Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, provides integrated care for your muscles, bones and joints, combining diagnosis, treatment, education and rehabilitation. Physical medicine physicians, called physiatrists, are experts in nerves, muscles and bones. Our goal is to help people disabled by disease or injury remain as active as possible.

After learning about your condition, our providers will offer tools and resources to manage your condition. Together, you will create an individualized plan to restore movement and function using nonsurgical treatment options as a first choice, which can include therapeutic exercises, medications, a variety of injections, braces or other assistive devices.

Coordinating your care

To determine an accurate diagnosis to develop successful treatment options for you, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation providers may use detailed medical histories or physical exams, or imaging or nerve conduction studies.

To maximize care, our providers may refer you to specialists, including surgeons. If surgery is needed, your provider will work with you and your surgeon before and after surgery. We have direct access to local providers and specialists at Mayo Clinic.

Providers may refer you to these teams:

Conditions treated

We care for these conditions:

Bursitis
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Complex regional pain syndrome
Foot conditions and injuries
Joint pain and arthritis, including hip, shoulder, knee, wrist and hand
Ligament injuries
Limb amputations and deformities
Lower back pain, including disc disease and arthritis
Movement disorders
Multiple sclerosis
Muscle and tendon injuries
Neck pain, including disc disease, arthritis and whiplash injuries
Osteoarthritis
Pain from sports injuries
Pinched nerves related to sciatica and radiculopathy
Piriformis syndrome
Sacroiliac joint dysfunctions
Spasticity
Spinal cord injuries
Spinal stenosis
Sports-related concussions
Stroke
Tendonitis
Traumatic brain injuries

Treatment technologies

Advanced technologies are available through Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and other departments to reduce pain and increase function.

Treatment technologies include:

Botox
Diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound
Electrodiagnostics, including electromyography and nerve conduction studies
Evaluation for radiofrequency or cryoablation
Joint injections to relieve hip, knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow, hand, foot and ankle pain
Platelet-rich plasma therapy
Prosthetics and orthotics
Spinal cord stimulation
Therapeutic and diagnostic lumbar spine injections
Ultrasound-guided injections
X-ray-guided lumbar epidural steroid injections to relieve lower back and leg pain
X-ray-guided cervical epidural steroid injections to relieve neck, shoulder and arm pain
X-ray-guided facet injections for back and neck pain