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Therapeutic exercise and massage for lifelong wellness

Providing individualized exercise, physical therapy and therapeutic massage in a private, supportive environment. Specializing in balance, strength, flexibility and pain management to help you achieve and maintain a healthy, active, independent lifestyle.

What We treat

  • Pre-surgery preparation and post-surgical recovery for orthopedic cases
  • Tendonitis, strains and sprains, and other muscle or joint pain
  • Sciatica
  • Neck and low back pain
  • Headaches, dizziness and vertigo
  • Arthritis and osteoporosis
  • Balance problems or falls
  • Neurological issues such as stroke, Parkinsons, and multiple sclerosis

How We Treat

Physical therapy services include customized treatment that will always be private, one-to-one, and tailored to your specific needs and goals.

Treatments may include:

Customized Exercises

Discover how a tailor made exercise regimen can set you on the path to recovery.
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Graston Technique®

Find out how therapy utilizing the Graston Technique® might be beneficial to you.
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Telehealth Visits

Curious about our secure telehealth option? Learn more here.
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Therapeutic Massage

When is a massage a therapeutic massage? Glad you asked! Come find out today.
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Sports Therapy & Rehabilitation

Find out how our individualized programs will help you recover faster from sports-related injuries and surgeries.
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Therapeutic Modalities

Ask us how we may use modalities like ultrasound and e-stim to help speed up your recovery.
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Neurological Rehabilitation

Discover how neuromuscular re-education can improve neurological issues, including LSVT BIG® for Parkinson’s.
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Balance and Fall Prevention

Find out how a thorough evaluation will guide our customized approach to maximizing your stability for all of the activities you love.
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Home Visits & Modifications

Learn how customized exercises and home modifications can keep you safe in your home for a lifetime.
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Two Payment Options Available

  • Billing through your medical insurance for pain, balance or mobility issues
  • Cash, check, or credit cards accepted for personal fitness training or therapeutic massage services where no pain or movement limitation is found

Resources

8 Main Road South
Hampden, ME 04444
or service from your home.

207-249-9410

Fax: 207-850-2226
hello@designingfitness.com

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  • Customized exercises may include 
    • therapeutic exercise, which refers to specific stretching and/or strengthening exercises that are tailored to you based on a thorough evaluation of your condition. 
    • neuromuscular re-education exercises, which are movements designed to improve your balance or to optimize the specific timing/coordination or control of your movement
    • vestibular exercises to help alleviate dizziness or vertigo

Graston Technique® is a unique form of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization used to find and treat scar tissue and fascial restrictions, which in turn promotes tissue healing and improved extensibility.

All insurances cover Graston Technique®, as it is a form of manual therapy. Still have questions? Click here for more information about it.

Melanie (shown here) is trained and highly experienced in this technique. Click here to contact us for an appointment.

Therapeutic massage is a form of soft tissue mobilization that uses skilled hand movements to increase local tissue circulation, decrease excitability of pain receptors, and improve tissue extensibility. Since therapeutic massage is a form of manual therapy, all insurances cover it if it is part of a comprehensive physical therapy treatment with specific goals and documentation. If you do not require skilled physical therapy for any pain or movement limitation, therapeutic massage is not covered by most insurances, since this would be more for general relaxation, and cash-based rates would apply.
 
Massage without physical therapy is billed at the following rates:
  • 30 min: $50
  • 60 min: $90
  • 90 min: $130

We know how hard it is to be side-lined from the sport you love. With our hands-on and customized approach we will help to reduce swelling, inflammation, and pain, while developing the perfect progression of exercises to get you back in action as soon as possible.

Whether you’re a finely-tuned athlete or a weekend warrior, we can help you get back to doing what you love to do at the top of your game.

Modalities are physical agents that we may use to promote healing, decrease inflammation, reduce pain, and stimulate muscle activation. Examples include heat, ice, ultrasound, phonophoresis, TENS and electrical muscle stimulation.These modalities may be used in conjunction with manual techniques and customized exercises to help you reach your goals as quickly as possible.

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We have expertise in specialized exercise for recovery after a stroke, treatment of multiple sclerosis, and LSVT BIG® for clients with Parkinson’s.

LSVT BIG® is an effective, research-based protocol designed to help Parkinson’s patients improve their daily movements over the long-term.Only certified clinicians can provide this program. Sonja Parker, MSPT is certified. Click here to contact us for an appointment. To learn more about LSVT BIG®, please click here.

By assessing your vestibular, visual, proprioceptive, neurological and musculoskeletal systems, we can find the core causes of your balance issue, and then develop the perfect exercise program to help you become stronger, more stable, and more confident in your everyday life.

If chronic falls are an issue, we can also come to your home to provide a full assessment of potential hazards and offer recommendations to make your home surroundings as safe as possible.

Learn more about our home modifications program on our services page, or contact us to get started with a full balance assessment today!

Do you have daily challenges moving around in your own home? Do you have a loved one who wants to stay at home but you have concerns for their safety? Would you like to be able to stay in your own home for your entire lifetime?

Our home visit and home modification services can provide you with ease of movement, and peace of mind.

We can provide a consultation that incorporates information from you, your health care providers, your family, and your local builder (when necessary) to come up with the perfect solution to keep you safe in your own home for your lifetime.

Possible recommendations can include anything from rearranging furniture and optimizing lighting, to installing grab bars in strategic places, to widening doorways or customizing bathrooms and kitchens.

Our services can save you time and money by directing your resources to the very best options in preparing your home for a long, safe lifetime.

Invest in your future at home. Contact us today.