When Standard Rehab Stops,

We Keep YOU Going

Our Mission

To provide affordable, accessible, community-based neurorecovery, adaptive fitness, and wellness services that improve mobility, independence, and quality of life.

Long-Term Support for Continued Recovery

For people living with stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological or mobility challenges, progress can continue long after traditional rehabilitation ends.

Moving With HOPE provides long-term neurorecovery, adaptive fitness, and technology-enhanced programs to help people continue building strength, mobility, confidence, and independence.

Our personalized programs combine professional guidance, repeated practice, advanced technology, and the time needed to keep working toward meaningful goals.

When Standard Rehab Stops, We Keep YOU Going

Who We Help

Moving With HOPE supports adults living with neurological injuries, disabilities, chronic conditions, and age-related mobility changes.

Stroke

Spinal Cord Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury

Parkinson's Disease

Multiple Sclerosis

Cerebral Palsy

Age-Related Mobility Changes

We also work with people managing complex orthopedic conditions, chronic illness, cancer recovery, and other challenges affecting movement and independence.

Not sure whether Moving With HOPE is right for you or a loved one? Contact our team.

Specialized Neurorecovery & Adaptive Fitness

At Moving With HOPE, we create personalized programs based on each person's abilities, goals, and budget.

Our approach may include neurorecovery training, adaptive fitness, functional movement, advanced technology, cognitive-motor training, and long-term wellness support.

We also collaborate with physicians, therapists, caregivers, and other healthcare providers when appropriate.

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Shelton Programs

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North Haven Programs

Advanced Technology. Personalized Recovery.

Moving With HOPE combines advanced neurorecovery technology with personalized professional support in a welcoming, community-based setting.

ARC-EX®

Non-invasive spinal cord stimulation designed to support neurological recovery and function.

FES Cycling

Functional electrical stimulation used during cycling to support movement, conditioning, and repeated practice.

SMARTfit

Interactive cognitive-motor training that challenges the brain and body together.

ReAbility Work Center

Functional training that helps clients practice movements and activities related to everyday independence.

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A Comprehensive Approach to Continued Recovery

Neurorecovery Training

Individualized movement and functional training.

Adaptive Fitness

Personalized exercise for strength, endurance, balance, and mobility.

Technology-Enhanced Recovery

ARC-EX®, FES cycling, SMARTfit, ReAbility, and other advanced tools.

Functional & Mobility Training

Walking, balance, transfers, daily activities, and independence.

Cognitive-Motor Training

Activities combining movement, coordination, reaction, and cognition.

Long-Term Wellness

Ongoing support to help clients remain active and continue working toward their goals.

A Closer Look at Life at Moving With HOPE

Take a short walk through our Shelton and North Haven centers and see how our clients keep moving toward their goals, every day.

Real Stories. Real Recovery.

Every person's goals are different. Meet some of the people who continue working toward greater strength, mobility, confidence, and independence at Moving With HOPE.

Mary

The support and expertise of the staff at Moving With HOPE have made my therapy journey much easier and more effective.

Mark S.

Moving With HOPE is an excellent facility! I’m a person who was hit by a tire that fell off a trailer heading in the opposite direction on the highway and the tire jumped over the median and went through my windshield and struck my face and left side. The accident left me with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and I will walk again with Moving With HOPE!

My accident occurred over 4 years ago and Moving With HOPE is the most positive thing that’s happened to me since. Thank You! I will provide weekly updates on my progress!

Keita

Moving With HOPE has answered one of my prayers.

Sue E.

From day one, I noticed after working with Sean, I was noticeably more limber. It was very obvious to me while working in my yard, garden beds. I could get down and up from the ground, which had been very difficult. And this only improved over the next month. I'm also walking up and down stairs better than I had and I have a two family house with 2 decks to climb. Coming here also helps clear my head, as Sean said, we don't talk about anything negative, just be positive. It's also the interaction with Sean and other staff, who are very helpful and encouraging. There's also a mix of clients here, which I like. My blood pressure coming off of COVID, etc was pretty high in the past. I feel, it's Seans's mission...to try to get my Blood Pressure down, so I can show my Doctor. Sean tells me, there are machines that can help with that. And, this is my mission to get my Blood Pressure down & to start watching my weight and eating better. I do feel better when I leave here and that 's huge-- worth it's weight in gold. Thank you...👍

Two Connecticut Locations. One Mission.

Both locations provide personalized neurorecovery and adaptive fitness programming in supportive, community-based environments.

Shelton

30 Controls Drive, Shelton, CT 06484

Shelton Programs

North Haven

1870 Hartford Turnpike, North Haven, CT 06473

North Haven Programs

More Than 40 Years of Community-Based Innovation

The story of Moving With HOPE began in 1984, when Tad and Joanne Duni opened Life Designs, Connecticut's first community-based adaptive fitness center. That work eventually evolved into Moving With HOPE, founded as a nonprofit in 2010.

Today, Moving With HOPE combines decades of experience with modern neurorecovery technology, adaptive fitness, and personalized long-term support.

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