Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Advanced Techniques to Manage Physical and Cognitive Impairment
Loyola Medicine’s physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, commonly referred to as physiatrists, diagnose, evaluate and manage children and adult patients with physical and cognitive impairment or disability.
They have specialized training in non-surgical treatment of neurological and musculoskeletal conditions, as well as impairments related to other organ systems such as the heart and lungs.
Loyola’s physiatrists provide leadership to integrated teams focused on the restoration and development of physical, cognitive, social, recreational, occupational and vocational function in people whose abilities have been limited by pain, disease, trauma, or by congenital and developmental disorders. Depending on the nature of the impairment, the care you require may be short- or long-term.
Loyola’s rehabilitation team is comprised of highly trained rehabilitation clinicians in a wide range of specialties, including:
- Certified hand therapists
- Occupational therapists
- Orthotists
- Physiatrists
- Physical therapists
- Prosthetists
- Psychiatrists
- Psychologists
- Recreational therapists
- Rehabilitation nurses
- Respiratory therapists
- Social workers
- Speech pathologists
- Vocational rehabilitation counselors
- Work conditioning therapists
- Work hardening therapists
Patients undergoing physical medical rehabilitation may be treated in a hospital, in a special rehabilitation unit, in their own home or on an outpatient basis. Learn about our acute rehabilitation unit.
What Conditions are Treated with Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation?
Loyola’s physiatrists have expertise in the diagnosis and non-surgical management of a multitude of disorders, injuries and conditions, including:
- Amputations
- Back injuries
- Brain injuries
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic back pain
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Chronic neck pain
- Chronic pain disorders
- Congenital disorders
- Deconditioning related to severe illness or injury
- Developmental disorders and delays
- Fibromyalgia
- Hand injuries
- Major surgery rehabilitation
- Major trauma
- Neck injuries
- Orthopaedic conditions
- Severe burn injuries
- Severe fractures
- Spinal cord injuries
- Stroke rehabilitation
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