MaineHealth provides expert rehabilitation care in Boothbay Harbor and Damariscotta, Maine. 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
Expert physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy, close to home
Our experienced rehabilitation team will work with you to build an activity program that meets your unique needs and preferences. Services include:
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Lymphedema therapy
- Aquatic therapy
- Speech therapy
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- Hip, knee, and shoulder joint pain and weakness
- Back and neck pain
- Work injuries, hand injuries, work conditioning, workstation ergonomics
- Stroke and other nervous system impairments
- Post-surgical weakness
- Vertigo
- Fall prevention
- Pediatric developmental delay
- Speech and swallowing disorders
Our physical therapists (PTs) treat people of all ages who have medical problems or conditions that limit their ability to move and perform activities in their daily lives. We often work with people recovering from surgery, returning home after a long illness or rehabilitating from an injury. Our physical therapists can also help you with:
- Conditions associated with pregnancy
- Incontinence and pelvic pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic pain
- Headaches
- Pain related to jaw joint problems (TMJ)
Our occupational therapists can help you gain skills needed for living and working independently. We provide:
- Customized treatment programs to improve the ability to perform daily activities
- Comprehensive home and job site evaluations to make the area safer
- Recommendations for adaptive equipment and training to safely use it
Lymphedema is swelling caused by a build-up of lymphatic fluid in the tissues. It can be a result of surgery or radiation treatments for breast cancer or prostate cancer. It can also be caused by: other surgeries, trauma, infection or rare inherited conditions.
Our treatment begins with a thorough evaluation, including measuring the affected area. From there we work with you to determine a personalized plan based on your needs. Services include:
- Manual lymph drainage (MLD) - a gentle massage that moves fluid from blocked pathways, reducing swelling
- Gradual compression of the affected area using bandaging techniques and special garments that help reduce swelling and improve circulation
- Skin care, exercise and ongoing education
Aquatic therapy is offered at the Boothbay Region YMCA. It can help strengthen your muscles with less stress on your joints. Aquatic therapy promotes muscle relaxation, muscle strengthening and increased blood flow to injured areas. If you have an orthopedic injury, neurological conditions or are a pediatric patient, aquatic therapy can help you:
- Improve flexibility
- Start exercising
- Improve awareness of body movement
- Lower risk of injury or re-injury during rehabilitation
- Enhance walking ability
Our speech-language pathologists (also called speech therapists) evaluate and treat problems associated with speech, language, cognition and swallowing. Speech therapy can help you with:
- Communication and swallowing problems associated with traumatic brain injury, head and neck cancer, stroke, progressive neurological disorders, craniofacial anomalies, asthma and chronic pneumonia
- Pediatric speech, language, cognition and swallowing delays or disorders
- Adult speech, language, cognition and swallowing dysfunction following injury or disease
- Voice disorders
- Stuttering
- Aphasia
- Dysarthria
- Apraxia
- Dysphagia
- Tracheostomy
- Cognitive impairment
Rehabilitation care can speed your recovery from illness or injury and help you to improve strength and function.
You don't have to live with chronic pain. Your MaineHealth provider can work with you to come up with a safe pain management plan.
