West Philadelphia Pain Management Center is a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is situated at 5429 Chestnut St Ste G19, Philadelphia and its contact number is 215-796-9003. The authorized person of West Philadelphia Pain Management Center is Sharon Kristoff who is Office Manager of the clinic and their contact number is 215-957-5400. Primary license number for West Philadelphia Pain Management Center is DC004566L (Chiropractic) in Pennsylvania.
West Philadelphia Pain Management Center Clinic Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices.Chiropractic treatments have been proved effective in many problems, such as continuous back pain, neck pain, headache, digestive problems, balance difficulties, whiplash and other collision injuries, occupational and sports injuries. Some of the other diseases in which chiropractic treatment is helpful are Sciatica, Scoliosis, Fibromyalgia, TMJ disorders etc.