Restoring Function, Renewing Lives
October 22, 2024
Restoring Function, Renewing Lives: The Benefits of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
If you or a loved one has experienced a long hospital stay due to a traumatic injury or chronic or debilitating condition, you may be wondering, “Now what?” Once an injury, condition or disease has stabilized, it can be a long road to recovery. But an important part of your treatment plan is just beginning; focus on improving and restoring movement and function as well as quality of life.
Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) focuses on impairments affecting the bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, muscles, nerves, brain and spinal cord. PM&R physicians take a multidisciplinary approach to treating these conditions. They work collaboratively with neurologists, orthopedists, neurosurgeons, physical therapists, occupational and speech therapists, and primary care physicians to look at the “big picture” of improving function.
Through various treatments and procedures, the goals of PM&R are to:
- Maximize independence with daily-living activities
- Decrease pain
- Enhance performance and functionality to improve quality of life without surgical intervention
Garnet Health is pleased to announce the opening of Garnet Health Doctors’ new PM&R specialty practice. Our services include general evaluations, prescribing therapy modalities and monitoring functional progression, and prosthetic and orthotic management, as well as diagnostic testing such as electromyography (EMG) and office-based procedures such as joint injections.
Garnet Health Doctors PM&R specialists treat adult patients with acute or chronic musculoskeletal or neurological conditions. Reasons for PM&R treatment include:
- Stroke'
- Amputation
- Traumatic brain injury (including concussion)
- Conditions requiring continued physical, occupational and speech therapy
- Continued management after being discharged from inpatient rehab
- Orthotics and prosthetics/bracing
- Musculoskeletal issues involving the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral)
- Large-joint and trigger-point injections
- Botox for limb spasticity and migraine management
The PM&R practice is located on the third floor of the Outpatient Services building, on the Middletown campus of Garnet Health Medical Center. PM&R outpatient services are provided by George Chen, DO; George Gombas, MD; and Selcen Senol, MD. Appointments can be made by calling (845) 333-7575 or visiting garnethealth.org/pmr.
About Garnet Health
Garnet Health is a New York State not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Middletown, New York, approximately 60 miles northwest of New York City. It is the corporate parent of Garnet Health Medical Center, Garnet Health Medical Center – Catskills, Garnet Health Doctors, Garnet Health Urgent Care, Garnet Health Foundation and Garnet Health Foundation – Catskills. Garnet Health is dedicated to developing specialty services, medical programs and needed healthcare services that allow residents to remain close to home to receive quality care.
Providing healthcare to approximately 500,000 residents in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties, Garnet Health was designed to improve the quality, stability and efficiency of healthcare services in the mid-Hudson and Catskills region. Garnet Health provides the services of more than 4,000 employed professionals and over 850 medical staff members. An academic affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Garnet Health retains compassionate professionals who continually strive toward the hospital’s mission to improve the health of our community by providing exceptional healthcare. To learn more about Garnet Health, visit garnethealth.org.
