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A Lifetime of Activity: How PM&R Teaches Patients to Help Themselves
A physiatrist,
or physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor, specializes in
the nonsurgical management of back and neck pain. While many
doctors provide drugs to mask symptoms of pain, these drugs leave
a patient debilitated and dependent upon them for pain relief.
Francis Pecoraro, MD
Fellowship trained in Interventional Pain Medicine
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A physiatrist, on the other hand, provides techniques and treatments
that enable back and neck pain sufferers to return to activity
without surgery.
What is a physiatrist?
With so many subspecialties in medicine, it is no
wonder that many people do not know exactly what a physiatrist does,
even if they have heard the term. It has become a nationwide trend
for highly respected spine centers to use physiatrists to treat cases
of back and neck pain.
A physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) doctor may
use a variety of tests to diagnose your back, including low back pain, or neck pain. Physiatrists
may also use spinal injections for pain relief and for diagnostic purposes of spine conditions.
So what does that mean for me?
Essentially, a physiatrist has unique skills to
offer a back pain or neck pain sufferer. Instead of masking pain with drugs,
a physiatrist identifies the cause of the pain. They often help patients
relieve back pain, including low back pain symptoms, without surgery.
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