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Our Mission:
To Improve the Quality of Peoples' Lives
through Exercise, Education, and Community. |
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| LA PALESTRA has created a hybrid between the medical and fitness industry, by providing a service for our clients that integrates comprehensive medical analysis, and exercise prescription. Through an extensive diagnostic health evaluation, and physical fitness test, we are able to identify needs, and establish goals that are then applied in a personalized exercise program. With the guidance of a select staff of trainers we strive to improve the quality of each client's life through a combination of exercise, education, and community. |
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| A Hand-Picked Group of Dedicated and Elite Medical and Fitness Practitioners. Our core staff consists of an elite group of practitioners in a variety of disciplines. In addition to a hand picked group of exercise specialists and physiologists, our staff is comprised of physicians and professionals in the fields of internal medicine, orthopedics, nutrition, psychology, clinical social work, physical therapy, chiropractic care, cardiology, acupuncture and massage therapy. Our staff is affiliated with Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, The Hospital for Special Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and The New School. All staff members are integral in the development and application of all health maintenance programming and are available to our clients on an ongoing basis. We believe that dialogue is a crucial factor in the success of our programs and encourage it with any and all of our staff. |
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| Clients Are Given a Specifically Tailored Health Maintenance Program That Addresses Their Individual Needs, From Rehabilitation to Athletic Performance. Our primary objective is the health of our clients. We begin with a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive health evaluation which consists of complete blood work, medical history, physical examination, orthopedic assessment, neuromuscular, musculoskeletal and flexibility evaluation, cardiovascular respiratory efficiency testing, and muscular strength and endurance testing as well as both nutritional and behavioral evaluations. This information is then reviewed personally with each client, goals and objectives are set, and a program is written and overseen by an Advisor. Reevaluations are preformed on a regular basis to concretely assess progress. Our areas of expertise also include designing customized training programs for clients interested in participating in athletic activities recreationally or in improving their performance as competitive athletes. We have developed event specific training for clients who have participated in our annual New York City Marathon program (where we have experienced a 100% completion rate) and the Rome Marathon. In addition, we have developed mountaineering training programs for clients who have made successful ascents in the Grand Tetons, on the Matterhorn, Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Everest, as well as instituting training programs for professional athletes from the National Hockey League and the National Football League. |
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