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Dr. Abbate Physical Therapy

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Dr. Abbate Physical Therapy

Our vision is to create generations of athletes -- to keep them healthy & injury-free so they can enjoy a lifetime of sport.

If you’re an athlete and you’re sick and tired of taking taking off from training or missing out on competitions, this is where you need to come to recover from sports related injuries.

11/06/2025

Came down with some knee pain after training on Tuesday. No specific incident, didn’t feel anything funny happen. Finished practice and the pain and blocking came later in the day. No swelling or instability.
Tried a few things the next day without much success- mobilizations with movement (MWM), long axis distraction (LAD), a few capsule stretches. All to no avail
Part 2 coming soon… did I figure out the recipe?!

10/29/2025

🦶Toe injuries in dance
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In my 9+ years working with performers, these toe injuries are the most frustrating to treat
They are often due to overtraining (too early, too soon) in releve or wearing heels
The forefoot is placed under a good deal of stress (weight bearing) with jumps and repeated turns, disrupting the bones, tendons, ligaments or cartilage on the bottom of the joint
➡️ A period of off loading the joint (non-weightbearing to modified weight bearing), avoiding use of heels (even low heels) and restrictions with jumping, pivoting & turns is extremely important in the first phase of recovery
➡️ A progressive return to rehearsing, with gradual ‘stress testing’ of symptom-provoking activity (starting off with lower intensity activity like turns) and wearing of heels
✅ successful return to sports includes mobility exercises, foot-specific strength training
✅Return to rehearsals may take anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months depending on the structures involved and the complexity of the injury

10/08/2025

💤Sleep 7-9 hours every night. Nap when you can.

10/07/2025

Coogan SM. Upper Body Strength Endurance & Power. 2021

09/29/2025

The most common hip injury I encounter in the studios is hip impingement
Repetitive kicks can wear out this piece of cartilage- causing a pinching type pain
Most athletes mistake it for a hip flexor injury. The main difference between a labrum injury and muscle injury (hip flexor) is symptom provocation due to passive or active testing

09/19/2025

Not PT related, but I had an interesting conversation with a patient at Royal Caribbean today about a lady curing her lymes disease after being stung a bunch
Nature is pretty cool if you ask me

07/30/2025

Do these 3 exercises for better partner lifts
I see a decent amount of shoulder & wrist injuries at the studios from partner as a consequence of poor upper body strength
Dominate these 3 exercises to add more years to your career & more height to your lifts
I prescribe these exercises to cast members with the following goals:

Farmer walks: moderately heavy weight for distance (time)

Typewriter pushups: wide range of movement; can progress by using a band or plate placed on the shoulders

Barbell rows: heavy! And fast! But few reps (2-4)
Don’t be that cast member that can’t get their partner 🆙

$High & Low risk Stress fractures The majority of stress fracture injuries are uncomplicated, and heal predictably with a...$

07/17/2025

High & Low risk Stress fractures

The majority of stress fracture injuries are uncomplicated, and heal predictably with a period of rest

High risk stress fractures often have delayed healing or concomitant complications like AVN (avascular necrosis)

⚠️Low risk

👉Less likely to progress to a complete fracture and because they generally heal quite predictably

👉relatively short period of weight-bearing rest

👉Typically low risk: Metatarsal stress fractures often the 2nd & 3rd rays, posterior tibia

⛔️High risk

👉Require additional intervention (surgery)

👉longer period of non-weight bearing

👉longer time off

What can help bone healing?

1️⃣Bisphosphonate treatment for stress fractures in young female athletes with female athlete triad disorders is not established and there is little evidence for its effectiveness in the literature

2️⃣oral contraceptive treatment is not effective in increasing bone mineral density or reducing stress fractures

3️⃣avoid the use of oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications as these may impair bone healing

4️⃣low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulates bone healing in fresh fractures

5️⃣orthoses or assistive devices are used to help try to limit the amount of load to the injured structure

6️⃣surgery is indicated in the treatment of some stress fractures

07/14/2025

Here are two progressive exercises I often prescribe dancers
Adding resistance (medicine balls) and dynamic movements (trunk rotation) can create sport specific challenges
Try these two exercises for your lower body days!
Jake makes it look EZ

06/30/2025

Athletes with bone stress injuries typically complain of an insidious onset of pain that is worse with activity and repeated loading
Biggest risk factors:
* Rapid increases in bone loading as a result of significant changes in training regime
* Large imbalances between energy (calorie) intake and energy expenditure, particularly amongst female football players, which can leave them vulnerable to hormonal dysfunctions

Intrinsic risk factors:
* Female gender
* Younger female players who have primary amenorrhea risk compromised peak bone mass; menstrual disturbances
* Low bone density
* Poor joint flexibility (hip ER & ankle DF)
* Poor nutrition status
* Low vitamin D

Extrinsic risk factors:
* A sudden or rapid increase in training loads
* Hard surfaces or surfaces which are less compliant
* Very young/old
* Previous history of fracture

Examination

Primary S&S: Localised tenderness at the site of injury followed by swelling

X-ray: stress fractures are rarely demonstrated on x-ray images; late presentation

CT scan: required to visualise cortical fractures such as the navicular and pars interarticularis

Bone scan: very sensitive for detecting increased bony remodelling

MRI: similar to CT scan in sensitivity, no radiation

DEXA: to assess their bone mineral density; important for longer term (observation) treatment

06/13/2025

Beet benefits 🫜

💪Enhanced Endurance: Beetroot juice supplementation has been shown to improve aerobic capacity. For instance, a study involving female endurance athletes reported a 4.82% increase in VO, max after consuming beetroot juice concentrate containing approximately 6.2 mmol of nitrate

🫁🫀Improved Cardiovascular Function: Acute intake of nitrate-rich beetroot juice before submaximal exercise led to reductions in diastolic and mean arterial pressure, and increased flow-mediated dilation, indicating better vascular function. mdpi.com +5
• Better Oxygen Utilization: Athletes consuming beetroot juice demonstrated decreased oxygen consumption during submaximal exercise, suggesting enhanced efficiency in oxygen utilization.

🤸Recovery Benefits: Beetroot juice may aid in recovery post-exercise by improving cardiovascular responses, as observed in studies with postmenopausal women with hypertension

05/29/2025

♻️Bone is a dynamic tissue.

📉📈The process of remodelling involves action of the osteoblasts and osteoclasts.

♨️Forces may result in micro-damage to the bone architecture.

🔃Stress fractures result from recurrent and repetitive loading of bone, where micro-damage occurs at a rate faster than can be remodelled

⤴️Too much load, loading too soon or low bone density or osteoporosis contribute to stress fractures
Stress fractures are one of the most common overuse injuries in professional dancers, with incidence rates ranging from 4.7% to 15.8% depending on training intensity and discipline.

They most frequently affect the foot, tibia, and metatarsals.

Recovery often requires 6–12 weeks of rest or modified activity, with longer downtime if misdiagnosed or untreated.

Early detection and load management are crucial to avoid prolonged time off stage. 💃🩰

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Miami, FL

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Monday	8am - 4pm
Tuesday	8am - 10am
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 10am
Friday	8am - 4pm
Saturday	8am - 11am

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https://drabbate.com/

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