physiatrist
Movement restoration specialist
A physiatrist is a physician who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Physiatrists treat patients recovering from injuries, surgeries, or conditions affecting muscles, bones, nerves, and brain—helping restore function and manage pain without surgery.
After the car accident, she was referred to a physiatrist for her back injury.
Locomotion pattern
- ambulationMovement by walking
- locomotionAbility to travel independently
- rangeExtent of variation
- motionChange in position
flexibility · balance · coordination · posture · biomechanics · neuromuscular · wheelchair · orthotics
Curative mental treatment
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
conditioning · neuroplasticity · functional · restoration · outpatient · inpatient · physiotherapy · occupational
Persisting over time
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
- triggerWhat initiates action
point · EMG · nerve · conduction · radiculopathy · neuropathy · back · neck
gait
Locomotion pattern
- ambulationMovement by walking
- locomotionAbility to travel independently
- rangeExtent of variation
motion · flexibility · balance · coordination · posture · biomechanics · neuromuscular · wheelchair · orthotics · prosthetics
therapy
Curative mental treatment
strengthening · conditioning · neuroplasticity · functional · restoration · outpatient · inpatient · physiotherapy · occupational · assessment
chronic
Persisting over time
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
trigger · point · EMG · nerve · conduction · radiculopathy · neuropathy · back · neck · joint
- doctorsdoctor, doctors, MD, surgeons, surgeon
- Medical Staffdoctor, nurse practitioner, surgeon, intern, resident
- therapiststherapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, psychiatrist, respiratory therapist
- orthopedicsorthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, bone fracture, joint replacement, hip replacement
- brain expertsneurologist, neuroscientist, neurosurgeon, brain surgeon, neurobiologist
- bone doctorsorthopedist, orthopedic surgeon, spine surgeon, hand surgeon, spine specialist
physiatristsurgeon
Physician who operates
orthopedic surgeon · neurosurgeon · spine surgeon · general surgeon · trauma surgeon
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