MaineHealth offers expert rehabilitation care in Belfast, Maine. Our skilled physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) provide therapy services for all people of all ages.
Advanced physical, occupational, orthopedic and sports therapy services
Our multi-disciplinary approach to patient-centered care includes individual treatment plans focused on:
- Regaining movement, strength, balance, speech, cognition, mobility and independence
- Returning to work, sport or activities of daily living
- Educating patients and caregivers
Our goal is to help you reach your best functional outcome. We provide services in a variety of setting and locations including inpatient care at MaineHealth Waldo Hospital. When needed, close collaboration with other MaineHealth specialists is an important part of our patient care.
More about our services
Our skilled physical therapists (PTs) help patients of all ages reach their best functional outcome.
Physical therapists treat a wide range of conditions, such as:
- Total/partial joint replacements
- Neck & back pain
- Chronic pain
- Fibromyalgia
- TMJ
- Post-stroke rehabilitation
- Post-amputation rehabilitation
- Pre/post-surgical knee, shoulder, hip
- Balance deficits
- Gait deficits
- Chronic edema/Lymphedema
- Post-mastectomy or post-trauma edema
- Pregnancy pain issues
- Sports and work-related injuries
- Vertigo and vestibular rehab
- Pelvic floor dysfunction/pain
- Postural restoration techniques
Pediatric physical therapy
We provide expert pediatric physical therapy in our office, at home, at schools, parks and playgrounds – whatever works best for your child. Using a multidisciplinary team approach, we working closely with family members, other therapists, teachers, and doctors to achieve the best results for you child. Conditions commonly treated include:
- Developmental disorders
- Cerebral palsy
- Spina bifida
- Down syndrome
- Genetic disorders
- Coordination issues
- Toe walking
- Neck muscle tightness (Torticollis)
- Behavioral issues
- Post traumatic stress disorder
- ADD/ADHD
- Autism
- Hearing and visual disorders
Our occupational therapists (OTs) provide care for people of all ages with health conditions that cause pain, decreased mobility, decreased strength, loss of function or ability to perform self-care. We will develop a personalized care plan that helps you gain the strength, endurance and abilities needed to return to independent living.
Occupational therapists treat a wide range of conditions, such as:
- Hand injuries/surgeries
- Elbow, wrist and shoulder injuries/surgeries
- Degenerative disorders
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Joint diseases
- Overuse conditions and tendonitis
- Post-stroke rehabilitation
- Cognitive and memory deficits
Pediatric Occupational Therapy (OT)
Our occupational therapists provides early OT intervention for children from birth to 5 years old with developmental and sensory delays. Services are provided at home, pre-schools and at our outpatient practice. Your child may benefit from occupational therapy if they have:
- Inattention and distractibility
- Difficulty with visual tasks such as letter recognition and copying from a blackboard
- Difficulty eating, dressing and following instructions
- Awkward running / jumping and planning body movements
- Writing difficulties and other hand skill issues
- Struggles with self-control or is easily overwhelmed
- Difficulty with processing sound, touch or textures
- Behavioral issues such as biting, kicking and fighting
A referral from your pediatrician or Child Development Services is required.
Our orthopedic and sports physical therapy team helps patients of all ages recover from sports injuries. Our licensed physical therapists and PT assistants can help prevent pain or further damage, train different muscles to compensate for ones that have been damaged and, ultimately, restore your ability to work, play and live as normally as possible. Services include:
- Assessments to identify the source of pain or mobility problem
- Therapeutic plans tailored to your unique needs and utilizing a range of treatments, including:
- Manual therapy techniques such as joint mobilization to improve limited motion
- Therapeutic exercise to address specific muscle dysfunction, and increase muscle strength and endurance
- Techniques to improve neuromuscular control and muscle sequencing
- Aquatic PT which lessens pressure on muscles and joints
- Bracing/taping to support and/or hold a body part stable and motionless to prevent pain and further injury
- Orthotics, custom-designed appliances that help to prevent and correct deformities that may hinder a patient’s ease of movement, and aid in support and alignment.
- Patient education about self-management techniques
The MaineHealth Waldo Hospital swing bed program provides short-term rehabilitation care for patients who need to increase their strength and independence prior to returning home from a hospital stay. Patients work toward independent self-care with support from a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team. The team also helps ensure a safe and comfortable transition from hospital to home.
To be eligible for swing bed care, patients must:
- Require a “skilled” level of care
- Have a qualifying hospital stay
- Agree to participate in short-term rehabilitation
Your swing bed care team may include:
- Physicians
- Hospitalists
- Registered nurses
- Swing bed coordinators
- Social workers/discharge planners
- Pharmacists
- Dietitians
- Physical, occupational and speech therapists
- Activities coordinators
- Medicare specialists
- Behavioral health specialists
Please call 207-505-4515 for more information. We will work with you to determine eligibility and insurance coverage.
MaineHealth Waldo Hospital Physical Occupational and Speech Therapy offers specialized therapy for people living with Parkinson's disease.
LSVT BIG is an intensive physical and occupational therapy exercise program that’s proven to help improve major motor skills, including:
- Faster walking
- Bigger steps
- Better balance
- Increased trunk rotation
- Increased fine motor skills
- Increased activities of daily living
- Many people living with Parkinson’s disease have issues with recognizing the appropriate amount of effort to perform normal movements. LSVT BIG is used to minimize or slow progression of the disease.
LVST LOUD helps people living with Parkinson's disease strengthen their voice, volume and articulation through a series of therapeutic exercises. This service is provided through MaineHealth Waldo Hospital Speech Therapy.
Urinary incontinence retraining involves exercises and treatment that help female patients better use their pelvic floor muscles.
We provide customized therapeutic exercise programs that help cancer patients maintain their physical and mental well-being. Aquatic therapy services are also available for those unable to begin an exercise program on land. For more information, please call 207-338-9316. A physician’s referral is required.
