How Can PPMRC Help?

The Physiatric Pain and Medical Rehabilitaiton Clinic is a full service rehabilitation clinic that is capable of performing initial comprehensive consultative evaluations, limited physical therapy modalities and patient specific stretching and strengthening and aerobic conditioning services  for injured workers. We also perform Nerve Conduction Studies and Needle EMG's to assist in clerifying a difficult clinical picture for the workers compensation insurance carriers.

Physiatrist (physical medicine & rehabilitation doctors) are board certified  neuro-musculoskeletal experts that are the cost effective answer to the   non-operative injuries sustained by the injured worker that require rehabilitation. Why you ask?

• Physiatrist  are uniquely qualified to  perform comprehensive history and physical examinations required of the injured worker. 

• Physiatrist are skilled at  ordering  and supervising  patient specific treatment programs that are cost effective (modalities and stretching and strengthening exercises) that  can reduced patients pain in a matter of months vs years of treatment in some cases.

• Physiatrist believe in shared return to work philiosophy early in the course of rehabilitation as it promotes positive patient self image and limits long term disability.

• physiatrist are experts at assessing job restrictions to limit further injury and proloned disability and if the patients medical condition is severe or reveals a fracture we will refer patient to the appropriate surgical specialty.

• Physiatrist are trained in residency to  perform diagnostic NCV/EMG and therapeutic trigger point injections to facilitate aggressive pain relief.

• physiatrist frequently provode rehabilitation to all joints including but not limited to the  neck, low back, knee, ankle, shoulder and  wrist injuries.

• Physiatrist work closely with adjustors, nurse case manager and employers to limit multiple unnecessary referral to other providers such as(Orthopedic Surgeon, for initial non operative musculoskeletal evaluations, Neurologist  for traumatic brain injury or Nerve Conduction Studies/Needle EMG, Physical Therapy centers that are staffed with physical therapist creating and directing the plan of care,  instead of  medical doctors board certified in rehabilitation(Physiatrist) that can directly initiate and coordinate as well as supervise all of the patients treatments. All of which saves the insurance carriers alot money and stream lines the patients care, and provides one point of contact to coordinate all patients needs. This common sense approach to Florida's  injured workers will generate superior patient outcomes and a patient that is less likely to initiate litigation.

     PPMRC is currently contracted with  the following workers  compensation       networks for initial consultations, NCV/EMG and Physical therapy services

• Focus, Summit, Choice managed networks etc