Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

01

Document examination results, treatment plans, and patients' outcomes.

02

Examine patients to assess mobility, strength, communication, or cognition.

03

Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.

04

Provide inpatient or outpatient medical management of neuromuscular disorders, musculoskeletal trauma, acute and chronic pain, deformity or amputation, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or other disabling conditions.

05

Monitor effectiveness of pain management interventions, such as medication or spinal injections.

06

Develop comprehensive plans for immediate and long-term rehabilitation, including therapeutic exercise, speech and occupational therapy, counseling, cognitive retraining, patient, family or caregiver education, or community reintegration.

07

Coordinate physical medicine and rehabilitation services with other medical activities.

08

Perform electrodiagnosis, including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage.

09

Prescribe physical therapy to relax the muscles and improve strength.

10

Consult or coordinate with other rehabilitative professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, rehabilitation nurses, speech pathologists, neuropsychologists, behavioral psychologists, social workers, or medical technicians.