Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic

The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic (PM&R) offers a wide spectrum of services dedicated to managing various disabilities and assisting patients to reach their maximal functional outcome. 

Our physicians are experienced physiatrists (physicians who are Board certified in the specialty of PM&R) with sub-specialties in the medical rehabilitation of various injuries and disabilities. 

Outpatient Clinic
Evaluation of musculoskeletal injuries, neuromuscular diseases, traumatic injuries, and complications form various diseases (i.e., spasticity, neurogenic pain) are treated by physiatrists in the clinic using conservative management techniques such as specific therapy prescriptions, medications, and injections. Medical acupuncture is also offered as an alternative for pain management. 

Interventional Spine Clinic

This offers a non-surgical outpatient program focusing on pain management, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of neck and low back, hip, shoulder, and neuropathic pain syndromes such as spine and musculoskeletal medicine and diagnostic and therapeutic spine injection procedures such as:

• Caudal epidural
• Translaminar epidural
• Selective Nerve Root Block (lumbar, thoracic, cervical)
• Facet joint (lumbar, thoracic, cervical)
• Medial Branch Nerve Block (lumbar, thoracic, cervical)
• Sacral-iliac joint block
• Medical branch nerve
• Discography
• Sympathetic nerve block
• Neurotomy (radiofrequency lesioning)
• Intradiscal therapy 

Sports Medicine Clinic

This clinic offers a complete range of outpatient services focusing on non-surgical care of injuries related to exercise and sport, such as overuse musculoskeletal injuries in athletes. 

Electromyography Clinic (EMG)
Electrodiagnostic/nerve conduction velocity/electromyography guided nerve and motor point blocks are performed for diagnostic purposes (nerve and muscle diseases) as well as therapeutic purposes (pain relief/relief of spasticity). 

The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation offers more information about this specialty.

Physicians

Michael Fredericson, MD

Board Certified in American Board of PM&R and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Sub-specialties: Overuse musculoskeletal injuries

Jeffrey Teraoka, MD

Board Certified in American Board of PM&R, American Board of Internal Medicine

Raj Mitra, MD

Board Certified in American Board of PM&R and Pain Management
Sub-specialties: Pain management, neck and low back pain, cancer pain, and neuropathic pain syndromes.