Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Treatment of muscle, joint and nerve pain, and rehabilitation after surgery or stroke.
What is Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation?
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation treats pain arising from muscles, joints, bones and nerves, and helps patients regain lost movement. The aim is not only to relieve pain but to return the person to daily life.
Treatment is rarely a single measure: medication, exercise and physical therapy are usually planned together.
Which conditions does it cover?
- Back and neck pain
- Symptoms of lumbar and cervical disc herniation
- Osteoarthritis
- Shoulder pain and frozen shoulder
- Heel spur and foot pain
- Rheumatic conditions
- Nerve entrapment
- Muscle injuries and sports injuries
- Loss of movement after stroke
- Restricted movement after surgery
Procedures performed
- Detailed assessment of movement and muscle strength
- Physical therapy applications
- ESWT (treatment for heel spur)
- A personalised exercise programme
- Rehabilitation after surgery
- Rehabilitation after stroke
When should you seek care?
- Back, neck or joint pain lasting more than three weeks
- Pain or numbness spreading to an arm or leg
- Morning stiffness and restricted movement
- Difficulty walking
- Loss of movement after surgery or stroke
The information on this page is for general guidance only; diagnosis and treatment decisions are made by your doctor after examination.
