About OA: Southern Maine orthopedic specialists for foot pain, ankle pain, hand pain, shoulder pain, back pain, bone fractures, MRI, physical therapy, and sports medicine.

Melissa Jackson, PT, MS
Melissa received her Master’s in Physical Therapy from Husson College in 2004. Upon graduation, she moved to the mid-coast region and began her practice in outpatient rehabilitation. Since then, Melissa has been treating a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions. She became particularly interested in the rehabilitation of dysfunctions of the hand and has focused here since 2006. In 2008, she completed all course requirements for the certification of advanced practice in hand and upper quarter rehabilitation from Drexel University. In addition, she is a member of the American Society of Hand Therapists.

Melissa joined the OA team in 2011 and is working in our new Brunswick facility. Her areas of interest include: post-operative rehabilitation, treatment of nerve dysfunctions, rehabilitation of the upper extremity, patellofemoral conditions, disorders of the hip and the cervical spine, and treatment of the injured athlete.

Melissa’s lives in Topsham and enjoys all forms of exercise, the great outdoors and spending time with family and friends.

Continuing Education Units :

Seminar	Date
Graston Technique M1, Michael Arnolt, Jacqueline Shakar	2012
Functional Movement Screen	2011
Perform Better Functional Training Summit	2011
Selective Functional Movement Assessment: An evidenced-based clinical model to address regional interdependence	2011
Mulligan concept: lower quadrant, mobilizations with movement, 'SNAGS', 'SMWLM' & more	2010
Advanced management of the lower extremity injuries in the athlete	2010
Upper extremity and post-surgical splinting: mobilization and immobilization splinting	2009
Certificate of advanced practice in hand and upper quarter rehabilitation	2008
Differential diagnosis and manual therapy of the primary disc-related disorders of the lumbar spine	2008
Differential diagnosis and manual therapy of the upper cervical spine and headache	2007
Differential diagnosis and manual therapy of the lower cervical spine: disc, facet and uncovertebral joint pathology	2006
Enhancing outcomes for common hand dysfunctions	2006
Rehabilitation and splinting of the hand>	2006
The hand, wrist and elbow complex	2006
Advanced spinal manual therapy	2004
TMJ: A manual therapy perspective	2004