WELCOME

Welcome to Dr. Kathy Aligene MD., PLLC
We are conveniently located on the Upper East Side, on 78th street off of Park Avenue. The office is 2 blocks away from the 6 train, at 77th Street.

Individualized Medical Care

Pain varies from person to person and impacts each individual in their own unique way. The key to successful medical care and healing is to treat the individual person rather than just the condition that underlies their pain Therefore, a holistic approach towards assessing pain conditions is not only helpful, but ESSENTIAL!

Cutting Edge Medical Approaches

For joint pain conditions, Regenerative Medicine treatments have shown promise as novel, safe, effective, and natural approaches towards healing from injury These approaches, which includes Platlet Rich Plasma (PRP) Treatment, STEM CELL Treatment, and PROLOTHERAPY Treatment, uses an individual’s own biological tissue to increase the rate of the body’s own regenerative and healing process

What is your Pain Story?

PAIN as a symptom

Pain is described as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain can be a symptom of an underlying condition, and if not adequately treated can impair a person’s ability to optimally function in their daily life. Although the source of pain may be located throughout all parts of the body, all pain sensory information is relayed to the sensory perceptual areas of he brain to be processed. These specific brain regions have a dual role as processors of pain as well as negative emotional experiences. Therefore, pain can be triggered by or reinforced through emotional stress.

01OFFICE HOURS

TUESDAY  7:00AM – 7:00PM

WEDNESDAY 7:00AM – 7:00PM

THURSDAY 7:00AM – 7:00PM

02Regenerative Medicine

Many musculoskeletal related pain conditions are successfully treated using regenerative medicine therapies. These therapeutic techniques utilize your own cells to promote healing and repair acute and chronic pain conditions to provide pain relief, improve and restore function.

03Interventional Pain Management

Highly targeted procedures used to identify and treat your pain. These procedures are considered as diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

04Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), or physiatry, is a field of medicine that promotes functional restoration of a person affected by physical disability as a result of injury to muscle, bone, tissue, and nervous system.

Consultation

Dr. Aligene provides individualized care to create a comprehensive treatment plan based on your needs and lifestyle goals.

Understanding

Dr. Aligene understands the importance of rehabilitation to the recovery and healing process.

Healthy Life

Dr. Aligene is committed to learning about your unique story and lifestyle in order to develop a tailored treatment plan that is feasible and effective.

Custom Rehabilitation

Dr. Aligene will work with you to customize a rehabilitation program to help you achieve the best possible recovery.

Experience

Dr. Kathy Aligene, MD is a Board Certified Physiatrist in New York, New York. Fellowship trained in Anesthesiology Pain Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in New York.

Practice Benefits

Dr. Aligene strongly values that patients understand their medical condition, and therefore, will educate you about how you may have developed your pain and how that pain has impaired your body functioning.

What is Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R)?

Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), or physiatry, is a field of medicine that promotes functional restoration of a person affected by physical disability as a result of injury to muscle, bone, tissue, and nervous system.  Emphasis is placed on the optimization of function through the combined use of medications, physical modalities, physical training with therapeutic exercise, movement & activities modification, adaptive equipment and assistive device, orthotics (braces), prosthesis, and experiential training approaches

What is Interventional Pain Medicine?

The aims of interventional pain medicine are to relieve, reduce, or manage pain and improve a patient’s overall quality of life through minimally invasive techniques specifically designed to diagnose and treat painful conditions. Interventional pain medicine techniques target the source of your pain by using procedures to identify the main location/origin of your pain, and allows for treatment of the underlying condition causing the pain. o Interventional pain medicine also aims to reduce heavy reliance on medications.

What is Regenerative Medicine?

Regenerative medicine therapies successfully treat many musculoskeletal related pain conditions and have been shown to provide pain relief, improve and restore function, while reducing the cost of musculoskeletal health care. Regenerative medicine techniques utilize your own cells to promote healing and repair of tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and muscle.

What is Integrative Pain Medicine?

When used in combination with traditional Western Medical treatments, Complementary Pain Medicine (non-Western) therapies that have been shown to decrease pain severity and improve outcomes.
Nutritional Regimens
Massage Therapy
Exercise Therapy
Acupuncture
Cupping
Reiki
Hypnosis
Yoga
Mindfulness/Relaxation Techniques
These therapies pose limited risks, have few to no side effects, and provide overall health benefits at a low cost.

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