Integrating Japanese Eastern medicine with Western medicine.

89 y.o. relief from lower back pain

Improved from not being able to walk to being able to dance!

A pelvic yoga instructor also learned from a women's health specialist

I had chronic pain in my lower back. Dr. Takada’s treatment and training sessions have dramatically improved my condition. I now have a golf swing without pain. I highly recommend FuncPhysio if you have any golf-related issues!

Dr. Nidhi has extensive knowledge and treatment skills in women’s health. I am a yoga instructor and help clients with pelvic issues, but I was unaware of any treatment modalities that specialized in pelvic floor muscle therapy. Dr. Nidhi improved my pelvic distortion, pelvic floor muscle function, and overall posture. In addition, my neck pain was reduced after the treatment.

I injured my right ankle a long time ago and it really hurt when I played golf, but Dr. Takada treated me and taught me how to train myself properly. Now I can play golf without pain. In addition, my golf swing has greatly improved and my golf scores have also improved significantly. I really appreciate your help!

My back pain for 2 years after a bike accident got improved.

Treatment for the ankle improved my voice production

Mek
Mek
2023-09-21
Although I had remarkably successful back surgery over 20 years ago, my central core was weak from the prior injuries. Then about 8 months ago,  I was threw out my back while working in my yard. I had extreme pain, leg drop; daytime activity was cumbersome at best and I could not sleep comfortably. Knowing the symptoms, I assumed I would require neurosurgery again. The surgeon recommended physical therapy as a first step.  Prior experiences with PT made me skeptical.  What I have received from Emi was informative and proactive. I have had chronic back problems for 24 years, with disks impeding on my spinal cord. The treatment I received with Emi gave me an understanding my weaknesses and how I could overcome them. In other words, Emi explained what I had to do and why. Within about ten weeks of a supervised therapy and exercise program, my pain and stiffness are gone. I am now using the Conditioning Program to continue building overall core strength and cardio. Emi analyzed my needs and helped me understand that with the proper guidance, I am stronger, active and have mobility that I thought I lost twenty years ago.
R Tk
R Tk
2023-09-19
If you are looking for a physical therapist who loves to take care of your pain and explains you root causes of pain, FuncPhysio is the right place to go. My assigned therapist is Dr. Emi, and she explained the reasons of my chronic neck pain and headache right after her exam and taught me unique exercises to fix my posture that I have never found out by youtube. I had been having this pain over decade, but I practice this exercise daily at home, and I realize some improvement just after a week 🙂 I also come here for my body maintenance after each chemotherapy to prevent significant weight loss, and so far so good! Reception ladies are always kind and warm welcome. They don’t take much insurance, but definitely it’s worth to go to keep you healthy without any medication.
Mika Murakami
Mika Murakami
2023-07-06
Highly recommended. It is a completely private session with a physical therapist (unlike other physical therapy places). The pain on my leg was drastically reduced after my first session and after three weekly sessions, I feel much better and feel improvement.
itaka821
itaka821
2023-06-07
大変助かりました
B L
B L
2023-05-31
Went to see Dr. Yohei Takada for some PRI treatment and made some tremendous strides in how I felt. Years of feeling aches and difficulty in breathing was eased just from the first session. The benefits continued accumulating from each additional session. The staff there is also very helpful and accommodating.
J C
J C
2023-05-25
I was referred to FuncPhysio to help alleviate severe pain and numbness in my hands, legs and feet due to herniated discs in my L4 & L5. Skeptically, I went, however my previous years of past PT experiences always left me disappointed. This time it was different.  Dr. Emi Yamanami was assigned to my case when I arrived, and looking back that was a very lucky day for me! Dr. Emi has a great understanding of the body and knows exactly how to alleviate any symptom you are experiencing for instant relief, while explaining how the anatomy works and practical things you can do at home to help strengthen and restore in between sessions. What physiatrist told me might take a year to accomplish, I am ecstatic to share that after short months of sessions with Dr. Emi I am pain free and starting to run again! If you are in need of physical therapy, I recommend you go see Dr. Emi and the FuncPhysio team right away!
L B
L B
2023-05-05
Emi was recommended to me by a friend after I tried several sessions of unsuccessful traditional physical therapy for my hip joint problem. The fact that a whole hour is spent one on one with a patient was unusual to any other PT I previously had. During my first session, Emi’s assessment was very thorough and interesting. Her knowledge and insight was impressive. She saw details in my posture that no one had mentioned before. Her manual treatment and the progressively challenging exercises she gave me were very quickly beneficial. She was able to identify various issues that I previously thought unconnected to my hip. Sometimes she worked on some of these issues such as my neck and shoulder. When I first saw Emi I could not walk for more than 10 minutes without pain. Now I am almost ready to get back to hiking. I should also mention that her personality and warmth are adding to our sessions. I already recommended Emi to a suffering friend who had the same experience as mine.
Kumiko Mitsuya
Kumiko Mitsuya
2023-04-04
山並絵美先生に助けていただきました!ありがとうございました。 私は2021年の春頃から、フローズンショルダーで左肩が自由に動かせなくなり、それが原因からか次第に肘や手首まで痛みが広がり、日常生活にも支障が出てしまいました。そんな時、とあるSNSのコミュティでエミ先生と出会い、2021年の夏にエミ先生を尋ねました。とても丁寧なカウンセリングと熟知されたテクニックで、初回の施術でなんと肩の可動域がかなり広がり楽になりました。エミ先生は、経験や知識が豊富なだけでなくとても勉強熱心なので、安心してお願いできました。また、私の辛さにも寄り添ってくださり、精神面でも支えていただきました。お陰様で今では嘘のように回復し、上がらなかった腕が以前のように自由に動かせるようになりました。フローズンショルダーが回復したお陰で、ずっとやりたかったキックボクシングのエクササイズもできるようになり毎日が楽しいです。func physioの先生方はとても優秀な先生ばかりですので、どの先生に診ていただいても間違いないと思いますが、私がお世話になっているエミ先生は知識、経験、技術、そして丁寧なカウンセリングと、本当に素晴らしい先生なのでリコメンドします!エミ先生、これからもよろしくお願いします。
Ashlee Soderman
Ashlee Soderman
2023-03-29
When I first saw Dr. Suga, I had a severe limp and needed crutches or a cane even to walk very short distances, due to extreme hip pain. I couldn't sit, stand or walk for longer than a few minutes. I was essentially on bed rest and thought my quality of life would never be the same. I had already had two surgeries for my diagnosed hip dysplasia (one PAO, one screw removal) and was scheduled to have my psoas completely cut in a desperate attempt to help with my pain. Dr. Suga changed everything. He taught me about the impact of chronic pain on the brain, and how to retrain my thoughts. He worked on my extreme fascia tightness and gave me realistic exercises I could do at home in the interim. Within one month, my pain had started to reduce slightly, by six months I was able to stop walking with a cane and go to yoga and pilates classes, walk to work and sit or stand for however long life required. Dr. Suga GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK! He saved me from a life of disability and 10/10 level pain. I couldn't be more thankful. If you're nervous or unsure of his methodologies, trust the process, work hard at the exercises he gives you and be patient. If your experience is anything like mine, you will get your life back.
L. B.
L. B.
2022-12-13
Dr. Suga is incredibly knowledgeable. I had been in constant pain for years- sleeping, sitting, standing, moving. I saw many different doctors and PTs, massages, injections, but no improvement. I was referred to Dr. Suga by Dr. Prather in HSS. They work together and I know I am on my way to be pain free again. They also treated my daughter who has shoulder problems and rib pain due to swimming practices. All doctors in NYU, Weill Cornell, HSS, those so-called pediatric experts failed my daughter. In one visit, Dr Prather knew there are problems around her shoulders and ribs. If you have unexplained pain for years, it’s going to take some times to solve, just like peeling an onion. Don’t give up. Keep talking to Dr. Suga and Dr. Prather. They are the best.