disc) with continuing back and “sciatic” pain.
Neck Pain
Back Pain

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