Pain & Ortho Spine Institute

Our practice is quite unique in Columbia as we offer a wide variety of services to assist patients in recovery from different injuries and illness, that encompass Orthopedic injuries, complaints and Neurological illnesses.

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www.ClinicofColumbia.com

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

If you did not hear about this field of medicine yet, there are several reasons that may explain that; one is that the core training of a Physiatrist is focused on restoring function after an injury or illness, that leaves almost all training programs affiliated with large academic institutions and Universities, however, both the University of South Carolina-USC-and the Medical University of South Carolina -MUSC– do not even offer the training as it is difficult to recruit physicians in the field because there are relatively few across the nation.

Rehabilitation physicians are nerve, muscle, bone and brain experts who treat injury or illness non surgically to decrease pain and restore function. Throughout the years the field expanded further and encompassed several subspecialties including Pain medicine, Spine Care, MusculoskeletalMedicine, Brain injury Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Stroke Rehabilitation Medicine, Orthopedic Rehabilitation Care.

AAPM&R Member

We are active members of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) which is the national medical specialty society for physiatrist (fizz ee AT trists), physicians who specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R)