Physiatry – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – is the specialty of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders
With an aging population around the globe and the prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal and neuromuscular illnesses the need for long-term medical services conducive to functional independence and pain management remains significant.
The treatment of chronic pain syndromes in particular – commonly associated with chronic disabling illnesses – is complex and multi-faceted. It requires a multidisciplinary approach directed by a physician who will coordinate physician and allied health services effectively. A Physiatrist (specialist in Physiatry – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) is best suited to address such complex multidisciplinary care.
Dr. Massumi has a thirty-plus year experience in Physiatry and Pain Management serving Maryland– he provides both diagnostic and therapeutic musculoskeletal and neuromuscular services. The following are examples of conditions that he treats:
- Back pain and lumbago
- Neck pain and headaches
- Spine pain and arthritis
- Joint pain and arthritis
- Sciatica and pinched nerves
- Neuropathy
- Nerve root disorders
- Disc and facet disorders
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Nerve entrapments
- Myofascial Pain syndromes
- Fibromyalgia
- Tendinitis
- Bursitis
- Enthesitis
- Neuralgia – including trigeminal
- Myopathy
Many other chronic pain disorders are also treated.
Treatments include interventional ( Prolotherapy, Neural Prolotherapy and other injection therapeutics, etc.) and non-interventional ( medications, etc.) protocols as well as recommendations for complementary and alternative medicine and or integrative options. As noted above treatment suggestions may include multidisciplinary engagements to facilitate an earlier and more robust recovery.
Please see our ‘Contact’ page to call or e-mail us; You may also e-mail info@massumi.com or call 410-825-5905.
