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    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation provides integrated care for your muscles, nerves, 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 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 and a variety procedures.

    Conditions treated

    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation cares 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
    • Minimally invasive, ultrasound-guided procedures
    • Movement disorders
    • Multiple sclerosis
    • Muscle and tendon injuries
    • Muscle pain syndromes
    • Musculoskeletal pain
    • Neck pain, including disc disease, arthritis and whiplash injuries
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Pain from sports injuries
    • Pinched nerves related to sciatica and radiculopathy
    • Piriformis syndrome
    • Prolotherapy
    • Reflex sympathetic pain 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

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    Call to schedule an appointment. If you have questions about insurance, call your insurance company prior to your visit.

    Locations

    Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare Onalaska Clinic
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    Clinic
    191 Theater Road, Onalaska, WI 54650
    • General:
    • 608-392-6393
    • Hours:
    • Wed:8:45 AM - 4:15 PM

    Providers

    Cheryl Bihn MD
    Cheryl Bihn, M.D.
    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
    La Crosse, Onalaska
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