About Community Rehab
Local therapy, delivered like it's personal
We're a locally owned outpatient practice on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, with clinics in Gulfport and Diamondhead. Our focus is simple: help our neighbors move better, feel better, and get back to the lives they love.
Who we are
Community Rehab brings physical, aquatic, and pediatric therapy together under one roof, so patients across the Coast can find the right care close to home. From post-surgical recovery to balance and pediatric care, our team builds each plan around the person in front of us.
What we believe
- Access should be easy. Mississippi's 2024 direct access law means many patients can start therapy without waiting on a referral — and we handle the insurance legwork for you.
- You're treated like a person. You get personal, one-on-one attention, with a plan designed and guided by a licensed therapist and a team that knows you by name.
- Recovery is a partnership. The best outcomes come from a plan you understand and can carry into daily life.
- We treat neighbors, not case numbers. Locally owned means the people caring for you are part of this community too.
Care on land and in the water
With both a therapy gym and warm-water pool, we can meet you where your recovery is — easing back in through aquatic therapy when land exercise is still too much, then progressing as you gain strength.
Our team
The people behind your care
Owned and led by a physical therapist who lives and works right here on the Coast.
Melanie Fayard, MPT, PRPC
Owner and primary physical therapist · Pelvic health, dry needling, ergonomics and functional capacity evaluation
Melanie has more than two decades of clinical experience and advanced training in pelvic health rehabilitation. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science and her Master of Physical Therapy at the University of South Alabama in 2001. She treats pelvic floor dysfunction in men, women, and children, and holds the Pelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner Certification (PRPC) after extensive postgraduate training through the Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute and the American Physical Therapy Association. She is also board certified in pelvic floor biofeedback (BCB-PMD-L) through the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance.
Beyond pelvic health, Melanie is certified in dry needling through the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy and has completed all coursework through the McKenzie Institute International for Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, focused on neck, back, and extremity pain. She is a Certified Ergonomic Evaluator and Certified Functional Capacity Evaluator, with expertise in workplace injury prevention, return-to-work programs, and functional assessment.