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Physical Therapy for Boston Military, Veterans, and Law Enforcement Officers

Physical Therapy for Boston Military, Veterans, and Law Enforcement Officers

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                         ARMY    NAVY    AIR FORCE    MARINES    COAST GUARD

Boston Sports Medicine would like to thank all of the men and women who have served in the United States armed forces.  Thank you for your love of, and devotion to this country, your courage, service and sacrifice to defend our liberty!

We pray for the family of Glen Doherty and are very grateful for his service to our country.  Glen was one of four Americans murdered by a mob that attacked our embassy in Benghazi, Libya on 9/11/12.  Glen was originally from Winchester, Massachusetts.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the following Massachusetts service men:

Spc. Keith Benson

Sgt. Matthew Gallagher of Falmouth

Sgt. Alan Snyder of Blackstone

1LT Scott Milley of Sudbury

Pvt. Ethan Goncalo of Fall River

Sgt. James A. Ayube Jr. of Salem

To include the families of all Massachusetts service members killed in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and  in your prayers please visit

The veterans’ services website.

Please visit the Massachusetts Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Heroes Memorial at: www.massfallenheroes.org and make a donation to this organization.

Do you have one of these?

Boston Physical Therapy Veterans

If so, Contact Dr. Velsmid. We value and respect your service and the sacrifices you have made for our country and freedom. We will do whatever we can to help you with your physical therapy needs.

Armed services members get back to full active duty with the help of Boston Sports Medicine! We are in network with Tricare and most other private health insurance companies used by service members and veterans. Our physical therapists specialize in sports rehabilitation, orthopedic rehabilitation, post-surgical rehabilitation, and aquatic therapy. Since 1999, Boston Sports Medicine has provided exceptional physical therapy care to hundreds of armed service members, vets, and LEOs. Dr. Velsmid has been has been a provider to our service men and women since he started practicing physical therapy at the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1995. Our business, education, and clinical models ensure that active duty service members and veterans will always receive the most time with the best trained and licensed physical therapists, the greatest accessibility to a physical therapy clinic and their providers, and the highest customer satisfaction.

The Boston Sports Medicine Somerville clinic is convenient to Hanscom Air Force Base and Coast Guard Sector Boston.

If you drive, we have free on-site parking. If you take the T, our Somerville clinic is at the end of the Green Line E Train at the Lechmere stop.

The Boston Sports Medicine Allston clinic is convenient to Metro West service members.

If you drive, we have free on-site parking. If you take the T, our Allston clinic is on the Green Line B Train at the Harvard Street stop.

Go to the MBTA website to get the best MBTA travel routes to our clinics.

Physical therapy rehabilitation center for armed service members, veterans, and law enforcement officers for treatment of all injuries to the spine, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, foot, and ankle. We also have a state-of-the-art aquatic therapy center for rehabilitation that is done in a heated pool.