Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

MercyOne physical medicine & rehabilitation experts treat a wide variety of medical conditions that have affected the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons. Through conservative treatment options and personalized care plans, our physicians work with you to develop a plan of care that helps to manage pain, maximize function and improve quality of life.

What is physical medicine and rehabilitation?

Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatry, is a comprehensive, medically supervised program personalized to improve a wide variety of medical conditions that have affected the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons.

Our providers work with you to develop a plan of care that helps to manage pain, maximize function and improve quality of life. We offer a non-surgical approach to treatment and focus on treating the whole person, not just the problem area.

When additional treatment is needed, our providers offer prompt referrals to physical therapy, neurosurgery, pain management and orthopedic surgery.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation offer the following services and specialties:

• Amputee clinic with prosthetic/orthotic evaluations
• Aquatic therapy/arthritic management
• Botox for chronic migraines
• Cancer rehabilitation
• Chemodenervation
• Clinical pharmacist & medication review
• Electromyography and nerve conduction studies
• Gait training
• Increasing range of motion and strength
• Intrathecal baclofen pump management
• Joint injections
• Ultrasound and select fluoroscopic guided
• Joint-replacement therapy
• Neurorehabilitation
• Occipital nerve blocks
• Orthotic/prosthetic training
• Osteopathic manipulation
• Osteopathic manual medicine
• Pain management
• Pre- and post-operative care
• Spasticity/Dystonia management
• Sports rehabilitation – custom bracing, therapeutic exercise, osteopathic manipulation, tendon treatments and regenerative medicine therapy
• Trigger point injections
• Ultrasound guided joint, soft tissue, and nerve injections
• Wheelchair clinic
• Wound care

Who could benefit from physical medicine and rehabilitation?

You can benefit from physical medicine and rehabilitation if you have had:

• Amputation
• Arthritis/joint pain
• Back/neck pain
• Cancer
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chronic illness
• Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Myofascial pain
• Nerve pain
• Pain after accident or injury
• Spasticity/dystonia
• Spinal cord injury
• Sports injury
• Stroke
• Traumatic brain injury