Our Mend Chiropractors work to provide you the best treatment solutions for sport injuries

Doctor of Chiropractic

Often referred to as chiropractors or chiropractic physicians, our Portland Maine chiropractors practice a drug-free, hands-on approach to health care that includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment. Chiropractors have broad diagnostic skills and are also trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, as well as to provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counseling.

Although we are a multidisciplinary chiropractic clinic offering a variety of non-invasive treatments, one of the most common therapeutic treatments we provide for our Southern Maine patients is known as a ”spinal manipulation," also called "chiropractic adjustment." The purpose of manipulation is to restore joint mobility by manually applying a controlled force into joints that have become hypomobile or restricted in their movement as a result of a tissue injury.

Tissue injury can be caused by a single traumatic event, such as improper lifting of a heavy object, or through repetitive stresses, such as sitting in an awkward position with poor spinal posture for an extended period of time. In either case, injured tissues undergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and diminished function for the sufferer. Manipulation, or adjustment of the affected joint and tissues, restores mobility, thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing tissues to heal.

If you are interested in obtaining more information regarding chiropractic care in Portland Maine, please contact our Mend Health and Wellness team in Scarborough Maine.

What are Mobile Chiropractic Services?
Let’s Face it, we all have less and less time to see the doctor. At Mend Health & Wellness we understand that you may have a profession, active lifestyle, kids, musculoskeletal injury, or physical impairment that makes it very difficult for you to come “in-person” to our chiropractic clinic in Scarborough Maine.

That’s why we offer house calls, a personalized service that provides chiropractic care outside the traditional office settings and hours. You can schedule mobile care for one person, your entire family, or any group of individuals, such as an athletic team or employees at a corporate office.

Our clinicians have performed chiropractic services in homes, team locker rooms, gyms and outdoor events throughout the greater Portland Maine area. One of our trusted chiropractic doctors will arrive at your specified location at your convenience and provide the best possible experience, with the highest level of service you would expect at our office location.

Who commonly needs a House Call?
Travel chiropractic services are commonly used by anyone who lacks mobility, such as women who have just given birth, or someone outside Portland Maine that may not have a chiropractor nearby. Also, Corporations and athletic teams are likely to avail the services of concierge chiropractic to save time and money while maintaining the health of their employees and team members.

What are the common services offered outside the office?
The most common services are chiropractic adjustments, nutritional and wellness advice, corrective exercise instructions, and treatment of soft tissue injuries. Patients can receive referrals for imaging, and other services if needed. In fact, our chiropractors can provide the majority of services that are available in office during a travel visit.

Are there any limitations?
There are some limitations so please contact our chiropractic office in Scarborough Maine to see if at home chiropractic care is right for you.

Will insurance pay for home care?
Most Insurance doesn't pay for services provided outside the chiropractic office. Rather than pay out-of-pocket, consider asking your corporate office or sports team to contract Dr. St John for available chiropractic travel visits.

What are the benefits of mobile chiropractic care?
Travel services provide relief from acute or chronic pain at the location of your choice. Chiropractic care can facilitate a quicker recovery, improves athletic performance, and is an effective stress management tool.

Additional benefits of this convenient service include:

• Absolute privacy
• Comprehensive services for one set fee
• Services outside traditional office hours
• Immediate care

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Have you been from doctor office-to-doctor office hoping to get pain relief or healed? Are you frustrated with the typical chiropractic paradigm? Are you convinced it’s something you’re just going to have to deal with?

If you answered yes, then we might be an alternative solution. We successfully solve most muscle and joint complaints even with previous diagnosis and imaging studies. We have a saying "expect more from your chiropractor." All too often many health and wellness practitioners put their financial health before their patients health. If you have been receiving extended treatment plans with little to no improvement of symptoms, then it may be time for a second opinion before you continue care.

Our goal is to treat you in the least amount of visits and provide you with the utmost quality healthcare. If we feel that we are not the best provider for you, we will happily refer you to the appropriate specialist. We have a network of colleagues that we can refer you to for further evaluation if needed. We have a strong working relationship with allied professionals of all specialties, including family practice physicians, nurse practitioners, orthopedic associates, neurologists, primary care physicans, physical therapists, athletic trainers and massage therapists in Maine.

If you are interested in obtaining a consultation regarding pain treatments near Portland Maine, please contact our Mend Health and wellness team in Scarborough..

What is considered PT services?
It’s a combo of personal training, and coaching. Personal Therapy provides direct one-on-one fitness and rehab instruction. Under the direct supervision of a Chiropractic physician.

What can I expect during rehab therapy?
Dr. St John incorporates exercise screening, goal setting, and health education into your PT program at Mend Health & Wellness. Following a consultation that includes an injury and health history, Dr. St John and his team designs a challenging workout routine specifically customized for your individual needs. As your strength and endurance builds, Dr. St John adds exercises that are tailored to maximize your fitness levels and help avoid injury.

What are some of the benefits of PT?
Everyone has unique health and physical training requirements. You can benefit from an exercise and health regimen tailored to your needs that focuses on:

• Old injuries that can make exercise difficult or painful
• Realistic goals
• Regular review of skills and goals
• Scheduling that fits your unique needs

What special skills does a chiropractor bring to PT?
Dr St John Is credentialed thorough the highly sought out National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Performance Enhancing Specialist (NASM-PES). Before planning an exercise regimen, Dr. St John assesses your range of motion, strength, balance and coordination, posture, and motor function. Your personal training program will include exercises for flexibility, endurance, and strength, as well as injury prevention, both for exercise and daily living. Dr. St John also helps you design a safe and effective regimen for those days that you exercise on your own. But besides fitness training, Dr. St John incorporates chiropractic treatment as needed to help you reach and maintain your goals.

If you’re ready to reach your fitness goals, call or book an appointment online today to meet with Dr. St John at Mend Health & Wellness near Portland Maine.

Manual Therapy Techniques
Our doctors have been trained in a very specialized form of hands-on soft tissue therapy unique to our office called Instrumented Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASM) and Myofascial Release Technique protocols (MRT). Soft tissue mobilization is a manual method of treatment. The thumbs, fingers, hands and elbows of the provider may be used to apply pressure to the various muscles. This often occurs with the patient actively involved in some form of motion.

With most soft tissue and joint-related injuries there is inflammation, scar tissue formation and a resulting loss in range of motion. Our treatments, encourages the joints and soft tissue structures of the body to reach there complete end-range position. This eliminates adhesions and blockages in the soft tissue structures and joints and returns the body to a pain-free status. Soft tissue therapy helps restore normal joint range of motion, relieves painful trigger points and improves muscle strength and function.

By applying hand pressure into and around damaged soft tissue, your Southern Maine chiropractor can release restrictions created by scar tissue formation. This soft tissue therapy also brings oxygen and other healing nutrients to the scar tissue site.The amount of pressure that is provided varies with the diagnosis, age of the patient, overall health of the patient, and consideration of the patient’s goals and the provider’s goals. The method of treatment performed at Mend Health of Maine addresses all the soft tissues surrounding the involved joint or region.

If you are interested in obtaining more information regarding our many soft tissue mobilization techniques in Maine, please contact our Mend Health and Wellness team in Scarborough Maine.

Hands on approach to Healthcare

Doctor of Chiropractic