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