Andrea Wolkenberg is the Director of Physical Therapy at SPINE OPTIONS in White Plains, NY. SPINE OPTIONS is a comprehensive outpatient treatment facility specializing in the non-surgical management of back and neck pain.
Andrea Wolkenberg graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979 with a degree in physical therapy. Since then, she has developed her evaluation skills and manual treatment techniques by studying with many of the luminaries in orthopedic manual medicine and movement re-education, such as James Cyriax, John Mennell, Lawrence Jones, John Barnes, Stanley Paris, Shirley Sahrmann, Sandy Burkart, among numerous others. In 2001, Andrea became a Certified Kinesio Taping Instructor, and now integrates The Kinesio Taping Method, a relatively new modality for pain management and neuro-muscular re-education, into her treatment approach.
Over the past 26 years, Andrea has worked consistently with chronic pain patients in numerous outpatient settings, and has developed a holistic and eclectic approach to the successful treatment of back and neck pain. Her method identifies all the physical stressors contributing to the painful condition. She then partners with her patients in systematically resolving each one with a combination of manual treatment, postural and movement re-education, targeted therapeutic exercise and a home exercise program.
In addition to her work with orthopedic pain patients, prior to joining SPINE OPTIONS, Andrea was the Assistant Director of Rehabilitation Services of a large rehabilitation facility on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for many years.