Hello, i’m
Namiko Knight

Namiko Knight, originally from San Diego, California, attended California State University Northridge where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, Exercise Science. She then completed graduate school at Dominican University of New York with her Doctor of Physical Therapy.

Namiko has always enjoyed participating in an active lifestyle and sharing it with others. In California, she grew up as a competitive dancer in the styles of tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, and lyrical. She later joined a professional contemporary hip hop company in San Diego as well as a professional hip hop crew in Los Angeles and was a dance instructor for various studio, high school, and middle school organizations.

Namiko has worked with a wide range of patient populations: professional athletes including NFL athletes, professionals in the performing arts industry including Broadway performers, various orthopedic injuries, surgeries, and more. She aspires to constantly refine her knowledge with research and during her time at Dominican University of New York, she conducted a study comparing different treatment techniques for the shoulder and their respective effects on pectoralis minor length and scapular electromyography activity.

Optimizing patient
care

Namiko’s dance background, love for sports, passion for physical activity, and appreciation of the human body have influenced her commitment to deliver high quality care to her patients to optimize functional movement. During her free time, Namiko enjoys weight training, trying new restaurants, and spending time at the beach.

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Meet the rest of the team

Welcome! We are those guys you see there to the left. Although our team has been around since 2016 and calls Fort Lauderdale "home," we come from near and far. We are physical therapists, but like to think ourselves as healthcare collaborators using innovative solutions to treat patients- translation? We want to be the ones to get you moving better and moving more.

Our SoFloPT Team