Frequently Asked Questions

 


What diseases or problems does the physiatrist treat?

Physiatrist

A physiatrist is a doctor who specializes in diseases that affect the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons and is responsible for restoring lost abilities due to illness or injury.


The most common diseases that physiatrists treat are:

Arthritis:

Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints, characterized by pain and stiffness in the joints and usually worse with age.

Calcaneal spur:

The calcaneal spur is a bony protrusion around the heel bone causing acute heel pain.

Cerebral palsy:

Cerebral palsy is a congenital disorder of movement, posture, or muscle tone.

Cerebral vascular surgery:

Cerebral vascular surgery is a procedure to repair damaged vessels in the brain.

Chronic pain:

Chronic pain is pain that lasts at least 12 weeks or past the time of normal tissue healing.

Down's Syndrome:

Down syndrome is a genetic disorder produced by an extra chromosome, which causes intellectual disability and physical development disorder.

Limb amputation:

Limb amputation consists of the abrupt cutting of a limb or limb by an external agent.

Multiple sclerosis:

It is a pathology in which an abnormal and progressive hardening of tissues or organism is represented. It mainly affects the blood vessels and the nervous system.

Spinal cord injury:

The spinal cord carries messages from the brain throughout the body and contains pairs of nerve fibers that transmit signals back and forth between your brain and spine. It also protects your spinal nerves as they branch out to different parts of your body. When you injure your spinal cord, the loss of function is related to the location and severity of the injury. Depending on where it happens, you could lose feeling in certain areas or have no movement at all. If the injury is severe, you may even become paralyzed.

Stroke:

A stroke is defined as the rapid onset of neurologic symptoms caused by focal brain, spinal cord or retinal ischemia. It results in rapid loss of nerve function and often causes death or severe disability. A stroke occurs when oxygen-rich blood stops flowing to part of the brain due to a blockage, causing it to be deprived of oxygen and food.


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