Medicine & Rehabilitation
Medicine & Rehabilitation
Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons.
PM&R doctors are trained to treat and control acute or chronic pain with medications and holistic approaches that include mindfulness, Yoga, Pilates, dry needling, and anti-inflammatory diets. Acute pain is directly related to tissue damage and has an obvious source. Chronic pain, whose origin can be difficult to pinpoint, is persistent and can last for months. In some cases the brain will continue to receive pain signals even after an injury has healed. Chronic pain also is frequently present in ongoing conditions, such as arthritis or cancer.
Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry, is a medical specialty that seeks to promote healing and rehabilitation of patients who have suffered injury or disability. Physiatrists treat patients following a stroke or brain or spinal cord injury; they also diagnose and treat acute and/or chronic pain and musculoskeletal injuries suffered in falls, sports, and the workplace. Many specialize in treating back and neck pain. Physiatrists treat the whole person. They address the patient's physical, emotional, and social needs during rehabilitation. Physiatrists direct a rehabilitation team that may include physical or occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, social workers, and athletic trainers. .
WHERE REHABILITATION IS DONE
People can have rehabilitation in many settings. It will often begin while they are still in the hospital, recovering from an illness or injury. Sometimes it begins before someone has planned surgery
After the person leaves the hospital, treatment may continue at a special inpatient rehabilitation center. A person may be transferred to this type of center if they have significant orthopedic problems, burns, a spinal cord injury or severe brain injury from stroke or trauma.
Rehabilitation often also takes place in a skilled nursing facility or rehabilitation center outside of a hospital.
Many people who are recovering eventually go home. Therapy is then continued at the provider's office or in another setting. You may visit the office of your physical medicine physician and other health professionals. Sometimes, a therapist will make home visits. Family members or other caregivers must also be available to help
WHAT REHABILITATION DOES
The goal of rehabilitation therapy is to teach people how to take care of themselves as much as possible. The focus is often on daily tasks such as eating, bathing, using the bathroom and moving from a wheelchair to a bed.
Sometimes, the goal is more challenging, such as restoring full function to one or more parts of the body.
Rehabilitation experts use many tests to evaluate a person's problems and monitor their recovery.
A full rehabilitation program and treatment plan may be needed to help with medical, physical, social, emotional, and work-related problems, including:
- 1. Therapy for specific medical problems
- 2. Advice about setting up their home to maximize their function and safety
- 3. Help with wheelchairs, splints and other medical equipment
- 4. Help with financial and social issues
Family and caregivers may also need help adjusting to their loved one's condition and knowing where to find resources in the community.
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