You've probably been to a PT clinic where you felt like a number. Three patients in the same room, twenty minutes with an aide, a printout of exercises on the way out. We're the other thing. Every session is forty-five to sixty minutes, one-on-one, with a Doctor of Physical Therapy.
These are the things people walk in with. Not a checklist, just a starting point. Most patients arrive somewhere in here and leave with a plan that's specific to them, not a protocol.
Back, neck, shoulder, hip. Pain that's been around for months and has outlasted the last clinic.
Runner's knee, IT band, plantar fasciitis, rotator cuff, ACL recovery. Built for people who plan to keep going.
Real protocols, real progressions. And honest conversations about what your body needs at each stage.
Pelvic and low-back pain, SI joint, diastasis. Care that respects what your body is doing.
Curves, asymmetries, nagging tightness. A long view, not a one-size protocol.
The aches you've been working around for years. We figure out what's actually driving them.
Most clinics solve for throughput. We solve for the person on the table. Here's what that looks like in practice.
Not an aide. Not a tech. Not a rotating provider. The same Doctor of Physical Therapy from your first visit through the last.
FAAOMPT is the highest credential in manual and orthopedic physical therapy. Held by less than 1% of practicing PTs in the country.
First and only Wim Hof Method instructor in the city who is also a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Rehab and breathwork, in one room.
Dry needling, IASTM, cupping, deep tissue, strength, postural work, breathwork. All delivered by the same person, in the same hour.
We don't refer you out for the body work and back in for the strength work. Manual therapy and movement coaching live in the same hour, on the same plan, with the same set of hands.
Trigger-point work, with needles
Thin filament needles into the muscle belly to release a tight, twitchy band. Different from acupuncture and aimed at a specific knot, not a meridian. You'll feel a quick cramp, then relief; soreness for a day is normal, bruising is rare.
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Hands and pressure, not a spa
Targeted hands-on work on the layers under the surface, the muscles your run, lift, or sit-all-day routine has been quietly tightening for months. Done by a clinician who knows what's underneath, not at a chain massage shop.
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The metal tools
Stainless steel tools to find restrictions in fascia and scar tissue your hands can't quite reach. The same idea as Graston, in a clinical setting. Some redness afterward; nothing dramatic, gone in a couple of days.
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Lift, not press
Soft silicone cups that pull tissue upward instead of pressing down, which is the opposite of massage and surprisingly effective for stubborn fascia and circulation. You may see temporary marks; they're harmless and clear within a week.
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Where rehab becomes resilience
Once the pain is settled, we keep going. Building the strength that prevents the next injury, programmed for your body and your sport. Same practitioner, same room, same standard of attention.
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For desks, athletes, and scoliosis
Position-specific assessment, then drills and manual work that retrain the patterns your body has settled into. Useful whether you're sitting eight hours a day or compensating around a structural curve.
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I built this practice because I was tired of watching patients get rushed through a clinic and told they were better when they weren't. You came here because something hurts. My job is to figure out why — and then stay with you long enough to actually fix it.
We're not trying to be the neighborhood PT clinic. We're trying to be the destination clinic for people who are serious about their care, regardless of where they live.
The studio sits on a quiet block in Fells Point, two minutes from the harbor. Patients drive in from Federal Hill, Canton, Mount Vernon, Hampden, and the counties because the practice is the destination, not the location.
Free street parking after 6pm. Five minutes from I-83. Walk-in from the waterfront if you're already on foot.
I am an avid ultra runner. I also do CrossFit 5 days a week and recreationally mountain bike and open water swim. I have been going to Dr. Maks regularly for a full year now and it has kept me performing at a high level!Federal A.
Dr Maks is great. Worth every penny. He really understands the system and how inter-related everything is. I Had a lingering hamstring issue and he was able to diagnose the issue was tightness in my calf, which he dry needled and felt much better.Michael T.
I had hip pain for years, and my X-ray showed I was bone-on-bone. My doctor said a hip replacement was my only option, so I almost canceled my first appointment with Dr. Maks — but he encouraged me to come anyway. It didn’t feel like a sales pitch, he genuinely believed he could help.michelle W.
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