Meet Dr. Mike Blanco, DPT at The Spine & Health Center of New Jersey in Montvale, NJ and Closter, NJ

Dr. Mike Blanco is a Doctor of Physical Therapy at The Spine and Health Center of Closter, NJ. He was born and raised in Bergen County. Mike attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT where he first earned his Bachelor’s in Exercise Science, followed by his Doctorate in Physical Therapy in May of 2022. Mike has seen a wide variety of patients throughout his clinical internships during school.  He was fortunate enough to be selected for a specialized clinical placement at The University of Michigan where he worked with high level athletes at the collegiate and high school levels. His last clinical rotation was at Saint Barnabas Hospital where he worked in the Burn Intensive Care Unit.  There he assisted in rehabilitating severely burned patients back to everyday life outside of the hospital. Mike values individualized, one-on-one care with the most up-to-date treatments and philosophies. Mike’s favorite expression is “movement is medicine”, because he believes everyone should be moving and getting more active!