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Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Jun 23 6:57am | Replies (12)

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I agree. I’m a patient at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, which is a research rehabilitation hospital, so I was lucky to be referred to someone fairly quickly. I always struggle to summarize exactly what sets a physiatrist/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation doctor apart. Where I live they go by “PMR” as their speciality. But that tends to confuse me because my dad has a chronic condition with the same acronym.

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It's too bad it's so confusing emo. These MDs perform an incredibly valuable service, but most people don't know they exist - or what to call them. And it's even more confusing because these Drs are not PCPs, but do so much of the same work, just more specialized. But specialized in what? The Dr. I saw was part of the orthopedic team but was classified as a PMR Dr.

I guess the message for people with something wrong is to be persistent and look around to find someone.