Your goals and our goals are naturally aligned!
Our goal is to help you develop a stronger, healthier, injury-free, pain-free, and balanced you! Your goals are more specific and individualized but align with the physical therapists at Hand + Physical Therapy NYC. Perhaps your desire is to return to sport, running, cycling, or maybe to engage with the exercise equipment at the gym — awesome! Or maybe your goal is to simply take a walk around the block or go grocery shopping without any restrictions — we’re your rehabilitation partner. Whatever your personal goals, our experienced clinical team will work with you to achieve them while always demonstrating ways to properly prevent any future injuries.
As physical therapists, we understand optimal movement patterns. We utilize one-on-one functional analysis to help identify the root cause of abnormal joint loads, inadequate muscle strength, and overused tendons resulting in faulty movement, mobility, or injury. These impediments often add undue stress to the body, causing pain and poor joint alignment.
Trust the team of physical therapists at Hand + Physical Therapy NYC to help restore and realign your body. We will teach you how to support your body with healthy movement patterns, and bring use and functionality back to your injured joint, limb, or body part. We’ll show you how to live life pain-free and get back to the activities you enjoy.
Meet Our Team
Natalia Ruiz
DPT, OCS, CHT, COEE, ASTYM
Natalia has been a physical therapist for 17 years and her areas of expertise are orthopedics, hand therapy, and office ergonomics. She is a Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist (OCS) and a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT). She enjoys educating the patients on ways to minimize strain on their hands and upper extremities through multiple techniques and modifications of workspaces. She believes that compassion and a strong therapeutic relationship between the patient and the therapist make a difference in the treatment outcomes as well as individualized. are. She is certified in ASTYM, Kinsiotape, and blood flow restriction. Also trained in myofascial decompression technique. She is also proficient in Spanish.
Vincent Liu
PT, DPT
Vincent graduated with his Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) from The College of Staten Island. He specializes in treating orthopedic and sports injuries among a varied patient population. He has experience working with weekend warriors, marathon runners, strength training athletes, high school and college athletes, and older adults. He enjoys working with post-surgical cases such as ACL reconstruction, meniscectomy, joint replacements, etc. Vincent utilizes movement screening, biomechanical analyses, and ergonomic assessments to optimize movement and prevent injury. Vincent believes one-on-one treatment sessions are optimal to strategically curate a plan for each individual in their rehab or performance optimization journey. Vincent uses an evidence-based approach where he incorporates the latest research evidence along with the patient values and lifestyle to optimize care. Vincent is currently working towards obtaining the orthopedic certified specialist (OCS) board certification and is taking varied continuing education courses to be on top of the most current research driven techniques. Vincent is most passionate about learning root-cause medicine, health optimization, and wellness and loves to share his latest findings with patients and colleagues.
Alex Siegrist
PT, DPT
Dr. Alex Siegrist received her doctoral degree in physical therapy from Hunter College and where she was the recipient of the Award for Clinical Excellence. She has been practicing as a Pelvic Floor therapist for all genders since her Pelvic Floor Clinical Affiliation in 2020, and she has taken over 100 hours of continued education for treatment of pelvic floor, musculoskeletal, and movement dysfunctions, including a 6-month mentorship with First Principles of Movement.
She believes a full body approach is important to restoring pelvic health and incorporates the principles of strength and conditioning, along with manual therapy, to enhance health and movement for all of her patients. Her experiences as a military veteran (USAF 2009-2015) gave her a strong desire to advocate for holistic care that treats every part of the body. Alex remains involved with veteran programs here in New York City and hopes to help increase awareness of pelvic health for veterans. In her free time, she enjoys training with kickboxing, yoga, kettlebell and weightlifting. She can be found exploring Brooklyn with her partner and their two dogs.
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