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Dr. Jeffrey Sider

Sports Medicine
Woodbury, NY
41 years experience male

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Office

Woodbury, NY

Address

812 woodbury rd, Woodbury, NY
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My office hours

Thursday: Closed
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Specialties
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Sports Medicine

Orthopedic Surgery

Languages spoken

English

Doctor Q&A

634 Answers
113 Agrees
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Usually in am: Typically arthritis is worse in the morning. Usually the joints stiffen over the night being in bed. Often sitting in a charir or movie or restaur... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
If it dislocates: I agree with the above. In certain cases where there is more trauma and a dislocation occurs both ligaments can be torn at the same time. Fortunately ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Warm up: If you have a groin muscle injury which hopefully is mild, you may be able to get away with your run the key would be to warm up with a mild jog and... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
None if better: If the ankle injury is fully healed, there may be no symptoms. If the injury still has not fully resolve, the patient may have symptoms such as pa... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
I actually dissent: Having run for forty years, i believe that running does not have to cause injury if there is no intenal pathology. I would start slow with a walk/ ru... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Varies with surgery: Most of my arthroscopic surgery patients for menisectomy have most of their swelling gone within a few days and are walking normally within a week.... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
24- 48 hrs: Typically after exercise one is usually sore for a day or two. I usually like to alternate exercise days to allow the muscle soreness to resolve ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
See below: The tingling in the fingers can be from a peripheral problem like carpal tunnel syndrome or a central one like a cervical radiculopathy. The shaky... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Very flexible: Most gymnasts in particular are very flexible in their joints. The same flexibility that allows them to perform splints of bring their legs behind ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Hard to answer: Obviously you can strengthen the wrist by working on strengthening the wrist flexors and wrist extensors. Its hard to say what is causing your pain... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Pretty much: You may need to take you're educational little further you can always find work in a variety of areas i believe it to be a good skill to have for th... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Would think so: Every study with alcohol shows that alcohol slows reflexes and concentration. My thought would be that a serious athlete would not drink alcohol si... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
May take longer: Obviously you sustained a severe injury to your ankle. Once the doctor confirms that the fracture is healed sufficiently you will be allowed and ... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Yes and no: While the damage to the condyle is not a good thing, sometimes a chondroplasty, drilling procedures and various cartilage transplants might be helpf... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Need more infor: I would try to find an etiology for the dizziness it could be related to circulation or a multitude of other reasons. I would start with you interne... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Each takes about 20 : Each scan would be a separate procedure each scan takes approximately 20 min to perform most shoulder MRI s are not performed with contrast.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Not really: While swimming is a very effective aerobic exercise, it's hard to say what's the best i think for most people running and cycling are probably the be... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Any injuries: Hard to say for sure. But i was wondering if there's any activity you do where you might irritate your thight - bike, specific exercise machine? ... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Yes: Its not unusual to feel your heart pounding after exercise how fast your heart returns to baseline rate is a decent measure of your fitness.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Possibly: You sound like a young person who sustained a severe wrist fracture if you have tendon inflammation without a tear, i would try both shots and physi... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
No : An emg/ncv study of the lumbar spine is used to evaluate nerve issues related to the lower extremties and lumbar spine in order to evaluate the uppe... Read More
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A 64-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Arm symptoms - nerve: The pins and needles are most likely due to a pinched or inflamed nerve from the cervical spine which radiates down the arms it's important to diff... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Get checked out: While you may have something as simple as a bad bruise you may have the beginning of cellulitis which can be a serious infection get an exam and po... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Rotator cuff exercis: I would work on a program of rotator cuff strengthening exercises. This should include therabands and light weights 3x week avoid exercise above an... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Possible biceps tear: I would be concerned that you may have injured the long head of your biceps? I would check this out with an orhtopedic exam and possible MRI because ... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
could take awhile: While you describe a mild knee injury 10 days ago, it takes more time than most think to heal if you had a mild sprain on the outside or lateral asp... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Check it out : If it is not treated well, you may ultimately have a fracture that will not heal you may then require a surgical procedure instead of just a cast f... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Rest, ice : The key is to calm down your pain and inflammation in the affected tendon this will be done with ice, nsaids and activity avoidance you may also be... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Tylenol, (acetaminophen) mild nsaids: I would start with tylenol (acetaminophen) and mild nsaids to try to alleviate your symptoms also i( would try to keep the joints moving whether i... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Try a shot: If you actually have tenosynovitis or a trigger finger, you may need a cortisone shot to help alleviate your symptoms most of these can be treated... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Would avoid til xray: I would avoid any strenuous activities with the arm until you get an exam and xray. It is not uncommon for a screw to back out the question is the ... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Hard to say: While the labral tear may be causing some pain in your hip, your md must think something else is going on he probably wants an MRI to see if you hav... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Arthritis: One get arthritic symptoms related to lupus you may need to take some nsaids or even get some physical therapy to help get some relief. Once you ... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Aspirate/ shot: A bakers cyst is a pocket of fluid that accumulates behind the knee. It tends to fluctuate in size with activity. It often is related to some intra... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Pain, weakness: If you have a tear, you may lose some motion and strength. Also you may have some pain especially with overhead activities and external rotation of... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Sounds muscular: While the issue sounds like a muscular issue which may be improved with therapy treatment such as stretching and modalities to decrease any inflamma... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Big difference: A sprain is a ligament which is usually stretched or partially torn. A grade 3 tear is a full tear in the ligament. Most sprains are treated with co... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Could be fx: It could be a slight fracture depending on how hard you hit it i wouldn't be "worried" but i would suggest an xray to evaluate the possibility of a... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Aerobic exercises: Typically aerobic exercises that use many large muscles burn off many calories i would recommend either running, cycling or swiimming on a regular ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Ice, rest: Most likely you have a relatively minor strain or soft tissue injury since youre not describing an injury if you rest it and use ICS and nsaids it... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Yes: Significant arthritic damage on the back of your patella could be causing pain in that joint but, you are relatively young but you want to make sure... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
May not need: If the instabity was corrected surgically, your patella (kneecap) should now track more centrally in the groove sometimes a brace will be helpful... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Hard to say: If you are limping or still swollen, you probably shouldn't play you may have done more than just hyperextended your knee you may have injured one ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Ice acutely: I would suggest ice on the affected area to decrease the pain and spasm from the acute injury - about 15 minutes every hour or so after the first f... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Extension/ flexion: I would use very light weights and do flexion and extension exercises of the wrist this will help you and ultimately prevent tendonitis problems in... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
See an orthopedist: I think it best to see an orthopedist to get a definitive diagnosis and rule out other potential elbow problems i think that would be the best optio... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Exam, MRI: I would start with a good orthopedic exam and x-ray after that you may need to undergo an MRI to determine if it is a partial or complete tear which ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Spasm, nerve?: It sounds like you may have a pinched nerve or some muscle spasm these symptoms can occur without specific i juries try some ice and nsaids see you... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Something else?: If you are 33 and have hip pain, it is probably not arthritic. You more likely will have a problem like a muscle strain, bursitis or a labral inju... Read More
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A 58-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Sider
Sports Medicine 41 years experience
Review mri : You need to have your MRI reviewed and get a good exam of the affected area you will likely improve with rest, nsaids and physical therapy surgica... Read More
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Aug 4, 2016
Hi im taking prozac. I see bubbles in my urin. My question is. Did prozac make bubbles in urine?
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Sider is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Sider is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Good to know. I actually was just diagnosed with a "Closed Fracture of the Distal Fibula" seeing and Orthopedic specialist next week. Happy New Year!
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This was very helpful. Thanks! There was something visible in the c-spine periphery of my MRI. Was told it was an artifact, but others disagree. Thank you for the direction.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Yes it is for me :( perhaps i'll have two replacements in my life is the concern for me and my Chiropractor at this time.

Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH
Graduated 1982MD

Awards

best of long island 2012
best of long island 2013
Top Sports Medicine Specialist , First Place, National - Fall
2014
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