Rehabilitation Medicine
A Rehabilitation Medicine Specialists takes the leading role in managing the medical issues as you participate through rehabilitation. Your medical doctor specializing in this field diagnose, treating, and managing your physical and functional issues and its impact in your quality of life as a result of an injury, neuromuscular disorder or a disabling condition.
Our Rehabilitation Medicine Specialists have the experience and expertise necessary to diagnose a range of conditions that cause pain, weakness, and numbness. We use electrodiagnostic techniques such as electromyography and nerve conduction studies in addition to other common diagnostic tools available.
A comprehensive treatment plan will be developed based on their findings, and in accordance, assemble and prescribe therapies and care through a team of healthcare providers including but not limited to Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Language therapists amongst others. Your Rehabilitation Medicine Doctor oversees the execution of the treatment plan and assesses its effectiveness.
Conditions We Treat:
Our Rehabilitation Medicine Specialists treat a wide variety of acute and chronic medical problems, neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal disorders, and severe disabilities. Among the many conditions we treat include:
- Injuries involving the spinal cord and brain (including injuries from sports, work, and repetitive stress)
- Movement or function deficits, including those related to:
- Amputations/prosthetics
- Cancer
- Gait and balance dysfunction
- Joint replacement
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Stroke
- Pain in the back, neck, and other areas of the body (including arthritis, tendonitis, myofascial, and chronic nonmalignant pain)