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Physical medicine emphasizes that you are the center of your health care. Your activities (such as work, family, hobbies, and self-care) are all part of your independent life. In health care, your efforts make the most of your ability.
As a physical medicine doctor specializing in spine care, I evaluate you medically (history, physical examination, radiology, labs, EMGs, etc.) and functionally (how you walk, sit, care for your self, work, play). This evaluation defines the problems with your spine and its effects on your life.
I work with you and your primary care doctor to improve your function:
- Medically, with planning injections of the spine to decrease inflammation and swelling, and considering possible surgical interventions. We'll review your medicines to ensure that your medications help with decreasing inflammation, swelling, nerve and muscle irritation and pain.
- Functionally, with exerecises for strength, flexibility and endurance of the spine; strategies for pacing and coping with daily tasks, and adaptations to particular tasks (how to perform tasks within certain limits).
- Behaviorally: how your own attitudes and choices help or hinder your function. Your care may involve behavioral medicine if this is helpful.
Conservative managment is often described as nonsurgical management. Physical medicine can also help prepare you for spine surgery. Care then focuses on having you be in the best shape for any surgery, and streamlining recovery from any surgery done.
Marilynn Price, M.D.
Spine Injection Information
Acute Low Back Pain
Back in Action: Taking Control of Your Back Problem
Epidural Steroid Injections
Exercises to Help Your Back
Scoliosis
Spinal Canal Stenosis
My Credentials
| University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Oakland, CA |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehab |
| Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine |
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