Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2081P2900X
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The following are the total number of Pain Medicine Physiatrists who accept Medicare in your state, the number who have opted out of Medicare, and the total number excluded from participation in Medicare nationwide.
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What do Pain Medicine Physiatrists do?
Pain Medicine Physiatrists are medical doctors who specialize in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), focusing on reducing pain and improving function for people with musculoskeletal injuries, neurological conditions, and chronic pain.
They treat a wide range of issues, from back and neck pain to sports injuries and conditions like arthritis and stroke, using non-surgical approaches like injections, exercise, nerve blocks, and prescribing medications and assistive devices.
Responsabilities
Diagnose and Assess: Physiatrists diagnose medical conditions, perform physical exams to assess strength, range of motion, and sensation, and identify movement limitations that impact daily activities.
Develop Treatment Plans: They create individualized, non-surgical treatment plans focused on improving function and minimizing pain.
Provide Injections and Procedures: They perform various procedures, including:
- Spinal and joint injections for pain relief
- Nerve blocks and nerve ablation to relieve pain
- Trigger point injections to treat muscle pain
- Disc treatments like decompression and vertebroplasty
Prescribe and Manage Medications: They can prescribe medications to manage pain and other symptoms related to injuries or chronic conditions.
Recommend Therapies and Assistive Devices: They often incorporate therapies like physical therapy and recommend assistive devices, such as prosthetics and orthotics, to help patients regain function.
Use Diagnostic Tools: They may use diagnostic tools like electromyography (EMG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), and ultrasound to assess nerve and muscle function.
Conditions They Treat
Physiatrists treat a broad spectrum of conditions, including:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Back and neck pain
- Arthritis and other joint problems
- Spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries
- Stroke and other neuromuscular disorders
- Sports injuries
- Fibromyalgia
- Migraines
Other Specialty Physiatrists
Brain Injury Medicine Physiatrists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2081P0301X
A Brain Injury Medicine physician specializes in disorders of brain function due to injury and disease.
These disorders encompass a range of medical, physical, neurologic, cognitive, sensory, and behavioral disorders that result in psychosocial, educational, and vocational consequences.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physiatrists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2081H0002X
A physical medicine and rehabilitation physician with special knowledge and skills to prevent and relieve the suffering experienced by patients with life-limiting illnesses.
This specialist collaborates with an interdisciplinary hospice or palliative care team to maximize quality of life by addressing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of both the patient and the family throughout the disease, the dying process, and beyond.
This specialist has expertise in assessing patients with advanced disease and relieving distressing symptoms.
They coordinate interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care in diverse venues, use specialized care systems, including hospice, manage the imminently dying patient, and make legal and ethical decisions in end-of-life care.
Neuromuscular Medicine Physiatrists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2081N0008X
A physician who specializes in neuromuscular medicine possesses specialized knowledge in the science, clinical evaluation, and management of these disorders.
This encompasses the knowledge of the pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders at a level that is significantly beyond the training and expertise expected of a general neurologist, child neurologist, or physiatrist.
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Physicians
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2081P0010X
A physiatrist who utilizes an interdisciplinary approach and addresses the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of congenital and childhood-onset physical impairments, including related or secondary medical, physical, functional, psychosocial, and vocational limitations or conditions, with an understanding of the life course of disability.
This physician is trained in identifying functional capabilities and selecting the best rehabilitation intervention strategies, with an understanding of the continuum of care.
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Physicians
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2081P0004X
A physician who addresses the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of traumatic spinal cord injury and non-traumatic etiologies of spinal cord dysfunction by working in an interdisciplinary manner.
Care is provided to patients of all ages on a lifelong basis, covering related medical, physical, psychological, and vocational disabilities and complications.
Sports Medicine Physiatrists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 2081S0010X
A physician specializing in Sports Medicine is responsible for continuous care focused on enhancing health and fitness, as well as preventing injury and illness.
The specialist possesses knowledge and experience in promoting wellness and preventing injuries across various medical fields, including exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, and physical evaluation.
The goal of a Sports Medicine specialist is to improve the healthcare of individuals engaged in physical exercise.