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Physical medicine and rehabilitation, or PM&R, is a unique medical specialty. PM&R physicians are known as physiatrists, and we focus on improving function and adding quality of life to years.
What conditions do PM&R physicians treat?
We specialize in the non-operative treatment of conditions of the central nervous system, muscles, bones, joints, and nerves.
We work hand in hand with physical and occupational therapists, utilizing therapeutic exercise and a variety of medications to optimize patient performance.
We are experts in managing low back and neck pain.
Traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, stroke, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
Knee pain, shoulder pain, and other forms of joint pain.
Overuse injuries.
Nerve injuries and plexus injuries, and much more...
How Do You Become a PM&R Doctor?
Physiatrists are medical doctors who have completed 4 years of medical school.
And then gone on to complete years of residency training in the specialty of PM&R....and often followed up with sub-specialty training in the areas of:
Sports Medicine
Interventional Pain Medicine
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Brain Injury Medicine.
Pediatric Rehabilitation, and more...
What Procedures Do PM&R Physicians Perform?
Electromyography and nerve conduction studies to diagnose nerve injuries and other neurologic conditions.
Musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnosis, as well as for guiding a variety of joint and tendon injections.
Interventional spine procedures such as epidural injections, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablations.
Botox injections for spasticity management.
And much more....
Make an appointment with your local physiatrist if you or a loved one suffer from any of the conditions we mentioned.
It is our great privilege to care for you, and to help you improve your quality of life.
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Special thanks to my incredible PM&R colleagues at Weill Cornell Medical Center, Columbia University Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital For Special Surgery, and Montefiore Medical Center for helping to make this film.
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to learn more about your health!
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