Physical Medicine and Rehab Doctors
A physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation.
The physiatrists with Firelands Physician Group see patients with a variety of conditions, including:
- Amputee care
- Back pain
- Musculoskeletal/non-operative
- Prosthetics and orthotics
- Spinal cord injury
- Spine care
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trigger point injections
You may be wondering how a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation is different from a physical therapist. Both are trained in the musculoskeletal system, and both collaborate with each other, but they maintain very different roles in the diagnosis and treatment of a patient. The physical medicine and rehab doctor is the one who diagnoses the patient and prescribes the rehabilitation therapist. The physical therapist is the one who actually works with the patient to fulfill the therapies prescribed by the doctor.
Our physical medicine and rehab doctors also provide treatment for the Firelands Regional Medical Center Inpatient Rehabilitation Center patients, which offers an intensive therapy program for patients transitioning from a hospital stay or recovering from surgery. They also see people in an outpatient setting at the Firelands Regional Medical Center Spine Center.
