The Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) is the premier professional domestic beach volleyball tournament and the AVP tour resumes this week after the closing of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The AVP MBO main draw starts in California this Friday, August 16th. This is the Grandaddy of them all, the AVP Manhattan Beach Open where beach volleyball started!

While our American athletes did not medal, we welcome them back and congratulate them on making it to the world stage and for doing their best in their sport. It is always an honor to work with professional athletes and to see our American Olympians back on US soil will be exciting. They are up against the largest draw at this tournament and it will be thrilling to watch to see who comes out on top. Everyone will still be abuzz at the end of the best and most prestigious world athletics show and now we get to watch it live in Manhattan Beach, California.

Dr. Karena Wu is the AVP Medical Director and has worked with the AVP tour since the early 2000’s. She oversees a mutli-disciplinary medical tent and works on the pros during their tournaments. This weekend, we will welcome our 2024 Olympians, Kelly Cheng (pictured above) & Sarah Hughes and Kristin Nuss & Taryn Kloth. On the men’s side, Chase Budinger & Miles

Evans and Andy Benesh & Miles Partain will be back competing in this tournament. The AVP also showcases the Canadian Silver medalists, Brandi Wilkerson (pictured) and Melissa Humana Paredes.

Dr. Wu works as a sports physical therapist, keeping the athletes in play using techniques like the Graston Technique®, Kinesiology taping, and advanced manual therapies. The goal is to keep the athletes in play.

Dr. Wu looks forward to resuming care of the pros for this tournament and the rest of the season. To check out the rest of the tournament season and the athletes’ details, go to www.avp.com.

Dr. Wu and her Team at ActiveCare Physical Therapy take care of other athletes that play volleyball, run or perform any other sport.

To check out our services that can help you with your particular sport, click on https://activecarephysicaltherapy.com/midtown-nyc-physical-therapy-services/.

Call us at 212.777.4374 or email us at staff@bestptnyc.com to book your appointment today.