About

SARA CHAN

A Brief History

Sara’s passion for her work as a physical therapist began with her understanding of movement from an early age, when she was surrounded by dance, fitness, yoga and other forms of therapeutic movement.  Helping others move well in life while discovering one’s capacity for recovering and developing higher levels of function gives her great satisfaction.

Sara has practiced as a licensed physical therapist for over 20 years in Florida, New York City and New Jersey, during which time she specialized in orthopedics, pelvic health for women and men, obstetrics, and vestibular rehabilitation. The highlight of her years of extensive continuing education has been her training and certification in Functional Manual Therapy (FMT) through the Institute of Physical Art.  FMT training gave her a framework to evaluate and promote efficient function as well as refined manual evaluation tools which diagnose and treat movement dysfunction as it occurs during movement with specificity.  She became a Certified Yoga Instructor through Yoga Synthesis in order to freely integrate yoga into her repertoire of movement therapy.

In 2017, she opened her own practice, Sara Chan PT LLC, in Ridgewood, NJ, where she now resides with her husband and daughter.  Her own experience through pregnancy and postpartum, yoga and dance, as well as her journey to optimize functioning in her own body has greatly enhanced her appreciation for what it takes to succeed in achieving one’s goals.