scoliosis correction
Scoliosis Correction
Postural correction for scoliosis without surgery, braces, or drugs. Pancafit realignment, fascial work, and targeted strengthening, sequenced to your curve.
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Doctor of Physical Therapy, Fells Point, Baltimore
Dr. Maks Birikov
I practice one-on-one concierge physical therapy in Baltimore. One provider, one patient, every session. Treatment built to resolve why your pain persists, not just where it hurts.
Exclusive in the United States
The Only Pancafit Class in the United States
Pancafit is an Italian method of global postural realignment. Guided decompensated stretching that releases the fascial chains pulling your posture, and your pain, out of line. I trained in it in Europe. No other provider in the country offers it.
If your back pain, neck pain, or forward head posture keeps returning no matter what you try, this is usually why: the treatment addressed where it hurts, not what pulls it there.
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Services
Services Built Around You, Not a Protocol
Three programs anchor my practice. Each begins with a full assessment and a plan I carry out myself, start to finish.
wim hof workshop
Wim Hof Method
Breathing, cold exposure, and focus training. I was the first certified Wim Hof Method instructor in Baltimore. Workshops run regularly at the clinic.
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Back Pain Treatment
Manual therapy, dry needling, and postural correction that address the mechanics behind chronic back pain, including cases where previous therapy failed.
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hands-on treatment — manual therapy detail
The Concierge Model
One-on-One Physical Therapy with Dr. Maks Birikov
Every session at Physica Medica is one provider, one patient, for the full hour. No aides. No rotation between therapists. No fifteen-minute windows. I take the history, do the assessment, and perform the hands-on treatment myself: dry needling, IASTM, myofascial cupping, neural tension release, diaphragmatic work. The plan adjusts visit to visit based on what I find.
Because the concierge model isn't dictated by insurance limits, treatment is measured against your progress, not a billing code. Most patients know within three to five sessions whether the approach is working. If it isn't, I'll tell you.
If you've tried physical therapy before and it didn't hold, the difference here is structural: the same clinician sees every change in your body, and the techniques span three continents of training rather than one protocol.
How a Session WorksConditions
Conditions We Treat: Root Cause, Not Symptom Management
Back Pain
Chronic and recurring back pain traced to its mechanical source: posture, fascia, breathing pattern. Not masked at the site.
Sciatica
Neural tension release and postural work for radiating leg pain, numbness, and tingling.
Neck Pain
Treatment for neck pain, tension headaches, and forward head posture from desk work.
Shoulder Pain
Rotator cuff injuries, frozen shoulder, and recurring sports injuries treated hands-on.
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Licensed in Maryland
Trained on Three Continents
Eastern Europe, Southwestern Asia & North America
Only Pancafit Provider in the U.S.
Certified in Italy's postural method
First Wim Hof Instructor in Baltimore
Certified Wim Hof Method instructor
This is a tough one because calling someone a miracle worker seems like it could only be an overstatement to say the least, but working with Max has been a life changing experience.
What Patients Say
Maks is terrific. He did wonders with my posture and eliminating aches and pains in my shoulders and back. I continue to see him for a regular “tune up”.
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Baltimore
Serving Fells Point, Canton, Harbor East & Beyond
The clinic is in Fells Point. Most of my patients come from the surrounding waterfront neighborhoods, within a ten-minute drive, though people travel from across Maryland for Pancafit and scoliosis work, because it isn't available anywhere else.
- Fells Point
- Canton
- Harbor East
- Federal Hill
- Inner Harbor
- Patterson Park
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