Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

• NEW YORK, NY 400 providers
• CHICAGO, IL 272 providers
• BROOKLYN, NY 257 providers
• HOUSTON, TX 252 providers
• PHILADELPHIA, PA 197 providers
• MIAMI, FL 178 providers
• DALLAS, TX 178 providers
• SEATTLE, WA 174 providers
• LOS ANGELES, CA 162 providers
• SAN ANTONIO, TX 145 providers
• PHOENIX, AZ 131 providers
• BALTIMORE, MD 128 providers
• BRONX, NY 120 providers
• LAS VEGAS, NV 115 providers
• ATLANTA, GA 105 providers
• ROCHESTER, MN 101 providers
• GRAND RAPIDS, MI 98 providers
• SALT LAKE CITY, UT 96 providers
• CHARLOTTE, NC 94 providers
• INDIANAPOLIS, IN 93 providers

Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. 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, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive 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 electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices.