Your knees are essential to everyday movement, and knee pain can be debilitating, keeping you from doing the things you love. Because multiple structures come together at the knee joint, it can be difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of knee pain, which often leads to misdiagnosis, excessive use of pain pills and unnecessary surgeries.
With over 20 years of clinical experience, Dr. Lev Kalika embraces a conservative, minimally invasive approach to knee injury treatment and rehabilitation. His Manhattan clinic features truly cutting edge technologies and innovative therapies rarely found in run-of-the-mill rehab centers. Dr. Kalika pursues continuing education with a passion, keeping abreast of current research and expanding his credentials to offer the very best in advanced sports medicine care to his patients.
Dr. Kalika studied under world renowned knee specialist Christopher Powers PT, PhD, and became certified in Advanced Functional Biomechanics by the University of Southern California. Under Dr. Kalika’s care, a wide range of athletes, from novice and recreational athletes to Olympic gold medalists, have overcome knee pain and enhanced their overall performance.
As an expert in musculoskeletal sonography, Dr. Kalika uses ultrasound and research-grade motion and gait analysis technology to provide an accurate in-office diagnosis for knee pain.
Lev is a renowned lecturer on various sports medicine topics, and has been featured on the lecture circuit both in the US and abroad. His particular areas of expertise include sports medicine, diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasonography, dry needling, virtual reality rehabilitation and technological innovations in rehabilitative medicine.
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Dr. Kalika has made multiple valuable contributions to the sports medicine community through the publication of peer reviewed research and clinical trials.
