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Spectrum Orthopaedics offers treatment options for a wide variety foot and ankle issues, including physical therapy, non-surgical treatment, and surgery. We can help you avoid foot and ankle injuries, too.

You might not think about your shoulder joint much until it starts hurting even when you attempt simple tasks. If that's your situation, let Spectrum's highly skilled and experienced orthopedic surgeons identify the cause and create the treatment plan that will work best for you.

Spectrum's Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) was named Best Orthopedics and Spine ASC by U.S. News and World Report and is the only ASC in Maine to receive this recognition.

Joint pain and injuries put many people on the sidelines each year. When joint replacement is not the answer, the specialists at Spectrum Orthopaedics can help patients live with less pain and more mobility.

The Spectrum Ambulatory Surgery Center helps patients get home and on the path to recovery faster. With traditional joint replacement surgery, patients typically spend several days in the hospital and require extensive rehabilitation. Instead, Spectrum ASC patients can go home the same day with less invasive outpatient procedures involving smaller incisions and less tissue damage.

Dry needling is the use of thin, solid needles to reduce muscle stiffness and pain. While dry needling and acupuncture appear similar, dry needling is a newer technique and focused more on the muscle itself as opposed to chi, flow, or acupoints.