Post-Surgical Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Individualized recovery protocols coordinated with your surgeon after procedures such as ACL or meniscus surgery, rotator cuff repair, joint replacement, and spine surgery.
Physical Therapy
Our orthopedic physical therapy and hand therapy programs are integrated with your care at Maryland Orthopedic Specialists. Therapists communicate with the treating provider and build a plan around your diagnosis, procedure, daily demands, and goals.
Care may include hands-on treatment, progressive exercise, objective strength and movement testing, and condition-specific education. Whether you are recovering from surgery, managing an injury without surgery, or working toward a safe return to sport or work, progress is based on meaningful functional milestones.
What we offer
Physical and occupational therapy services
Our therapists combine individualized rehabilitation with hands-on care, progressive strengthening, and objective testing. The services used in your plan depend on your diagnosis, recovery stage, and goals.
Post-Surgical & Post-Injury Rehabilitation
Non-Surgical Injury Rehabilitation
Conservative treatment for sprains, strains, tendinopathies, and overuse injuries, focused on restoring function and helping you avoid surgery when possible.
Sports Injury Rehabilitation
Sport-specific rehabilitation for competitive and recreational athletes, progressing from symptom control through strength, movement, and safe return to play.
Pre-Habilitation (Prehab)
Preoperative strengthening, mobility, and education designed to help you enter surgery better prepared and begin recovery with a stronger foundation.
Manual & Hands-On Therapy
Manual Therapy
Hands-on joint mobilization and soft-tissue techniques used to reduce pain, restore motion, and improve how muscles and joints move together.
Myofascial Release & Soft-Tissue Mobilization
Targeted treatment of muscle and fascial restrictions that can limit mobility, contribute to pain, or interfere with normal movement.
Dry Needling
A thin-needle technique directed at trigger points and tight muscle bands to reduce pain and help restore movement as part of a broader rehabilitation plan.
Instrument-Assisted Soft-Tissue Mobilization
Specialized tools, including Graston-style techniques, help therapists address scar restriction and improve soft-tissue mobility when clinically appropriate.
Therapeutic Massage
Focused soft-tissue work used to reduce muscle tension, improve mobility, and support recovery alongside exercise and functional retraining.
Movement, Strength & Function
Therapeutic Exercise
An individualized program of strengthening, flexibility, endurance, and mobility exercises matched to your diagnosis, recovery stage, and personal goals.
Neuromuscular Re-Education
Movement and motor-control retraining that helps the brain and muscles coordinate more effectively after pain, injury, immobilization, or surgery.
Gait Training
Assessment and retraining of walking mechanics after injury or surgery, including safe progression away from crutches, braces, or other assistive devices.
Blood Flow Restriction Training
Low-load strengthening with a specialized cuff system that can help preserve or rebuild muscle when heavier resistance is not yet appropriate.
Return-to-Sport & Return-to-Activity Testing
Objective strength, movement, and performance testing used to identify remaining deficits and support safer clearance for sport, work, or recreation.
BlazePod Reaction Training
Interactive reaction-light drills that challenge speed, coordination, decision-making, and sport-specific movement late in rehabilitation.
Advanced Diagnostic Technology
VALD ForceDecks Force-Plate Analysis
Dual force plates objectively measure balance, weight distribution, strength, power, and side-to-side differences during movements such as squats and jumps. Therapists use these benchmarks to personalize rehabilitation, track measurable progress, and support return-to-activity decisions.
Modalities & Pain Management
Electrical Stimulation (E-Stim & NMES)
Electrical stimulation may be used for pain control, muscle re-education, swelling management, or activation of muscles inhibited after injury or surgery.
Cupping Therapy
A suction-based soft-tissue technique used selectively to address muscle tightness and improve short-term tissue mobility within an active rehabilitation program.
Kinesio & McConnell Taping
Supportive and movement-guiding taping techniques used to reduce pain, support joints, improve neuromuscular control, or help manage swelling.
Mechanical Traction
Controlled spinal traction may help selected patients reduce nerve-root compression and disc pressure when it is appropriate for their diagnosis and symptoms.
Bracing, Orthotics & Support
Custom Bracing Fitting
On-site fitting and adjustment of post-surgical and functional braces to provide the prescribed protection and support throughout recovery.
Hand & Occupational Therapy
Hand & Upper-Extremity Rehabilitation
Specialized rehabilitation for hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder conditions, including recovery after fractures, tendon injuries, and surgery.
Custom Splinting
Fabrication and fitting of individualized hand and upper-extremity splints for protection, positioning, mobility, or progressive rehabilitation.
Scar Management
Hands-on techniques, education, and selected products used to improve scar mobility and reduce restrictions after injury or surgery.
Activities of Daily Living Retraining
Occupational therapy focused on restoring independence and confidence with self-care, household, school, work, and other everyday tasks.
Specialty Programs
Work Conditioning & Functional Capacity Evaluation
Job-specific strength, endurance, and functional testing paired with progressive training to support a safe and durable return to work.
Osteoarthritis & Joint Preservation Program
Exercise, education, movement modification, and strength training for people seeking to manage early-to-moderate arthritis and remain active without surgery.
Concussion Rehabilitation
Active, individualized rehabilitation addressing exertion tolerance, balance, vision, and sport demands to support a safe and efficient recovery after concussion.
Return-to-Sport Program
Comprehensive strength, power, movement, reaction, and sport-specific assessment designed to identify readiness and remaining reinjury risks before full competition.