Justin believes the primary goal of training is to increase performance and decrease the chance of injury. Performance, being a broad topic, can manifest in many ways, such as athletics, but also in everyday tasks, such as the ability to hike a mountain, run around with your kids, or simply make everyday life easier.

To help accomplish these goals, Justin works with his clients to improve the internal environment within their body with how it moves and functions so they can better influence the external environment around them, and meet any and all demands they may face. Having worked with high-level athletes, first responders, stay-at-home moms, and busy professionals, he stresses the importance of improving all aspects of physical fitness and places a strong emphasis on joint strength and mobility.

Finding the gym through athletics playing for the Newburyport High School, Justin began his coaching career while studying Exercise Science and playing football at Endicott College. While there, he completed internships in the strength and conditioning programs at Harvard University and Boston College, and also trained local high school athletes.

Following graduation, he moved out to Utah, where his gap year turned into a six-year stint working on the ski patrol at Snowbird in Salt Lake City. After moving back to Newburyport in 2017, he began coaching in the private sector of strength and conditioning and personal training while also pursuing a career in the fire service and now works for the Newburyport Fire Department.

When not in the gym or at the fire station, Justin is still an avid skier, and also enjoys mountain biking, surfing, competing in triathlons, and spending time with his wife and their dog, Ripley.

Education: Endicott College Degree: Bachelor of Science (Exercise Science)

Anna Maria College Degree: Bachelor of Science (Fire Science, Summa Cum Laude)

Certifications: Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist Functional Range Strength Coach Certified Physical Preparation Specialist Bioforce Certified Conditioning Coach Pre-Script Level 1 Certified

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 With a decade of experience in private practice focusing on sports injuries and spine-related complaints, Dr. Melander and his facilities have been honored 4 times as the best in Boston, MA.  Dr. Melander believes that above all else his responsibility to his patients is to foster a sense of resiliency and independence relative to their pain/injury.  Dr. Melander seeks to realize these goals with his patients via a combination of pain education, strength/mobility programming, and hands-on manual therapy.  Dr. Melander has treated elite, professional, and Olympic athletes, as well as multiple professional performing artists, countless office professionals, pregnant women, elderly, and youth populations.  Dr. Melander is an instructor with Active Release Techniques® in the United States and Canada, and he is an avid advocate and coach of the Functional Range Systems® mobility-training platform.  Dr. Melander is a resident of the north shore region of Massachusetts with his wife Kellie and their two children.  When he isn’t working or with his family, Dr. Melander is surfing, skiing, exercising, or watching Boston sports.

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Dr. Tim’s philosophy and treatment rationale is based on the body moving as a whole. Certain joints in the body are meant to be mobile, while others are meant to be stable. In his opinion, most injuries, pain, and limitations come from a disruption in this philosophy.

Dr. Tim is dedicated to providing a comfortable and professional environment with the ultimate goal of helping each patient reach their optimal performance and improving their quality of life. He is certified in various techniques that emphasize functional movement and proper joint mobility.

Dr. Tim’s interest in chiropractic care and functional movement began after he sustained a serious back injury playing college football. He has experienced first hand how injuries and pain can decrease your quality of life. Therefore, he has dedicated himself to providing the most innovative chiropractic, rehabilitative, and movement therapies that result in delivering the highest quality care for his patients.

Dr. Tim’s first job after graduating was with Test football Academy, where he helped collegiate athletes train for the NFL combine. He then moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he spent the past four years working with an array of patients varying from Olympic athletes to office professionals, pregnant women, and everyone in between.

Dr. Tim and his wife Katie just recently relocated to Massachuesetts with their son Zane and two dogs Maverick and Otto. When Dr. Tim is not helping his patients, he enjoys spending time outside hiking, camping, snowboarding, golfing and exercising.

Certifications: -Active Release Techniques® -Functional Range Conditioning® Mobility Specialist -Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehab® (FAKTR/scraping technique) -The McKenzie Method® of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) -Athletic Movement Assessment® (AMA) -Motion Palpation Institute® (MPI) -Functional Taping for Musculoskeletal Injuries® (FTMI) -RockTape® Taping

Education: -Doctorate in Chiropractic from the Northeast College of Health Sciences -Bachelors in Biomedical Sciences from Marist College

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