How do they match: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

  • PM and R Physician
  • PM and R Specialist
  • Pain Management Physician
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist

  • Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.
  • Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities.
  • Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation, including therapeutic exercise, speech and occupational therapy, counseling, cognitive retraining, patient, family or caregiver education, or community reintegration.
  • Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
  • Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.
  • Prescribe orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, or communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.
  • Prescribe therapy services, such as electrotherapy, ultrasonography, heat or cold therapy, hydrotherapy, debridement, short-wave or microwave diathermy, and infrared or ultraviolet radiation, to enhance rehabilitation.
  • Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.