Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PMR) also referred to as Physiatry (PM) or Rehabilitation Medicine (RM) is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating persons with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting any of the bodily systems. For example, the musculoskeletal system is frequently affected with neck, back or limb pain resulting from occupational & sports injuries or painful conditions secondary to various hereditary & acquired diseases. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury, stroke or carpal tunnel syndrome.

A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychosocial and vocational function through comprehensive multi-disciplinary rehabilitation.

Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electrodiagnosis (EMG/NCS) in addition to all available advanced imaging technology to supplement a thorough history and physical.

As Osteopathic Physiatrists (DO), we often extensively include various hands-on manual medicine techniques which have evolved over the centuries into a high art form. We also take into account any nutritional considerations. Thus the care provided under the direction of a DO Physiatrist is rendered with a holistic philosophy, incorporating the best of all that traditional and complementary (alternative) medicine have to offer.

Physiatrist Physicians Treat the Following Conditions:

Musculoskeletal Ailments
Sports Injuries
Disc and Spine Disorders
Arthritis
Acute and Chronic Pain
Neurologic Entities
Medical Deconditioning
Fibromyalgia
Spinal Cord Injury
Brain Injury
Amputees
Stroke Victims