Northeast Spine & Wellness Center

Meet the Northeast Spine & Wellness Center Team

Meet John Lugo, Director of Physical Therapy

Mr. John Lugo is the director of physical therapy at Northeast Spine & Wellness Center. He is a Board certified and licensed physical therapist in New Jersey, New York and Maryland.

Mr. Lugo graduated from Wagner College in Staten Island, NY in 1999 with a BS in Biology and continued on to The College of Staten Island, where he graduated in February of 2003 with a BS/MS in Physical Therapy.

Mr. Lugo has experience in all facets of physical therapy care within the continuum, ranging from acute hospital care, to inpatient rehab, to home care, to orthopedic clinical care. Mr. Lugo has years of experience in outpatient clinical care treating patients with a variety of conditions such as sports injuries, low back pain, neck pain, joint pain, sprains/strains lymphedema, sciatica, overuse injuries, neurological conditions, and everyday aches and pains to name a few.

In addition to Mr. Lugo’s physical therapy training he has over 500 hours of continuing education credits where he has gained proficiency in lymphedema management and electrophysiological evaluation and interpretation and earned certificates in the treatment of nerve injuries, neck pain, and athletic injuries. Mr. Lugo has performed hundreds of electrophysiological evaluations in both New York and New Jersey comprising of EMG and/or NCV testing.

He is also co-author of 2 peer-reviewed journal publications on the field of electrophysiologic testing.

Aside from his practice of physical therapy, Mr. Lugo also has a passion for teaching. From 2003-2004 Mr. Lugo was a biology adjunct professor for The College of Staten Island and for the last 2 years he has been an assistant lecturer and laboratory instructor for Expert Clinical Benchmarks.

Mr. Lugo’s is also an IFPA Certified Personal Fitness Trainer and a BLS certified Healthcare Provider in CPR and AED. A testament to Mr. Lugo’s dedication to the advancement of physical therapy and exercise is his active membership in the American Physical Therapy Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Above all Mr. Lugo and the entire physical therapy staff are committed to providing highly individualized quality care to all of their clients.