What your first visit actually looks like.

Phase 1: Understand Your Problem

Many patients are frustrated with the medical system. Far too often, patients don’t get enough time with their doctor and feel rushed through diagnoses and treatments, which leads to impersonal care. We want to change the way you view your treatment process, so the first thing we do is take the time to hear your story.

No two instances of pain are 100% alike. Each of us has a different body type, medical history, and pain tolerance, and to provide the highest level of care we need a deep understanding of yours. The key is an open and honest conversation about your health, and you feeling comfortable with our team and trusting us to live up to your expectations.

Phase 2: Find the Root Cause of the Pain

The root cause of your pain may not be the same as someone else’s. Your medical and injury history, body type, and the timeframe of the incident all contribute. We want to identify the root cause and offer a natural solution to get you back to doing what you love most.

Maxicare offers a discovery visit, a one-on-one appointment with one of our physical therapists. We’ll discuss all of your questions and concerns. There is no pre-authorization needed from your insurance, and no prescription needed from your primary physician. Best of all, our discovery visit is 100% free.

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Phase 3: Customized Program To Help Ease Your Pain & Restore Your Mobility

A list of exercises should be specifically catered to your needs. Exercises that irritate your muscles, or that you do without proper guidance, can do more harm than good. At Maxicare, we aim to ease your pain before giving you exercises to do at home, and one of the ways we do that is manual therapy. Using targeted treatment techniques, manual therapy quickly restores your mobility and eases your pain before you begin exercises.

Our techniques include:

• Treating scar tissue
• Loosening up joints
• Easing out knots and muscle spasms

With manual therapy, tightness eases and your muscles feel less irritated as blood circulation improves.

Phase 4: Retrain the “Brain-Body” Connection

Even if you feel pain-free during treatment, that doesn’t mean your body is fully healed. Chronic pain causes you to develop bad habits to cope with it, and these need to be corrected. Compensations may include:

• Pushing on your thighs with your hands when bending forward to pick something up
• Relying on momentum to stand up from a bed or chair
• Leaning too far forward to ease back stiffness
• Using neck muscles when lifting your shoulders

These compensations happen because your brain sees painful movements as harmful, so it adjusts how you move. Most pain exercises only build strength and mobility without restoring the brain-body connection. Our program is much more than a sheet of exercises. We offer complete guidance and attention through one-on-one appointments. Through it, we help you:

• Regain confidence in your movements, especially those that were too painful or uncertain
• Return to exercise with us guiding you, so you don’t have to worry about hurting yourself again
• Understand brain-body awareness and gain the skills to self-correct improper movements
• Get back to the activities you love, such as walking, hiking, or jogging

Phase 5: Optimize Your Quality of Life

Patients with the most success come with an open mind, stay motivated, and commit to an active lifestyle. Even if you feel stuck right now, with the right effort you can get back to feeling better and living the quality of life you deserve.

Get in touch with us today to learn more about what we can offer. We look forward to hearing from you and answering your questions.