Prospect Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation makes every attempt to get reimbursed by your Health Insurance Provider. There are many different plans to each Insurance Provider, and it is the patient’s responsibility to know if physical therapy is covered by your plan. The patient is responsible for paying out of pocket for any deductibles, Co-payment amounts, or remaining balances which are dictated by your insurance carrier. Prospect Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation is happy to discuss payment options with you, to ensure that you receive the care you need, when you need it. If you have special circumstances, please feel free to contact our office to discuss your insurance questions. This is a list of Health Insurance Providers who we work with directly, and we are preferred care providers with.

The Benefits of 30 Minutes or More of Daily Brisk Walking

When: Daily

How Long: 30 miutes daily or 15 minutes 2x/day or 10 minutes 3x/day

Intensity: 3-6 METS or 150 Kcal/day energy expenditure

• walking 2.5 mph is 3 METS
• walking 3.5 mph (brisk) is 4 METS
• walking 4.0 mph is 5 METS
• walking 4.5 mph is > 6 METS

As much as it’s a necessary chore, snow shoveling is also an exercise – and a strenuous one. Shoveling incorrectly can put people at great risk for back injuries, among others. I advocate for the purchase of a snow blower or payment to a plowing service when possible, but there are some key tips to avoiding injury if you must shovel:

Home Gardening is great recreation, but many gardeners "harvest" avoidable injuries before they harvest anything from their gardens. Although gardening seems relaxing and suitable for anyone, in reality it can involve some of the toughest physical work a person does all year. Even in a small garden, there's digging, raking, bending, reaching, lifting and carrying, which use muscles that perhaps haven't been exercised for weeks or months. Prospect Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation offers these tips to help gardeners avoid aches and injuries that physical therapists commonly end up treating.

“I carried shingles up a ladder to a roof top for the first time in nine months just this week. I fell off a roof injuring my back, hip and shoulder. I been to therapy at another local facility and though I improved I never was well enough to carry 80 lbs up a ladder. When I saw James he immediately saw problems in back and muscles the other therapist did not address. After four weeks with James I’m better than I hoped to be.” – J.T. Whitefield, ME