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The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
is the national medical society representing more than 7,000
physicians who are specialists in the field of physical
medicine and rehabilitation. They are called physiatrists
(fizz ee at' trists).
Physiatrists focus on restoring function. They care for
patients with acute and chronic pain, and musculoskeletal
problems like back and neck pain, tendonitis, pinched nerves
and fibromyalgia. They also treat people who have experienced
catastrophic events resulting in paraplegia, quadriplegia, or
traumatic brain injury; and individuals who have had strokes,
orthopedic injuries, or neurologic disorders such as multiple
sclerosis, polio, or ALS. |
