Hi! My name is Nao Shimada. 日本語も話せます。I have been practicing physical therapy since 2002. I am currently working at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. I feel I can effectively treat many ailments and conditions.
I have experience and treating orthopedic and neurologic conditions. Some of the conditions I feel I can help you with are:
- Neurologic
- Weakness, numbness and pain from nerve injury
- Neuropathy, plexopathy, radiculopathy
- Nerve entrapment
- Nerve impingement
- Neck
- Cervical radiculopathy (severe neck pain and/or tingling, numbness, weakness and/or pain down the arm)
- Thoracic outlet syndrome (tingling, numbness, weakness and/or pain down the arm)
- Upper back
- Thoracic paraspinal pain
- Dorsalgia
- Back
- Severe intractable back pain
- Sciatica
- Back stiffness
- Herniated discs
- Sacroiliac dysfunction
- “Piriformis syndrome”
- Hip
- Severe hip pain
- Trochanteric bursitis
- Labral tear
- Shoulder
- Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
- Rotator cuff tear
- Labral tear
- Joint dysfunction
- Arthritis
- Weakness
- Dizziness
- Vertigo
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
- Stroke
- Weakness from stroke
- Balance deficits
- Gait abnormalities (difficulty with walking)
- Knee
- Patellofemoral pain
- Chondromalacia
- Arthritis
- “Meniscal tear”
- Genu valgum
- Genu varum
- Weakness
- Chronic pain
- Ankle
- Sinus tarsi syndrome
- Sprains/strains
- Achilles tendon pain
- Calf cramping
- Frequent sprains
- Foot
- “Plantarfasciitis”
- Posterior tibialis pain
- Cramping
- Elbow
- “Lateral epicondylitis” (tennis elbow)
- “Medial epicondylitis” (golfer’s elbow)
- Hand
- Carpal tunnel pain
- Arthritis
- Atrophy/weakness