Family Rehab & Medical Massage

Testimonials

Last fall, my 11 year old daughter was diagnosed with scoliosis. The school nurse advised us to tell our pediatrician. At that time, I was seeing Mike O’Quin with Family Rehab and Medical Massage. He asked that I bring her in.

Mike told me that she needs to stretch her lower back, and also to strengthen the lower back muscles. He felt that her muscles were causing her spine to shift. He also thought a posture brace, worn at night, would help.

After seeing Mike, we later went to our pediatrician. She said exactly the same things as Mike! She said there was about a 12-15% curvature of the spine, and that we would need to watch it over time to make sure it doesn’t get worse, which would require a hard brace and possibly surgery.

My daughter has been going to Mike for the AIS stretching for three months. One of her sides was much “tighter” than the other side, and Mike has been able to work out the muscles, making it more even. She is also wearing the brace, and doing strengthening training. Last month, my daughter’s school did a screening for all the 6th graders to check for scoliosis. My daughter now does NOT have a curvature that required them sending a note home! Several of her friends received those notes from the nurse, but my daughter came home and was extremely excited. We cannot believe the difference the AIS stretching has made! My 10 year old daughter is now going to Mike for the stretching as well. Our entire family is very happy with Mike’s services, and we recommend him to everyone!

Thank you so much Mike!

Michelle Pray and family

Since seeing Mike for AIS, I am more flexible than I have been in over twenty years. Now I can stretch without pain when I work out. Thanks to Mike my stiff and painful hips and shoulders are history! I recommend Mike to my friends and family with total confidence.

A Very Happy Client!

In May, 1994 without prior symptoms...........suffered a heart attack and massive stroke resulting in the entire left side of my body being totally paralyzed.

After months of extensive traditional physical therapy/rehab, I was able to regain limited use of my left leg, but the left arm remained tin total and complete paralysis. During the next few years I tried many different treatment plans including deep tissue work, bio-feedback, and even surgical implant of a medtronic pump device to administer continual dosage of the muscle relaxer, baclafen. This procedure did very little to relieve the muscle spasms that I experienced on a regular basis, and actually caused my balance to worsen to the point that I had to go back to using a walker or cane tin order to walk............

Needless to say, I returned to the hospital for another surgery and had that pump device removed....That was in Feb, 2005, and slowly I began to regain balance enough to walk without assistance,, but still had the problem of severe muscle spasms and atrophy in my left arm. The left arm had actually drawn up so that it was frozen in spastic paralysis at a 90 degree angle and was positioned just below the breastbone area.

Since beginning treatment at Family Rehab & Medical Massage this past January (2008),I have not experienced the muscle spasms that I did before, and have been able to stop the oral baclafen muscle relaxers that I had begun using after having the pump removed. There has also been a noticeable change in the position of my left arm, as it has dropped considerably, and is now in a more natural/normal position. I am very pleased and excited about the measurable progress that I am making, and feel very blessed to have the opportunity to work with Mike O'Quin. I would certainly not hesitate to recommend his services to anyone. Along with his knowledge and expertise, and experience, he also is both professional and personable. I can say without reservation the quality of my life continues to improve with each session.

C. Lawson