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Dr. Foram Patel, PT, DPT
Dr.Foram is a NY/ NJ licensed Physical therapist & a Dancer at World’s Largest Bollywood Dance Academy who completed her DPT from Utica college in 2016. E-Motion Physical Therapy & Wellness is a brainchild of Dr. Patel's vision to offer holistic care to her clients. Her company across two locations collaborates with professional dance schools across different genres to promote dancers' health.
Following her passion to help dancers, she completed Dance Medicine Specialist Modules from Harkness Center of Dance Medicine, NYU, and West Side Dance PT. E-Motion Physical Therapy offers services from Prevention to rehabilitation & recovery for dancers.
Dr. Foram Patel calls herself a people person and hence she believes her ability to easily connect with people has been a huge asset to her profession. She firmly believes that physical therapy is more than just treating a physical symptom and hence in seeing the body as a whole, tries to connect physical, emotional, mental, and energy bodies within her approach. Foram is well-practiced in manual techniques like:
Graston Technique
Mulligan technique
Stecco Approach
ART (Active Release Technique)
She also has developed preventative screening for enthusiasts like:
Dancers
Crossfit
Soul Cycle
HITT trainers
When not working, she loves dancing, lifting weights, scuba diving, and traveling.