Kamiyama Physical Therapy - Tenafly, NJ

Aug 2023

Kento is not like other physical therapists. In fact, I’d call him a therapeutic physical psychologist. He gets his patients/athletes to understand their injuries, how it’s impacted them psychologically, and develops exercises to help them recover and strengthen themselves. Kento does not just tell you what exercises to do, he tells you what they are supposed to feel like. I came to Kento thinking I would get a few basic exercises to do a week and be done with it…..like a traditional PT, so I was skeptical it would work. I’ve come to realize that other PTs I’ve seen were just putting a band aid on my problems. No wonder I have been wearing a knee brace and wrist...read full review

Aug 2023

I’ve been working with Kento for almost 6 years now. He has played a key role in my success and development in competitive swimming. As an athlete, I constantly have small muscle or movement issues, and Kento is able to recognize them and solve them in a conducive manner. Sometimes I am left in awe at how he is able to recognize issues and relate them to aspects of my swimming technique or even the way I sit down. He has also benefited my swim career by helping me understand my body and its connection to the brain. This has allowed me to improve my swimming technique as I can understand my body better to apply certain technique cues.He has also helped me mature and...read full review

Jun 2023

I approached Kento because I couldn't break out of my yearly (at times, multiple per year) cycles of throwing my back out doing really silly things. The last time ... I was picking up a small LED tv and threw it out, it was sad. These were followed by days, if not weeks' worth, of pain where I couldn't even sleep on my bed or walk. The pain would eventually subside (weeks/months), and I would recover after a few weeks but I never tried figuring out why they happened and how to avoid them in the future. In my early twenties, I joked and hoped it would disappear as I got older; very logical. But, fast forward 8~10 years, it was evident that this had become a terrible problem...read full review