Dr. Joseph Herrera on Apos® at Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Joseph Herrera discusses Mount Sinai’s introduction of Apos®, an innovative method for managing knee and back pain in non-surgical patients.
Dr. Herrera’s Story
“We’re actually very excited about the introduction of Apos® here at Mount Sinai. We are rolling out an innovative new way to treat knee pain and back pain. It gives us another tool in our in our toolbox to help those patients who are not looking for surgery and/or who are non surgical candidates.
They [the physical therapists] personalize the shoe to you by adjusting these pods on the bottom. They [the patients] are supposed to use it while at home for about an hour per day. So they can be doing the dishes or vacuuming their apartment, and as they’re wearing the shoe, they actually end up doing therapy during that time.”
