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Dr Hiral Shah

Dr Hiral Shah (PT)

Dr Hiral is the Co-founder and a Consultant physiotherapist at LEVELS. She specializes in helping athletes and active people of all ages reach peak performance in their sport or activity of choice while helping to stay injury free in the process.

Her goal is to help you understand how your body works and what you can do to reduce pain, improve mobility, overcome weakness, recover from nagging or new injuries, and to identify and overcome any obstacles that stand in the way of achieving your goals, however large or small.

Her training philosophy utilizes the most up-to-date and research proven strategies to help you pack on lean muscle, lose fat, and look and feel your best while minimizing injury risk. She focuses on empowering a pain-free and healthy lifestyle, through a holistic assessment and treatment approach of advanced physiotherapeutic techniques and intelligent exercises.

She truly believes that exercise is medicine, when prescribed in doses that can prevent / solve a wide range of problems like sports injuries, disc bulges, arthritic conditions, muscle/ligament injuries and deconditioning/muscle weakness.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy (B.P.T) from MGM School of physiotherapy, Navi Mumbai
  • Master’s degree in physiotherapy (Orthopedics – Sports rehabilitation) (MPT) from Manipal Academy Of Higher Education (M.A.H.E)

Certifications and Achievements

  • Certified Neurokinetic Therapy®️ practitioner
  • Certified dry needling practitioner (Dry Needling Academy, Physical therapy Research and Educational Foundation)
  • Workshop on Pilates
  • International workshop on on-field assessment and management of sports specific injuries and return to sports following lower limb injuries
  • Worked as a Physiotherapist for under 18 football team, Mumbai
  • Worked as an on-field Physiotherapist at State level badminton tournament, Bangalore
  • Worked as an on-field Physiotherapist at HDFC marathon, Mumbai
  • Worked as an on-field Physiotherapist at OFF road racing tournament, Bangalore
  • Worked at 24Hrs marathon IDBI run by neb sports, Mumbai

Specialisations

  • Pilates and Dynamic Neuromuscular stabilisation
  • Pain management for musculoskeletal conditions(spine and joints)
  • Strength and Conditioning for athletes
  • Myofascial releases, Trigger point/fascial Dry needling
  • Pre and post-operative physiotherapy after joint replacements
  • Taping for pain relief, muscle strains, ligament sprains
  • Neurodynamic solutions for neural entrapments
  • Counselling and stress management