Physical Rehabilitation Specialist

Accurate and timely diagnosis is key to effective treatment and outcome.

Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) is an umbrella term for the medical specialty that, “based on the assessment of functioning and including the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions, performs, applies and co-ordinates biomedical and engineering and a wide range of other interventions with the goal of optimizing the functioning of people experiencing or likely to experience disability.” Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (May 2007).

Medical acupuncture is the term used to describe acupuncture performed by a doctor trained and licensed in Western medicine who has also had thorough training in acupuncture as a specialty practice.

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