What is a physiatrist?
A Physiatrist is a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation – a muscle, nerve, joint, and bone specialist. Physiatrists treat injuries or illnesses that affect how people feel and move with the goals of reducing pain and restoring function without surgery.
What do they treat?
Physiatrists treat injuries or illnesses that affect how people feel and move with the goals of reducing pain and restoring function without surgery.
They treat a wide range of problems from sore shoulders to sport, work and auto injuries. They see patients in all age groups and treat problems that touch upon all the major systems in the body. Physiatrists treat acute and chronic pain and musculoskeletal disorders. They may see a person who lifts a heavy object at work and experiences back pain, a basketball player who sprains an ankle and needs rehabilitation to play again, a car accident victim, or a knitter who has carpal tunnel syndrome.
Who do they treat?
Physiatrists' patients include people with arthritis, tendonitis, any kind of back pain, and work- or sports-related injuries.
To become a physiatrist, individuals must successfully complete four years of graduate medical education and four additional years of postdoctoral residency training.
Physiatrists take the time to listen and accurately pinpoint the source of an ailment or pain syndrome…and then design a custom treatment program to help you reach your health and function goals as quickly and painlessly as possible.
A Physiatrist is a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation – a muscle, nerve, joint, and bone specialist. Physiatrists treat injuries or illnesses that affect how people feel and move with the goals of reducing pain and restoring function without surgery.
What do they treat?
Physiatrists treat injuries or illnesses that affect how people feel and move with the goals of reducing pain and restoring function without surgery.
They treat a wide range of problems from sore shoulders to sport, work and auto injuries. They see patients in all age groups and treat problems that touch upon all the major systems in the body. Physiatrists treat acute and chronic pain and musculoskeletal disorders. They may see a person who lifts a heavy object at work and experiences back pain, a basketball player who sprains an ankle and needs rehabilitation to play again, a car accident victim, or a knitter who has carpal tunnel syndrome.
Who do they treat?
Physiatrists' patients include people with arthritis, tendonitis, any kind of back pain, and work- or sports-related injuries.
To become a physiatrist, individuals must successfully complete four years of graduate medical education and four additional years of postdoctoral residency training.
Physiatrists take the time to listen and accurately pinpoint the source of an ailment or pain syndrome…and then design a custom treatment program to help you reach your health and function goals as quickly and painlessly as possible.
