diagnostic tests and treatments
Our Outpatient Physiatrists manage nonsurgical conditions including orthopedic injuries, spine-related pain and dysfunction, occupational injuries and overuse syndromes, neurogenic bowel/bladder, pressure sore management, spasticity management, and chronic pain.
Treatments and Procedures
Our Physiatrists perform and prescribe the following diagnostic tests and treatments:
- Therapeutic exercise
- Prosthetics/orthotics
- EMG (electromyography)
- NCS (nerve conduction studies)
- Soft tissue injections
- Joint injections
- Spine injections
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound
- Interventional spinal therapeutics
- Spasticity management
How do you know when to see a physiatrist?
You should seek treatment from a Physiatrist if:
- You have experienced an injury that causes pain and/or impedes physical functioning.
- You have an illness, disability, or experienced treatment for an illness that has left you with limited physical functioning and pain.
- You are experiencing chronic back pain, neck pain, pain from a repetitive stress injury, or chronic pain from arthritis.
- You have experienced a stroke or other nerve damage that limits physical functioning.
- You are recovering from surgery.
- You are contemplating surgery as a means to diminish chronic pain.