 Using a state of the art soft tissue treatment, let our certified staff find and fix your exact problem in the exact location.
We can improve your range of motion, flexibility, recovery time and performance using Sound Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization.
At Championship Physical Therapy you will receive the very best treatment to assure maximal recovery.
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Brad Pike is the founder and owner of Championship Physical Therapy. He is also the Head Athletic Trainer and Director of Rehabilitation Services at Syracuse University. He has worked at Syracuse for the past nine years. Prior to his time with the Orange, he spent 9 years working locally in outpatient physical therapy. Though he covers all sports at Syracuse, his primary focus is on the men’s basketball and men’s rowing teams while serving as a supervisory consultant for the Field Hockey team and Track and Field teams. Brad was the athletic trainer for the 2003 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship team. He also serves as an adjunct lecturer in the Exercise Science Department located within the School of Education.
Brad received his undergraduate degree in sports medicine in 1989 from Marietta College. He earned his master’s degree in physical education from Syracuse University in 1991 while serving as a graduate assistant in the sports medicine department. Pike added a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from SUNY Health Science Center (currently Upstate Medical University) in 1994.
Pike previously worked as the Athletic Trainer for the 2004 Gold Medal winning Under 21 USA Men’s Basketball team and has served as a sports medicine consultant for the Syracuse Chiefs.
Brad is certified in Active Release Techniques (ART®), Sound Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (SASTM) and is a Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), College Athletic Trainers Society, the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association and the New York State Athletic Trainers Association.
Pike has presented at numerous symposiums and workshops. His most recently presented at the College Athletic Trainers Society Annual Spring Symposium. His presentation was entitled “Back Pain in the Athletic Training Setting.” He also led a lab group session demonstrating different treatment philosophies and techniques for treating low back dysfunction. Pike resides in Jamesville with his wife Lynne, and their 2 children.
Dave Bierwagen is a partner in Championship Physical Therapy. A local high school graduate from Jamesville-DeWitt, Dave received a B.S. in Biology from St. Lawrence University and went on to obtain Physical Therapy Degree from Ithaca College. Dave is a Certified Hand Therapist with 32 plus years of clinical experience.
Following his first job at The Hand Rehabilitation Center in New York City, Bierwagon returned to Upstate New York to work for the Orthopedic Surgery Department at Upstate Medical Center. He opened his first private practice, Orthopedic rehabilitation Services in 1984 and expanded to a second in 1990. His center offers full service orthopedic physical therapy services with an emphasis in upper extremity injuries and sports medicine rehabilitation. Dave has worked with athletes of all levels from youth to professional.
Bierwagen is an active member of the American Society of Hand Therapists, Associate member of American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), and an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). He is currently on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Hand Therapy and is an Associate Clinical Professor at Upstate medical university. He has lectured and conducted workshops and courses both locally and around the country. He has been published twice.
Colin has been an employee of Championship Physical Therapy since May 2009; he handles the administrative duties including appointment scheduling and medical record keeping.
Colin earned his B.S. in Kinesiology with an emphasis in athletic training/sports medicine from the Pennsylvania State University. He completed clinical rotations with Penn State field hockey, track & field, and men's lacrosse while serving as a peer mentor and teaching assistant for the athletic training department. In May 2009, he completed his M.S. in Exercise Science from Syracuse University while serving as a graduate assistant in the sports medicine department; his primary responsibility was with the Syracuse University football team. During his time at Syracuse, Colin had lectured to high school students on the athletic training profession and presented "Steroid Use in Collegiate Athletes" for the graduate school seminar series.
He is currently a board certified athletic trainer and active member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association. Colin will be starting a Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Elon University in January 2010.
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