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Additional Education & Training: A physiatrist is a medical doctor certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPM&R). To attain certification, a doctor must complete four years of residency training after medical school and must successfully complete written and oral examinations from the board. To maintain ABPM&R certification, a doctor must be able to document several hours of relevent continuing education every year. Speciality: A physiatrist specializes in improving dysfunction of muscles, bones, joints, and their associated neurology. This covers a wide range of common medical situations such as acute and chronic pain, automobile injuries, sports injuries, stroke rehabilitation, back pain, chronic whiplash, carpal tunnel, chronic headaches, and much more. Physiatrists have specialized training in medical treatment for these conditions, rehabilitation, and care coordination. As with most physiatrists, treatments provided at the practice of Dr. Neal S. Taub are non-surgical. A physiatrist often prescribes appropriate medicines, exercises, physical therapy, assistive devices, traction, electrotherapy, special injection techniques, manual therapies, biofeedback, etc. Care coordination serves as an important component of physiatric care. Should the optimal treatment of your condition require the services of an allied health professional such as a physical therapist, occupational therapist, surgeon, etc, a physiatrist has special training in coordinating care. In other words, when multiple healthcare professionals are working on you, it can be helpful to have one of them overseeing everything that is going on – to be the coach of your healthcare team. A physiatrist is trained to take on this responsibility for you.
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