Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services - Allina Health - Annandale Clinic

Focuses on diagnosing and treating problems that affect the muscles, bones, and joints, as well as the nervous system. Treatment is provided for:

• - Amputations
• - Back pain and neck pain
• - Brain injuries
• - Cerebral palsy
• - Concussions
• - Fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions
• - Joint and muscle injections
• - Movement disorders
• - Musculoskeletal disorders
• - Multiple sclerosis
• - Pain problems following trauma and surgeries
• - Performing arts injuries (musicians, dancers, and gymnasts)
• - Post-polio
• - Spasticity and other muscle tone abnormalities
• - Spinal cord injury, paraplegia, and quadriplegia
• - Spine care
• - Sports injuries
• - Stroke

A physiatrist conducts physical exams, prescribes healing therapies, and develops treatment plans. A physiatrist can also prescribe spine and large joint injections as needed.