Hi, I’m Dr. Darren rief
Philosophy In Practice
Restore motion, restore balance. My philosophy is to remove interference in the spine and help the body heal itself. Patient education is paramount to helping the patient realize their best physical self. Restoring motion is a chiropractor's focus, breaking down a dysfunctional pattern, and building a better, healthy pattern.
Through the adjustment, stretching of the tight muscles and strengthening the weak muscles, we can restore proper motion and balance to our patients. Focusing on posture and ergonomics, we can teach a patient how to eliminate physical stresses, and combat gravity more efficiently. Reducing Forward Head Posture, and restoring the natural cervical curve are typical keys to optimal posture correction.
Dr. Darren Rief is a Long Island native, who has been practicing in New York City since graduating from Life University in 2000. Focusing on posture correction, and eliminating the single most powerful stress on our spines, gravity!
Improved Posture = Improved Function of our nervous system = Improved health.
Dr. Rief has worked alongside Orthopedists, Neurologists, Physical Therapists, Acupuncturists, and Massage Therapists for most of his 22 years in practice. This has given him a unique approach to patient care that takes all aspects of a person’s health and musculo-skeletal system into consideration. He will not only consider a patient’s spinal (and/or extremity) misalignment / malfunction; but the soft tissue (muscle, tendon, fascia, ligament) component as well. Addressing the soft tissue is often the difference in a patient’s total recovery, accelerating healing, and returning to normal function completely.
Board Certified in Chiropractic, Physiotherapeutics, and Graston Technique, as well as proficient in Kinesio taping, Cox Flexion-Distraction, Spinal Decompression, Sacral Occipital Technique (S.O.T.), Chiropractic Bio-Physics (C.B.P.), Thompson Drop Technique, and Extremity Adjusting.
Dr. Darren Rief is bilingual in English and Spanish.