Dynamic Neuromuscular Rehabilitation

Dynamic Neuromuscular Rehabilitation

Dynamic Neuromuscular Rehabilitation

About Dr. Kalika

Dr. Lev Kalika Dr. Lev Kalika has revolutionized the methodology of treating back pain and other motor disorders by introducing Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) at his Upper East Side practice. The results of this new method are quicker, more powerful and longer lasting.

"If disorders of movement are what we aim to treat, then we should learn where, when and how the movement originates and how it is controlled in the brain. This can only be inferred from studying developmental kinesiology and understanding how the postural system develops and how it is maintained throughout the life on an individual." -Karel Lewit

Kalika developed a strong passion for movement and body mechanics when his brother opened the first body building gym in their home city of Odessa. Kalika was a medical student at university when body building was beginning to surface in the post Soviet Ukraine. As literature was scarce, Kalika taught himself English in order to read the imported body building magazines and study everything he could find on the culture of body motion. He was very interested in the role of the Central Nervous System and how different muscle groups interacted with each other and the rest of the body.

In 1993 he moved to the United States to continue his medical studies. At one point he developed chest pains that baffled several doctors, until a friend recommended he see a chiropractor; he took the advice. After several sessions Kalikas condition began to improve. It was then that Kalika realized chiropractic methods appealed to him more than conventional medicine as it addressed the cause of the pain rather than the manifestations.

Dr. Kalika moved to Chicago where he enrolled in the Chiropractic College. While exploring various programs to advance his studies, he found little on the subject of the Central Nervous System among the chiropractic postgraduate programs that were available in the US. There were courses on conventional medical neurology and orthopedics, but none on the functional type of medicine that he wanted to learn.

While digging further, Kalika purchased a copy Karel Lewits book, Manipulative Therapy in Rehabilitation of the Locomotor System. Lewit, a world famous neurologist, is regarded as the godfather of manual medicine in Europe and his book is said to be the bible of manual medicine.

With his Eastern European background and sheer luck Kalika was able to secure a fellowship with Dr. Lewit at the Motol Hospital in Prague at the Czech School of Manual Medicine led by Professor Lewit and Professor Vladimir Janda. He spent precious time with Professor Janda, hailed as the world leader of rational therapy in musculoskeletal medicine and rehabilitation. Kalika also met Dr. Pavel Kolar, an extraordinary scientist and practitioner, who developed the Dynamic Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Method.

"When I observed his treatment procedures and saw how instantaneous the results were, it became clear to me that this was my next step."

Through studies of Dr. Kolars method, Kalika realized that treatment in the US for back pain (as opposed to Europe), was clearly misunderstood throughout the medical and chiropractic professions. Dr. Kalika is very proud to be the first practitioner on the East Coast to have the privilege of introducing this methodology that will revolutionize the way back pain and other locomotor dysfunctions are regarded and treated.

Dr. Kalika is currently certified and is a member of

  • ISMST- International Society of Medical Shockwave
  • NASS -North American Spine Society
  • IMS - International Myopain Society
  • IADMS - International Association for Dance and Movement Sciences
  • ACSM -American College of Sports Medicine
  • Certified DNS practitioner
  • GSMAC - Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society

Dr. Kalika is an active member of AIUM (American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine). Dr. Kalika is very proficient in Diagnostic ultrasound for diagnosing neuromuscular and orthopedic pathology at upper and lower extremity. Dr. Kalika is among very few physicians performing diagnostic ultrasound for evaluation of disc disease. Dr. Kalika is intimately interested in gait and running analysis as well as detection and prevention of sports injury. Dr. Kalika has graduated the first ever-clinical educational program for Gait and Running analysis in Human Performance center of University of South California. He is currently involved in Gait analysis study at Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute of Bologna as well as Doorn Medical center in Holland.