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[ROMARY]

Hope you feel much better this evening, RRR. Plenty of nice folks here wishing you well.

[Marianne1]

More info:

Physiatrists, or rehabilitation physicians, are nerve, muscle, and bone experts who treat injuries or illnesses that affect how you move

Rehabilitation physicians are medical doctors who have completed training in the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R). Specifically, rehabilitation physicians:

• Diagnose and treat pain
• Restore maximum function lost through injury, illness or disabling conditions
• Treat the whole person, not just the problem area
• Lead a team of medical professionals
• Provide non-surgical treatments
• Explain your medical problems and treatment/prevention plan

The job of a rehabilitation physician is to treat any disability resulting from disease or injury, from sore shoulders to spinal cord injuries. The focus is on the development of a comprehensive program for putting the pieces of a person's life back together after injury or disease – without surgery.

Rehabilitation physicians take the time needed to accurately pinpoint the source of an ailment. They then design a treatment plan that can be carried out by the patients themselves or with the help of the rehabilitation physician’s medical team. This medical team might include other physicians and health professionals, such as neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, and physical therapists. By providing an appropriate treatment plan, rehabilitation physicians help patients stay as active as possible at any age. Their broad medical expertise allows them to treat disabling conditions throughout a person’s lifetime.

Source: http://www.aapmr.org/patients/aboutpmr/pages/physiatrist.aspx

[sylviahomeatlast]

my pain is very different -----not physically painful

[sylviahomeatlast]

On 10/6/2014 Complicated said:

More info:

<h5 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; font-size: 1.2em; color: #003366; font-family: Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> Physiatrists, or rehabilitation physicians, are nerve, muscle, and bone experts who treat injuries or illnesses that affect how you move</h5>

Rehabilitation physicians are medical doctors who have completed training in the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R). Specifically, rehabilitation physicians:

• Diagnose and treat pain
• Restore maximum function lost through injury, illness or disabling conditions
• Treat the whole person, not just the problem area
• Lead a team of medical professionals
• Provide non-surgical treatments
• Explain your medical problems and treatment/prevention plan

The job of a rehabilitation physician is to treat any disability resulting from disease or injury, from sore shoulders to spinal cord injuries. The focus is on the development of a comprehensive program for putting the pieces of a person's life back together after injury or disease – without surgery.

Rehabilitation physicians take the time needed to accurately pinpoint the source of an ailment. They then design a treatment plan that can be carried out by the patients themselves or with the help of the rehabilitation physician’s medical team. This medical team might include other physicians and health professionals, such as neurologists, orthopedic surgeons, and physical therapists. By providing an appropriate treatment plan, rehabilitation physicians help patients stay as active as possible at any age. Their broad medical expertise allows them to treat disabling conditions throughout a person’s lifetime.

Source yes

[ROMARY]

Thanks, complicated................I've made a note of 'physiatrist'. I know several folks who can probably benefit by seeing physiatrists. Sometimes we have to know who exactly we should request (referral) from our docs. .......... Edited to remove 'therapist'.

[Sushismom]

OP, when's the last time you saw an actual neurologist?

[RibbonsRosesRainbows]

On 10/6/2014 sylviahomeatlast said: physiatrist is a physician specializing in pain relief

This doctor also guides me to other doctors when needed and makes decision on my brain directions.

[RibbonsRosesRainbows]

On 10/6/2014 Sushismom said:

OP, when's the last time you saw an actual neurologist?

Last year for sleep issues and I could not understand him and I would keep asking him to repeat and he said he could not work with me........well he should have spoken better English.

[RibbonsRosesRainbows]

I go to a Neurology and Spine Clinic.

[Sushismom]

On 10/6/2014 RibbonsRosesRainbows said:

On 10/6/2014 Sushismom said:

OP, when's the last time you saw an actual neurologist?

Last year for sleep issues and I could not understand him and I would keep asking him to repeat and he said he could not work with me........well he should have spoken better English.

You certainly seem to have issues with people who should speak better English. And, if you go to a Neurology and Spine Clinic, aren't you seeing a neurologist there?