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- Medicina Física y Rehabilitación Overview of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Statistics of Disability PM&R
Treatment Team Specialized Areas of Rehabilitation Conditions
Commonly Treated By PM&R Effects of Rehabilitation on the Family
Choosing a Rehabilitation Unit / CARF Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry, is a medical
specialty that involves the process of restoring lost abilities
for a person who has been disabled as a result of disease,
disorder, or injury. These doctors are nerve, muscle, and bone
specialists, and the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, pulmonary,
and central nervous systems are most often involved. Using a
multidisciplinary approach, PM&R covers everything from cardiac
rehabilitation to pain management. PM&R can be used to retrain a
person on the basics of daily living, or may be used to help an
older person recover from a fall. Regardless of what caused the
disability, rehabilit