What is a Physiatrist?
Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also referred to as physiatry, is a medical specialty concerned with diagnosis, evaluation, and management of persons of all ages with physical and/or cognitive impairment and disability.
This specialty involves diagnosis and treatment of patients with painful or functionally limiting conditions, the management of comorbidities and co-impairments, diagnostic and therapeutic injection procedures, electrodiagnostic medicine, and emphasis on prevention of complications of disability from secondary conditions.
My goal is to decrease pain and enhance performance without surgery. I take the time needed to accurately pinpoint the source of an ailment and then design a treatment plan that can be carried out by the patients themselves or with the help of the rehabilitation team.