I use MRI in lower back pain 🤭 I also get asked frequently how I manage the scan follow up consults & handle patient Qs So here is a mini-thread which gives a little comms synopsis - some may nod sagely, others may roll their eyes - that’s cool - no right or wrong.

Not always just seeing sports medicine cases for ultrasound. Great PM&R case utilizing ultrasound to localize a residual limb painful neuroma s/p below-knee amputation.

David Sherwood, DO, Aaron Yang, Christine Hunt, DO, David Provenzano, MD, Lynn Kohan, Robert Hurley, Steven P Cohen, MD, Vinil Shah, Zachary McCormick, MD Shravani Durbhakula, MD, MPH, MBA @VUMCSpine vumcpmr UCSF Imaging UofU PM&R Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology UVA Anesthesiology WakeForestPain@ Wake Forest University Sch of Med Johns Hopkins Pain #painmedicine #MedEd

These authors performed a systematic review of intradiscal corticosteroid injections for discovertebral low back pain, finding low-quality evidence for pain and disability reductions for up to 6 months in those with Modic 1 and 2 changes. academic.oup.com/painmedicine/a…

MASSIVE congrats to the godfather of modern-day general #physiatry — the one and only Omar Selod D.O.! 🥳 No one more deserving of this honor and duty 🐐 #FOO

Really excited for the AMSSM Sports US Case Series fellow presentations over the next 6 months! Thea Lananh Swenson, MD Vanderbilt Orthopaedics vumcpmr @vumcpeds to begin with a case tomorrow covering the Pediatric Anterior Knee and Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome.

Inspiring segment CBS News on a great friend and #physiatry colleague Woody Morgan, MD! cbsnews.com/video/the-powe…

21 of my students matched PMR! And one super star into peds. What a great day! So proud of them! #foo

Helpful presentation provided by James E. Gardner, MD, Robby Bowers DO, PhD, and Emory Sports Medicine describing a protocol driven approach to diagnose oblique strains with ultrasound which frequently can be seen in baseball players ⚾️

Talking to first year MED STUDENTS at TCOM about PMR at their club meeting. Here we gooooooooo!

'Periscapular Pain' can be present in approx 50% of cervical radicular pain  & radiculopathy patients. Knowing the region of scapular pain can aid in diagnosis👇 C5 & C6- Superior scap pain C7- Interscapular pain C8- Infrascapular pain ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

The high intensity zone (HIZ) making a comeback, with some strong statistical findings. People with HIZ are 8 times more likely to have pain than those without. Open access link: shorturl.at/C8ojQ

Save the date! May 14, 2025 PMR CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT DETAILS coming out soon! We will sell out!

My primer for the peripheral neuropathies Neurologists love to use the small and large fiber dichotomy --> this needs to be clarified. See my notes --> defines types of fibers Large fiber disease - Motor --> A alpha fibres --> motor weakness +/- atrophy (if 1° axonal or

Slide on cervical ligaments on MRI. #MedX #radiology

I am lucky to be surrounded by people who pay it forward and care about giving back. I am lucky to be part of the incredible PMR culture down here in Fort Worth that runs deep. Our annual PMR Resident Roundtable was amazing tonight. This crew is as good as it gets! 🙏🏽

How closely do objective pain scores match what patients actually feel? A recent Pain Medicine study explores the gap after spine medial branch blocks. Read here, free to AAPM members: bit.ly/4cLe36q

l've got your back — literally! A solid grasp of lumbar spine anatomy is essential to be able to find pathology and be accurate in reporting. You need to know where the nerve roots lie in the central canal and neural foramina to know when they are compressed. And you need to

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