Physiatrists
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: The Unknown Specialty
As a family physician in private practice, our Editor in Chief, Linda Girgis, MD, understands what it means to practice in a vast area of medicine. While physicians will always juggle the challenges of their specialty, many are unfamiliar with a resource that can provide support for countless medical conditions: physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R). Recently, Dr. Girgis introduced us to Mahmud M. Ibrahim, MD, who is double board certified in sports medicine and PM&R.
In a Q&A with Dr. Girgis, Dr. Ibrahim explains the often unknown value of his specialty. And we’ve found he is just as passionate about his specialty as his specialty is valuable to the medical community:
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Resources
Navigating back pain treatments: Can a physiatrist help?
When people have severe pain, or have not found enough pain relief with conservative treatments, physiatrists who are trained in peripheral joint injections and spinal injections can offer these procedures.
Physiatrist vs Physical Therapist: 5 Major Differences
Physical therapists don’t diagnose medical conditions, but physiatrists do. A physiatrist uses diagnostic tools like X-ray, nerve conduction studies, and electromyography to identify the underlying medical conditions that require rehabilitation.
Tongue-Controlled Wheelchair Helps Paralyzed People Move
A new wireless device has allowed paralyzed people to drive a wheelchair simply by moving their tongues.
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: The Unknown Specialty
As one of the youngest specialties, PM&R is not well known. Many medical schools do not offer rotations in PM&R, but the field is becoming more popular, and residency spots more competitive, as the demand for physiatry increases.
Physiatry is More Than
Physiatry is more than any one illness, injury, patient or physician. It is a diverse specialty, practiced in a variety of settings. Here you will find perspectives of the specialty told by patients, family members, and physiatrists. The intent is to celebrate and unite the specialty in its work, because united, our impact is magnified.
PhysiatryNow
PhysiatryNow is an educational organization that shares research and develops medical education content focusing on rehabilitation medicine, and the knowledge, diagnosis and treatment of neurological and musculoskeletal conditions.
Physiopedia
We are a charity, a not-for profit organisation. We educate physiotherapists all over the world. We build physiotherapy community. We advocate for the physiotherapy profession. We help those in need of physiotherapy knowledge. We have an impact on people's lives!
Association of Academic Physiatrists
The Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) is an organization of physiatry professionals who are dedicated to improving patient care by advancing the specialty through research and education.
Bone and Joint Initiative
Patient, healthcare professional or researcher -- child, teen, adult or senior -- if you're visiting us to answer a question, to find information, or to participate in an activity, thank your bones and joints for bringing you here. Think about it: if the bones and joints in your body are strong and flexible, they move smoothly.
Cornucopia of Disability Information
CODI serves as a community resource for consumers and professionals by providing disability information in a wide variety of areas. It consists of both an Internet Directory of Disability Information and a repository of electronic disability documents, dating back to the early 1990s. Many of the documents on CODI are publicly available nowhere else on the Internet.
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Articles.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
The mission of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases is to support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases; the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research; and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases.
National Rehabilitation Information Center
The National Rehabilitation Information Center's online gateway to an abundance of disability- and rehabilitation-oriented information organized in a variety of formats designed to make it easy for users to find and use.
AbleData
AbleData provides objective information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources to consumers, organizations, professionals, and caregivers within the United States. We serve the nation's disability, rehabilitation, and senior communities.
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