The team
Meet the team.
A small group of clinicians, each trained specifically for the work they do, applied to one thing: your recovery. Hands-on, evidence-based, and built around how the body naturally heals.
Founder & Clinical Director
Dr. Deukyoung Cha
PT, DPT. Nearly thirty years of clinical work in New York. Dr. Cha trained at Yonsei University in Seoul and earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy at Stony Brook University. He opened Cha Physical Therapy in 2008 in NoMad to do the kind of manual-first, full-hour care that large institutions had stopped offering.
Schroth-certified, Hunter College program. Trained in postural restoration, manual therapy, sports rehabilitation, and vestibular care. Licensed in New York since 1998.
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Pelvic floor specialist
Dr. Joy Jang
PT, PhD, WCS, CLT. Board-certified Women's Clinical Specialist. Dr. Jang leads pelvic floor physical therapy at the clinic, a discipline that requires a depth of training most generalist PT programs don't provide. She sees patients with pelvic pain, incontinence, postpartum recovery, endometriosis, and hypermobility-related pelvic instability.
Holds a PhD and a Certified Lymphedema Therapist credential in addition to her WCS board certification. Assessment is thorough. Internal examination is always offered, never required.
Acupuncture
Dr. Mansoo Kim
DPT, L.Ac. Licensed acupuncturist and doctor of physical therapy. Dr. Kim brings both Western and classical Eastern approaches to needle work, which means he's not choosing between frameworks, he's working with both at once. He treats muscle tension, nervous system dysregulation, chronic pain, and conditions that haven't responded to hands-on therapy alone.
Acupuncture is offered alongside physical therapy when indicated, or as a standalone course of care. No dry needling.
TMJ & Medical aesthetics
Dr. Chongmin Park
DDS. Dr. Park brings dental and maxillofacial expertise to TMJ care, jaw tension, bruxism, and headaches, conditions that sit at the boundary of dentistry and physical therapy. He also performs medical aesthetic treatments: Botox and fillers for jaw clenching, expression lines, and facial volume.
Patients with jaw symptoms who aren't getting answers from their dentist or PT alone often do better here, where both sides of the problem are in the same building.