Therapeutic Associates of Maui
We Educate You to Treat Yourself!
The only McKenzie Diplomat & McKenzie Certified Clinic in the state of Hawaii
Outpatient Rehabilitation ~ Physical Therapy Professionals ~ Certified Hand Therapist ~ Work Hardening Specialist
An active treatment approach that puts YOU in charge of your pain and/or injury. What does that mean to you? Better treatment, faster recovery, fewer visits, Less cost!
Our primary goal is emphasis on self-management and functional outcome.
Committed to providing you with quality expert rehabilitation services in a supportive and safe environment.
Customize a program tailored to each individual's special needs.
Provide healing, restoration, and quick return to your highest functional level in everyday living and work force.
Facility, staff, resources, programs, and over 30 years of experience to successfully evaluate, treat, and follow through with physician/doctor prescriptions.
TREATMENTS & SERVICES
As one of the Kahului's most prominent resources for quality healthcare, Therapeutic Associates of Maui has specialists in a wide range of medical services to get patients feeling healthier than ever before. Our treatment approach is valid and scientifically proven to get results. Quite simply, it’s more effective learning to change unhealthy habits, then actively treating yourself multiple times per day, rather than getting passive care a few times per week. We also focus on preventative strategies to ensure you decrease the high risk of recurrence. Education is power, and you will leave each session with strategies to keep your treatment progress moving forward!
Spine/Extremity Pain
Physical Therapy
At Therapeutic Associates of Maui, you will be treated by MDT trained clinicians. From day one our goal is to identify all musculoskeletal disorders, aggravating positions or activities as quickly as possible. We then work together to identify movements or positions that decrease or abolish pain. Then by decreasing or eliminating irritating factors while performing movements that alleviate the pain, we stop working against our body's very efficient healing mechanism. Each client's program is tailored to their individual problem.
The TAM approach provides patients with the education to manage their injury — this allows them to become independent with self-management.
Hand/Wrist/Elbow/Shoulder Injury & Pain
Certified Hand Therapy
At Therapeutic Associates of Maui, you will be treated by one of Maui's only Certified Hand Therapists. She is highly skilled in custom splinting techniques. More importantly she is MDT trained to make sure your extremity pain is an actually coming from your extremity and NOT from your spine. This is a very common mistake and why many extremity injuries become chronic as often the treatment is focused on the symptoms and not the root cause. Donna, can screen that out on Day 1!
Work Site Prevention/Treatment
Injury Prevention Through Education
Therapeutic Associates will come to your office or work site. After communicating with your team and sizing up their occupation and daily activities we can teach your employees how to work in safer positions. Understanding the mechanics of a job allows the employee to work smarter, not harder! This will also improve your employee's overall health, attendance and performance and save on disability, additional insurance and medical expenses. We can also come and set up and exercise program and teach your employees how to decrease their risk of future injury. We are spine and movement specialists. We could also discuss setting up treatment at your work site!
Work Hardening/Conditioning
On-site Job Description/Analysis
The majority of injuries dealing with the spine, occur not because of trauma, but due to every day wear and tear. Healing of these injuries is actually quite simple. Damaged tissue needs to be slowly loaded (stressed) as it heals to form a strong repair. Problems arise when we unknowingly continue to load the healing tissue excessively and irritate and slow that process down. We do this by resuming the very positions that broke us down and caused the original injury. Examples are prolonged sitting, repetitive bending, or any sustained position. Another way we decrease the body's healing mechanism is by not stressing the healing tissue enough. Usually, after the acute stage of an injury has passed (3-7 days), rest actually becomes a hindrance rather then helping the healing process. So, by "babying" our injury, the damaged tissue can take much longer to heal. In addition, by not progressively loading the healing tissue, the repair is weak and vulnerable to re-injury.
This means resuming previous activities as soon as possible in a gradual manner and letting your pain be your guide. Total abolition of normal activities in favor of rest and "taking it easy" are detrimental.
Injury prevention and ergonomic solutions
MCKENZIE METHOD
Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy
MDT can prevent injections, surgery and decrease the need for MRI. It is NOT traditional physical therapy that just doesn’t work. This approach has a 91% success rate of eliminating and reducing chronic back and neck pain and spinal injuries.
What is Mechnical Diagnosis and Therapy?
The McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy is an active patient treatment philosophy that emphasizes prevention and intervention, and encourages patients to be in control of their own treatment. Its roots originated in the 1950's from the late Robin McKenzie, who over subsequent decades clinically tested and researched the phenomenon that became a highly effective, proven system of assessment, diagnosis and treatment of back and extremity pain.
Known to show results in as little as two to three visits
Assessment-driven and individualized treatment plans
Active, not passive, therapy strategies for more successful management
Cost efficient - treatment without expensive tests or procedures
Non-invasive - no needles, no scalpel
Self-directed and managed - we work with you and teach you
Contact Us
Two convenient locations in Kahului and Lahaina.
Call us to schedule an appointment, or send us an email and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
KAHULUI CLINIC (808) 877-8717
111 Hana Hwy, Suite 107, Kahului, HI 96732
FAX (808) 877-8718
LAHAINA CLINIC (808) 661-8370
180 Dickenson Street, Suite 119, Lahaina, HI 96761
FAX (808) 667-7743
HOURS
Monday - Friday 7am to 6pm
Saturday - By Appointment Only
Sunday - Closed
FAX: KAHULUI 808-877-8718 • LAHAINA 808-877-8718