Dr. David Ness

Dr. David Ness

Dr. David Ness is located in the Hudson Valley in New Paltz, N.Y.  We offer Traditional and Sports Chiropractic care, Active Release Techniques, Spinal Decompression, Cold Laser, Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, Titleist Golf Fitness, and Runner’s Gait Analysis.

Dr. Ness is a Certified Sports Chiropractor, Certified Master Active Release Techniques® Provider, Certified Kennedy Spinal Decompression Specialist, and Certified Titleist Golf Fitness Instructor®.

In addition to traditional chiropractic care, Dr. Ness utilizes ART® to remove scar tissue and adhesions from injured muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. Dr. Ness uses Selective Functional Movement Assessments to reveal the underlying bio-mechanical stresses that cause injuries and pain.

Dr. Ness also uses non-surgical spinal decompression to alleviate pain from disc herniations in the neck, back, and sciatica.  Dr. Ness practices in New Paltz and serves as the official chiropractor and ART® provider for the ARMY WEST POINT football team.  He served as the official chiropractor for Marist College and Vassar College Athletic Departments before joining Army in 2015.

A photo of Dr. David Ness with an Army Football player
Dr. David Ness with members of the Army Football team.

Dr. David Ness is available by appointment Mon-Sat.

Specializing in helping athletes and active people quickly relieve pain and heal injuries, Dr. Ness works with his clients to improve their strength, mobility, and flexibility.

Dr. David Ness is a husband and father of two children. He enjoys yoga, golf, mountain biking, snowboarding, and hiking when he is not at work.

Family of Dr. David Ness

He has practiced Yoga in New Paltz for the past 20 years. A competitive volleyball player and skydiver, he competed at two National Championships. He was part of the New Jersey state record for the largest formation skydive in 1997, with 100 jumpers from 6 airplanes.  Dr. Ness knows the pain of injury and the consequences of competing, having injured both knees and his ankle, all of which required surgery and rehabilitation.

Dr. Ness has served as the official chiropractor and ART provider for the ARMY WEST POINT football team since 2015.  He works onsite at the United States Military Academy football training room twice a week during the season and is on the sidelines for all home games. Dr. Ness has also been to every Army-Navy game since 2015.

Dr. David Ness Army Football

At our New Paltz office, Dr. Ness provides ongoing chiropractic care for many athletes from S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, Marist, and Vassar colleges, as well as local professional and recreational triathletes and duathletes in the Hudson Valley. He has served as the ART provider for the Hudson Valley Triathlon Club and as the provider and organizer of ART for the New York Triathlon Club races. Dr. Ness has treated athletes at the IRONMAN Triathlon in Lake Placid 5 times, and the Survival of the Shawangunks (S.O.S.) Triathlon in New Paltz from 2004-2017.

Dr. Ness works with adult and juvenile equestrian show jumpers from local stables, including Lucky “C” stables in New Paltz, musicians, and performers from the New Paltz School of Ballet.

Thirty-four years of professional experience give Dr. Ness the ability to diagnose and treat a wide range of injuries and conditions for athletes and non-athletes. He has advanced training in sports medicine, spinal decompression, skeletal radiology, Kinesio taping, yoga, and golf fitness.

Dr. Ness also holds certifications in the innovative Active Release Technique (ART) Soft Tissue Management System, including the latest treatment for complex protocols. ART is highly effective in treating most sports injuries, repetitive strain injuries, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other overuse injuries. Dr. Ness is one of only a few chiropractors in the Hudson Valley authorized to provide ART Ironman Performance Care, Complex protocols, and long tract nerve release treatment.

Through his work as a certified Titleist Golf Fitness Instructor, Dr. Ness can provide interested patients with strategies for increasing core strength and flexibility in their spine and muscles. These strategies help relieve pain and improve overall health, swing bio-mechanics, and athletic performance.