ABOUT PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Physical medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) is a branch of medicine that specializes on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disorders that may result or resulted to temporary and permanent physical impairment. It is also called Physiatry. Physiatrists, also known as rehabilitation physicians, are medical doctors that emphasize on the treatment of injuries or illnesses that directly affect body movements.

Physiatrists are doctors that also centralizes in targeting the effects of major impairment caused by severe medical conditions— illnesses involving the bones and muscles, and, the brain and the nerves— and accidents— resulting from a variety of accidents like vehicular accidents to sporting events encountered by athletes. In simpler terms, they deal with the aftermath of these injuries or diseases.