Physical medicine and rehabilitation

Moreover, we treat patients who become injured at work, or as they participate in physical activities (including sports). Conditions We Treat at Our Accident Clinic Located Near the Brickell Neighborhood Back pain (upper and lower) Nerve pain that runs down the buttock and into the leg (sciatica) Cervical pain/Whiplash (neck pain) Herniated/Bulging discs Shoulder and knee injuries Physical therapy treatments following surgical procedures Strains Sprains…

Introduction The goal of Mercy Rehabilitation Institute is to provide comprehensive and reliable care to individuals with physical disability. This facility has been established since 1847 by the Sisters of Mercy, but was highly recognized as one of the country’s leading hospital since its merger with UPMC effective Jan. 1, 2008 (http://www.upmc.com). One famous competitor is the Department for Special surgery; this department has much high-tech equipment for the rapid surgical procedures and…

Concussion Definition: 1. Temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. The term is also used loosely of the after affects such as confusion or temporarily incapacity. Anatomy examples: MOI: A direct impact to the heads is by far the most common mechanism of encountering a concussion. Signs and Symptoms: Symptoms that could be experienced Memory problems Confusion Drowsiness or feeling sluggish Dizziness Double vision or blurred vision Headache Nausea or vomititing Sensitivity…

Professional Development. According the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), professional development “begins with professional education and continues throughout one’s professional life. Professional development is the foundation for where the physical therapist assumes an attitude of inquiry and engages in an ongoing process of assessment and evaluation of knowledge, skills, and abilities.”1 Professional development can occur in organized instructional settings or in societal…

as important, if not more, than the amount of effort also put forth. My often unexplainable love affair for medicine started at a young age when I aspired to find the cures for the most ravaging diseases that plagued the earth. Rooted in a foundation of inquisitiveness, I desired nothing more than to extend nurturing, healing and joy to others. My life had soon brought me closer to medicine in ways that I could have never fathomed. I was a young teenager when I discovered my mother slumped over…

facilities that support both conventional and alternative medicine. There is a disconnect between Eastern and Western approaches to medicine causing tension rather than mutual respect and historically the relationship between these physicians have been strained. There are increasing physician referrals for alternative treatments, a sign…

and metastatic tumors were able to make functional gains in rehabilitation.51 And patients with all types of cancer who were seen in inpatient rehabilitation (by both occupational and physical therapy) made significant functional gains at discharge and the presence of metastatic disease did not influence these gains.52 Recently, an occupational therapy intervention was tested with women with breast cancer that included using tele-medicine with a licensed occupational therapist to problem solve…

Administration states “Schedule I drugs are the most dangerous of all the drug schedules with potentially severe and psychological and physical dependence”.2 Schedule I drugs include heroin, marijuana, LSD, and ecstasy among others.2 Schedule II drugs include cocaine, methamphetamine, and methadone among others.2 These schedules continue on until Schedule V which includes cough medicines and other less harmful…

ESSAY“FAMILY MEDICINE”- A SPECIALTY.. A WAY OF LIFE INTRODUCTION Family medicine has been recognised as a specialty for decades in many countries. Like recognised specialties, family medicine has a defined body of knowledge, skills and attitudes, a research base and a post graduate training program. Despite its central and generalised importance to our discipline it is a “speciality”, unlike other specialties which deals only with a specific system…

behavioral health solutions for over __years, The agency will provide comprehensive mental health and substance abuse services, including inpatient and outpatient, residential and community based prevention, treatment services and Vocational Rehabilitation. The agency uses Seeking Safety, an evidence based model specifically developed to help survivors with co-occurring trauma and SUD and, crucially, in a way that does not ask them to delve into emotional distressing trauma narrative. This…