Office hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday at Madison Ave. office: 9-5
Tuesday at Madison Ave. office: 9-8 P.M.
Thursday in Hicksville, Long Island: 10-4:30

1. What insurance do you take?
Insurance coverage is for Medicare, worker's compensation and No-fault. We are out-of-network for all other insurances. You may get reimbursement for some of the fee directly from your insurance company.

2. Do you accept credit cards?
We accept most credit cards, cash, or checks at the time of service.

3. Who is in your office?
Dr. Abraham is by himself at the Madison Office, and shares space at Hicksville physical therapy on Thursdays.

4. If I call, who will talk with me?
Dr. Abraham talks personally with each person who calls. If you call and we cannot answer the phone then, leave your name, phone number, and the best time to call you back.

5. What is prolotherapy?
Prolotherapy is the injection of a growth stimulation substance to initiate the body's own healing. For us, prolotherapy is usually dextrose (same as your own sugar in your body) but more concentrated along with some local anesthetic. Prolotherapy is similar to having a cut at the skin. The damage to the tissue produces a signal for the healing cells to come in and repair the skin. Tendons and ligaments have poor blood supply and generally poor helaing ability. Prolotherapy jump starts their healing process.

6. Is prolotherapy done at the first visit?
Prolotherapy is not done at the initial visit, There is not enough time, because we want each patient to have time to have all their questions answered and be comfortable that prolotherpy is a resaonable choice for them.

7. Does prolotherapy painful?
Prolotherapy is a set of injections. Some discomfort will occur during and after a session of injections. We work to relax each patient, and to work within their tolerance for discomfort. We use various relaxation education. Sometimes a patient will have more than ordinary worry or fears about injections, and then visits for training to decrease the experience of pain will be conducted before any injection.

8. Do you use many steroid or cortisone injections?
Rarely.

9. How often would I need prolotherapy injections?
A session of injections is followed by 6 weeks. Prolotherapy produces new growth of tissue and this takes 4 - 6 weeks before you will see much improvement . Of course, you may start to feel better earlier.

10. What if I don't want prolotherapy? What else can you do?
Manipulations, other injections of steroid or local anesthetic for decreasing pain.. Dr. Abraham also works closely with a number of local physical therapists.