Acclaim for our staff

“I believe Marek Wyszynski’s extraordinary (and usually unspoken) fluency in anatomy and physiology facilitate his lucid teaching of self awareness, self-correction and efficiency of movement—the Feldenkrais technique.”
G.E. Green, M.D. Formerly Professor of Anatomy, NYU; Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

“My rotator cuff was totally torn and I could not lift my arm above my waist. After my first Feldenkrais session I raised my arm to 90°. Three more sessions and I had almost full movement again. It was amazing!”
Ira Block, Photographer, National Geographic

“The year of treatment you gave to me saved my life. When I first met you I could only walk a few blocks before my legs would go numb. Several months after finishing therapy with you I was able to walk 3 – 5 miles per day without stopping.”
J. Kellner

“Tom Rawe has helped me relearn how to use my pelvis with wonderful results. The eight year battle with chronic right heel and Achilles pain is finally over. I can walk, run, do barre, yoga, hike – all without pain, and with a stable, flexible foot. More than that, I feel reintegrated through my center… I feel like myself again.”
Lise Brenner, Dancer

“How does one thank the person who turned a 63-year old, cane needing, sufferer of almost 16 years with unbearable pain, into a man who will be able to dance at his son’s wedding next month? The care you gave me and the others—either as a group or one-on-one—can never be truly realized by you, except if you spoke with my wife and family! They would describe me as I described myself in the first paragraph of this letter. The look in my wife’s eyes when she saw me walking without the aid of a cane, and with smile on her face that could have lit up a room, was something I wish you could have seen!”
Richard D. Hochwald, So. Ozone Park, NY

“Before PTFNYC suggested the Krauss series to me a few years ago, my hamstrings were so tight that I could not touch my toes (not even close). After only four weeks of doing the Krauss exercises without straining, my flexibility improved noticeably and I was able to touch my toes easily.”
Jack G. Stern

“I have just completed six months of physical therapy at Physical Therapy and Feldenkrais. The physical therapy was necessary in my recovery from major ankle surgery. An ankle, as I learned, is a particularly difficult item. When I began my therapy I was on a walker, and my right leg—for the most part the ankle, but also, significantly, my knee—could not support me. It was painful to move around on the walker, and I hobbled around if I had to go anywhere. Even getting out of bed was difficult and painful. Psychologically, the experience was debilitating. Physically it was a terrible experience. I could not imagine walking normally again. My intent was just to be able to get around without pain. After six months of physical therapy at Physical Therapy and Feldenkrais I’m at 100% again. I’m probably above 100%, actually. I now have a much better idea about how the various connections up and down my body work, and how my ankle is affected through my knee, my hip, and even up my spine. Physically, the ankle is no longer a problem at all. My surgeon had told me that this would be the result if I followed orders and went to my physical therapy faithfully, and he was right. The surgery was certainly necessary, but it was only half the job. I highly recommend Physical Therapy and Feldenkrais to anyone in need of physical rehabilitation.”
George W. Howard III, President/CEO Assist America, Inc

“I’m a 100 year old patient. Shows how good they are.”
Werner Michel, Retired Television Executive

“Over the past 6 months I’ve had the pleasure of working with almost everyone on the PTFNYC staff, and I can say without reservation that the staff at PTFNYC comprises some of the warmest and most good-natured people I’ve known. Marek listens with care – both to my words and, when I can’t articulate what I’m feeling, to what my body tells him – and with great gentleness over the past six months has guided me toward a more effortless way of movement, which has helped alleviate the symptoms of a long-term back problem. He possesses great skill in treating both body and mind, combining his teaching and PT guidance with sensitivity and a wonderful sense of humor. My life has been much enriched through working with PTFNYC. I move with greater ease and, through continued involvement in classes with their staff, can look forward to deeper explorations into better movement.”
Stephanie Krause, Illustrator, Book Maker

“I chose Marek because of the intensity of his focus: he has a way of seeing inside me that does not waver for the entire session. Our sessions quickly and quietly evolved from therapy to treat an injury, to a compelling exploration of how I was predisposed to hurt myself, to a growing desire to know myself through this work.”
Rebecca Gardiner, President, Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York

“Top level competitions and a demanding training schedule often lead to pain in my knees, back, shoulders and more. Marek has helped me heal and recover quickly. Through our session he gives me knowledge to help prevent future injuries.”
Zaddick Longenbach, Olympian Fencing ’92, World Championship Team

“When I started with [Tom] I had little hope of any change in my condition. Now there is a change for the better and those close to me can see it as well.”

“I came to Marek Wyszynski’s practice a year ago with longstanding knee and hip injuries from a bicycle accident. With Marek’s help, I have increased my activities enormously, returning to regular exercise and overall have so much less pain…. I know I am literally in good hands when working with him. Beyond his many gifts, Marek possesses a gentle spirit and an ability to listen intently to my symptoms and concerns.”
Jonathan Comisar, Pianist, Composer, Cantor

“Over the past six months, through Marek’s gentle, sensitive and expert practice of Feldenkrais, I have become more aware of old habitual movements and postures which contribute to muscular holding, stress and strain. Much of the muscular discomfort and spasms I had been experiencing due to “old’ dance injuries and computer-related repetitive strain have retreated. I am in many instances, able to sense muscular overuse and stop the stressful activity before it causes a painful interlude. When discomfort reappears, it usually remains for a much shorter period of time and with far less intensity and pain. Thanks, Marek!”
Lise Isenstead, Professor, Manhattan School of Music

“I came to Feldenkrais after years of chronic and acute back pain that left me tense and hesitant. Under Marek Wyszynski’s skillful guidance I became aware of ways to move painlessly, with ease and comfort. Today I not only walk a mile on a treadmill but feel freer and more productive and creative in other aspects of my life.”
Eva Oppenheim, Poet

Testimonials for the Feldenkrais Method

Andrew Weil, M.D., Author of 8 Weeks to Optimum Health and Spontaneous Healing
“Feldenkrais work is innovative, gentle and often strikingly effective at rehabilitating victims of trauma, cerebral palsy, stroke, and other serious disabilities.
I recommend the Feldenkrais Method to patients whose movement has been restricted by injury, cerebral palsy, stroke, fibromyalgia, chronic pain. I also believe that the Feldenkrais Method can help all of us feel more comfortable in our bodies.”

Margaret Mead, PhD, Anthropologist
“This is the most sophisticated and effective method I have seen for the prevention and reversal of deterioration of function. We’re condemning millions of people to a deteriorated old age that’s not necessary.”

Science Digest
“The Feldenkrais Method has had remarkable success in a range of chronic complaints ranging from the debilitating, such as cerebral palsy or paralysis, to the merely nagging, such as stiff necks, tension headaches or the blahs.”

David Ben Gurion, First Prime Minister of Israel
“This new approach to physical and mental well being holds in store vast possibilities. From my own experience I know the remarkable results achieved (with Feldenkrais).”

Bruce Holmes, Runner’s World
“The Feldenkrais work has had an enormous effect on the way I run and on the way I live my life. My knee problem vanished. I’ve increased my mileage considerably without a trace of difficulty. And I’m running faster.”

Bernard Lake, M.D., Australia
“The system developed by Moshe Feldenkrais…has as much potential for understanding the mind/body relationship as Einstein’s general theory of relativity had for physics.”

Yehudi Menuhin, Concert Violinist
“The Feldenkrais exercises are ingenious.”

Leon Fleischer, Concert Pianist, Musical Director, Tanglewood Music Festival
“Before we included Feldenkrais in the curriculum there was usually a small army of musicians who’d have overuse or practice-related injuries, whereas last summer(1989) there was only one.”

Peter Brook, Film & Stage Director
“Feldenkrais has studied the body in movement with a precision that I have found nowhere else.”

Albert Rosenfeld, Smithsonian Magazine
“Feldenkrais represents a revolution in human health.”

American Holistic Nurses’ Association Guide to Common Chronic Conditions : Self-Care Options to Complement Your Doctor’s Advice
“Try Feldenkrais for headaches or musculoskeletal problems. A study reported in the American Journal Of Pain Management found that patients with chronic headaches and/or musculoskeletal problems reported more mobility and decreased pain up to a year after treatment compared to comparison groups.”

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia : The Revolutionary Treatment That Can Reverse The Disease by R. Paul St. Amand
”A bodywork technique we have seen to benefit patients is known as The Feldenkrais Method. In a series of lessons, patients are taught how to integrate their body movements so that they function with less effort and pain.”

Bone, Breath, & Gesture: Practices of Embodiment by Don Hanlon Johnson
“A breathtaking work of genius, the Feldenkrais Methods—one (“Functional Integration”), hands-on with an individual teacher; the other (“Awareness Through Movement”), group movements directed by a teacher—teach a person how to liberate oneself from the narrow range of stereotypical movement patterns that we learn in our culture, and to rind a wider range of moving, and being. These works have had an enormous impact on the medical practice of physical therapy, since restricted movement patterns are associated with trauma, and freeing them produces significant relief of pain.”