Dr. Kellen Scantlebury

Dr. Kellen Scantlebury received his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Stony Brook University. He received his bachelor of science degree from LIU Post, where he also was a four-year starter on the Men’s Basketball Team. Kellen has experience working with a variety of musculoskeletal disorders and has special interest in sports rehab, performance training, manual therapy, post-operative rehabilitation, shoulder and spine pathologies. Kellen has collaborated with some of NYC’s finest orthopedic doctors to ensure 5 star quality care and service to his clients. Kellen has given presentations at Fortune 500 companies with regards to the latest evidence based practice on prevention of injury for the runner and ergonomic set up.

How a Quad Strain Kept Out a Former Finals MVP For A Year!

Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard is garnering MVP votes after not playing almost all of last year with a quad tendon strain. He now has a new home, is playing amazing basketball, and his team is off to the best start in the franchise history. There is still one question that many are asking. How did a quad strain keep an elite athlete off the court for almost an entire year?! We will take a deeper look into this injury and how it affected his former team, the San Antonio Spurs, last year.

The Quadricep Tendon and the NBA.

With Tony Parker leaving the NBA Spurs to head to the Charlotte Hornets, we figured we would dive into his injury history. If you haven’t heard, Parker recently compared his quadricep tendon rupture to Kawhi’s quadricep tendinopathy, and how Parker’s injury was significantly worse. Our specialists in Brooklyn and NYC jumped in with quadricep tendon and knee injury facts for you.