Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PMR) Department helps diagnose and treat injuries and illnesses that affect how you move. Our physical medicine physicians, called physiatrists  (pronounced fizz ee at' trists), are experts in nerves, muscles and bones. They will help you restore movement and function.

Our goal is to help you remain as active as possible at any age. We will work with you to help you understand your condition and provide you tools and resources to manage that condition. We will create a treatment plan just for you that may include modalities for pain; joint injections; exercises to improve function; or the use of braces or other assistive devices.

Conditions treated include:

• Low back pain (including disc disease and arthritis)
• Neck pain (including disc disease, arthritis, and whiplash injuries)
• Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunctions
• Muscle pain syndromes
• Tendonitis/Bursitis
• Foot conditions and injuries
• Pain from sports injuries
• Pinched nerves to include--Sciatica/Radiculopathy
• Spinal Stenosis
• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Osteoarthritis - joint injuries
• Piriformis syndrome
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Sports-related concussions
• Ligament injuries

Treatment technologies include:

• Ultrasound Guided Injections
• Joint injections to relieve hip, knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow, hand, foot and ankle pain
• Evaluation for radiofrequency or cryoablation
• Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy
• Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
• Minimally invasive ultrasound guided surgeries
  - TENEX procedure - minimally invasive, ultrasound-guided removal of scar tissue in the region of tendon pain