How do they match: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

  • Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.
  • Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.
  • 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.
  • Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.
  • Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.
  • Prescribe orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, or communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.

  • Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
  • Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
  • Record patient medical histories.
  • Test patient nervous system functioning.