Chiropractic Team
Since his graduation from New York Chiropractic College in 1997 Dr. Christopher Anselmi has been providing quality chiropractic care to the people of Manhattan. In April of 2003, after an extensive interview process, Dr. Anselmi was asked to join the Hospital for Special Surgery’s Integrative Care Center as the first chiropractor in its 100+ year history. Since 2003 Dr. Anselmi has maintained his private practice as well as his hospital affiliation.
Today he runs the Center for Spine Care + Mobility where a team of Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, and Massage Therapists work collectively to treat patients with a wide range of musculo-skeletal issues. Dr. Anselmi is a Masters Certified Active Release Technique chiropractor. This puts him in an elite group of health care providers who specialize in sports injuries as well as overuse syndromes. He has expanded his interest in posture and ergonomics and lectures on these, as well as many other musculoskeletal subjects.
Aaron Schuman is a graduate of Connecticut College, New London where he lettered in soccer all four years. Dr. Schuman’s postgraduate education was at New York Chiropractic College. He completed the Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician from NYCC. Schuman interned at Levittown Health Center and South Shore Neurologic Associates in New York where he functioned as part of an interdisciplinary team and was trained in acute care, chronic care, and neuromuscular rehabilitation.
Dr. Schuman is full body certified in Active Release Technique and Graston Technique-treatment systems of myofascial injuries such as back pain, neck pain, headaches, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, temporomandibular joint syndrome, and sprain/strain injuries. He is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and conditioning Association.
Physical Therapy Team
Linnea Petersen graduated from Northeastern University with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2014. Since receipt of national licensure that same year, she has worked all over the country in outpatient orthopedic, military, and sports rehab settings. Since graduation, Linnea has taken multiple continuing education courses in advanced manual techniques such as Graston Technique and Visceral Mobilization. Over the years, Linnea has taken a special interest in pelvic health, resulting in her becoming a certified Herman and Wallace Trained Pelvic Floor Therapist.
As a pelvic floor therapist, Linnea has wide experience treating pre natal and post partum patients, as well as those with pelvic pain and urinary incontinence. Linnea also has extensive experience with treatment of sports related injuries, occupational injuries, neurological treatment and post operative treatment. When not in the clinic, Linnea can be found tearing up the streets of NYC on her bicycle, rain or shine 365 days a year, or in the backwoods hiking with her husband and step son.
Andrew is an NYS-licensed physical therapist with a background in strength and conditioning, personal training, and coaching Track & Field. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from California State University Chico in Exercise Physiology and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Columbia University. Andrew has extensive experience in outpatient orthopedics, and he utilizes his sports and training expertise to help everyone, from professional athletes to weekend warriors, return to the activities they enjoy.
Outside the clinic, Andrew enjoys working out, hitting the beach, or heading to the mountain for snowboarding, playing sports, and traveling.
Medical Services Team
Caitlin is a nationally certified Physician Assistant who received her B.S. in Biology and Master in Physician Assistant Studies degrees from the University of Florida. After graduating, she further pursued her passion for plastic surgery and cosmetic medicine by working in craniofacial, plastic, and reconstructive surgery. She brings with her over 6 years of operating room experience as a Plastic Surgery PA and cosmetic injector to CSC+M. Caitlin is a strong believer in maintaining a conservative approach to aesthetics and aims to refresh and revitalize one’s appearance, rather than drastically alter it. In her spare time, Caitlin enjoys CrossFit, Peloton, traveling, reading and exploring New York City.
Dr. Evelyn Feng is a practicing physiatrist specializing in pain management and sports medicine. She received her medical degree from Rutgers Medical School, and performed her residency at the prestigious Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai In Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Feng has been in practice for more than 20 years.
Physiatrists specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) diagnose and direct nonsurgical treatment for people with pain and/or temporary debility from an injury, disorder, disease or other condition. They also perform interventional treatment procedures such as epidural steroid injections, trigger point injections, joint supplementation, platelet rich plasma injections, stem cell therapy, and vitamin drip therapy.
If you are in need of these services or any other services that we provided here at The Center For Spine Care and Mobility feel free to give us a call.
Acupuncture Team
Jeffrey Medina graduated from Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA in 2005 and has been practicing acupuncture for 13 years. He is nationally board certified by the NCCAOM and holds dual licenses in both Washington State and New York. He is a member of the Acupuncture Society of New York. His practice focus is on pain management, stress-related illness such as insomnia, anxiety, headaches; women’s health issues such as infertility and endometriosis; and digestive illnesses. He has studied classical Nei Jing Acupuncture with Edward Neal, MD of the Xing Lin Institute since 2014 and continues to learn under his guidance. Jeffrey believes that the most powerful interventions in acupuncture have been recorded in the Nei Jing and by studying this classic text, we can use these tools to treat in the best manner possible.
Massage Therapy Team
Chenita Townsend, LMT, BCTMB is a Board Certified Massage Therapist. She is a graduate of the Swedish Institute and a member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) and the National Certification for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB).
She specializes in swedish, deep tissue, trigger point therapy, myofascial release, medical, sports and prenatal massage.
Chenita has extensive experience in the field of sports performance. She has worked with professional sports organizations elite athletes from the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), United States Tennis Association (USTA), and the National Basketball Association (NBA) Brooklyn Nets, a particular point of pride representing her Brooklyn roots!
Chenita tailors her treatments to individualized patient needs with focused and intuitive work treating such conditions as: sports and repetitive stress injuries, acute to chronic neck/back pain, post-op scar tissue, tendonitis, nerve impingement, rotator cuff/frozen shoulder, sciatica, plantar fasciitis. Her treatment goals are to reduce patients overall pain and increase function.
Her leisure activities include: cycling, yoga, full body HIIT workout, walking 10K+ steps/day (Fitbit goal!), traveling and continuing self-taught education in Korean reading and writing.
Vanessa Khan-Damon is a graduate of Kingsborough Community College where she received an Associates in Business Administration.
She then attended the Swedish Institute in New York City graduating in August 1992.
She sat for the state boards and has been a practicing licensed massage therapist since October 1992.
She has also completed a Pharmacy Technician program at Sanford Brown where she graduated with honors in 2013.
Vanessa keeps up with all best practices by participating in continuing education. She has studied the Auth method of Therapeutic Massage under Shari Auth.
In addition to proficiency in forearm massage, she continues to refresh her technique by taking numerous continuing education classes.