Physiatry
Comprehensive Approach
Physiatrists or physicians specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation promote patient care that includes:
- Focusing on the whole person in all areas of function – physical, medical, social, vocational
- Encouraging patient-centered treatment goals
- Working with patients to improve and maintain function and reduce pain
- Providing detailed assessments and explanations
- Collaborating with other medical professionals
Physiatrists treat those whose lives have been impacted by:
- Stroke
- Brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Amputation
- Back and neck pain
- Arthritis
- Workplace injury
- Cerebral palsy
- Neurologic disease such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis
- Complex orthopedic injuries
- Chronic pain
