Dr. Karena Wu featured on Real Simple

Massage or soft tissue mobilization (STM) is a crucial component of physical therapy rehabilitation. The team at ActiveCare Physical Therapy incorporate STM into their hands on treatments. Dr. Karena Wu trains her associates to provide the best STM and massage as manual therapy specialists. We utilize specific soft tissue techniques and instruments to provide the best physical therapy care. We also recommend the use of at home massage tools for self care. The Real Simple reached out to Dr. Wu to get her opinion on The 5 Best Massage Chairs of 2024. Dr. Wu recommends what to look for in a massage chair and and how to long to use them. She also describes the benefits of some of the settings in these massage chairs.

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Dr. Karena Wu in Maitland-Australian Physiotherapy Seminars

Dr. Karena Wu is participating in a fellowship program in orthopedic manual physical therapy through the Maitland-Australian Physiotherapy Seminars (MAPS). Her research commentary was published by MAPS in July 2018 regarding the use of NSAID’s and muscle healing. This work reviews a published article and further discusses the elements within the article. It is one of the requirements of the fellowship program that allows clinicians to further their skills in research. ActiveCare Physical Therapy, PC is also a host facility for MAPS continuing education seminars.

• September 2018 – Use of NSAIDs in the Acute Phase of Injury

Karena Wu in Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine

Karena was recently contacted by the magazine,  Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine to write an article on Kinesio Tape. She has been certified as a Kinesio Taping Practitioner since 2005 and has used it in practice with significant benefit. Karena actively contributes her writing to different publications to keep the public informed on the most recent trends in physical therapy. Advance Magazine is distributed in the US for physical therapists. Karena is proud to be featured again in the magazine in October 2016.

• Oct 2011: Not Just a Trend
• Aug 2014: Tape to Heal
• Oct 2016: What’s the Deal with Cupping?
• August 2016: Bump, Set, Spike

Karena Wu in Total Food Service, Metro NY’s Foodservice Publication

Karena was asked to contribute to Total Food Service Online when they discovered that she has been helping those in the restaurant industry since 2004. Karena has been working with celebrity chefs and bartenders like Wylie DuFresne, Seamus Mullen, David Chang, Johnny Iuzzini and James Meehan. She treats them both in the office as well as onsite. Her contribution to this industry publication includes discussion on common ailments on the job and tips to reduce and treat them. Her first article in June 2013 talks about the knee joint.

• January 2018 – Is Your Poor Posture The Cause Of Remote Sites Of Pain?»
• April 2017 – Celebrity Chef Job Hazards »
• November 2016 – Avoiding Injury When Starting a Running Program »
• August 2016 – Olympic Style Cupping Treatment For Chefs And Servers »
• Feb 2016 – Feeling Overwhelmed »
• Oct 2015 – The Weight in Your Toes »
• September 2015 – Hip Labral Tears »
• July 2015 – Kinky Necks »
• June 2015 – Overused Wrists »
• May 2015 – The Importance of Your Digits »
• April 2015 – Incognito Bistro »
• March 2015 – Stirred, not Shaken Please! »
• February 2015 – Stella 34 Trattoria and the Cucumber Martini »
• January 2015 – All Inclusive Eating »
• Dec 2014 – 2014 Year End Recap »

• Nov 2014 – After the Bar »
• October 2014 – Stiletto Whisperer »
• Sept 2014 – Global Mixology »
• August 2014 – Youth in Bars »
• July 2014 – Blow A Disc »
• June 2014 – Chefs Work Out »
• March 2014 – An Interview with Chef
  Seamus Mullen »
• March 2014 – Arthritis, In the Kitchen »
• January 2014 – Carpal Tunnel Syndrome »
• Nov 2013 – Kinesiology Taping »
• Oct 2013 – Posture/Backpacks »
• Sept 2013 – Shoulder Impingement »
• August 2013 – Your Head »
• July 2013 – Your Bones »
• June 2013 – Your Knees »