Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation team is committed to helping patients achieve the highest possible level of physical, functional, and cognitive independence after an injury or illness. 

Leaders in Rehabilitation

UT Southwestern’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation team offers individualized, patient-centered rehabilitative care based on our patients' needs.

We provide comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation, acute inpatient consultation and care, and outpatient services to patients affected by conditions that limit mobility and function.

We are one of the premier physician and therapist training centers in the country and the only program in North Texas conducting both translational and clinical research in the areas of brain injury/concussion, burn rehabilitation, stroke, ambulation and falls, epilepsy, and spinal cord injury.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Programs

We offer integrated, comprehensive programs staffed by our team of physicians; nurse practitioners; rehabilitation nurses; rehabilitation psychologists; physical, occupational, speech, and recreation therapists; and rehabilitation counselors. Many staff members hold specialty certifications that demonstrate advanced training and practice in areas of brain injury, spinal cord injury, neurorehabilitation, pain management, sports medicine, and musculoskeletal/orthopedics and spine care.

These programs include:

• Spine care
• Concussion and traumatic brain injury recovery
• Stroke neurorecovery
• Spinal cord injury
• Spasticity management clinic
• Pelvic rehabilitation
  
• Complex wheelchair seating
• Movement disorder
  
• Wound care
  

Conditions We Treat

UT Southwestern provides comprehensive rehabilitation for conditions such as:

• Amputations
  
• Arthritis
• Back pain
• Brain injuries
• Burns
• Cardiac (heart) disease
• Cognitive impairment
• Debility related to cancer
• Dysphagia
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Joint replacements
• Lymphedema
• Multiple sclerosis
• Musculoskeletal conditions (sports injuries)
• Neurological conditions
• Neuropathies
• Orthopaedic injuries
• Overuse injuries (cumulative trauma)
• Pain
• Parkinson’s disease
• Pediatric conditions
• Pelvic floor disorders and pelvic pain
• Post-transplant recovery
• Pregnancy and postpartum rehabilitation
• Spasticity (neuromuscular)
• Spinal cord injuries
• Strokes
• Urinary incontinence
• Wounds

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