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  2. Orthopedic surgery - Wikipedia

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    Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. [1] Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma , spine diseases , sports injuries , degenerative diseases , infections, tumors , and ...

  3. Pain management - Wikipedia

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    Pain management practitioners come from all fields of medicine. In addition to medical practitioners, a pain management team may often benefit from the input of pharmacists, physiotherapists, clinical psychologists and occupational therapists, among others. Together the multidisciplinary team can help create a package of care suitable to the ...

  4. Interventional pain management - Wikipedia

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    Interventional pain management or interventional pain medicine is a medical subspecialty defined by the National Uniforms Claims Committee (NUCC) as, " invasive interventions such as the discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain related disorders principally with the application of interventional techniques in managing sub acute, chronic, persistent, and intractable ...

  5. Physical medicine and rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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    This can include conditions such as spinal cord injury, brain injury, musculoskeletal injury, stroke, pain and spasticity from muscle, ligament, or nerve damage. PM&R physicians lead rehabilitation teams and are trained in medication management, electrodiagnosis, and targeted injections. [2]

  6. Low back pain - Wikipedia

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    Management of low back pain depends on which of the three general categories is the cause: mechanical problems, non-mechanical problems, or referred pain. [61] For acute pain that is causing only mild to moderate problems, the goals are to restore normal function, return the individual to work, and minimize pain.

  7. Orthopaedic sports medicine - Wikipedia

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    Orthopedic Sports Medicine is a subspecialty of orthopedic medicine and sports medicine. The word orthopaedic derives from "ortho" which is the Greek root for "straight" and "pais" which is the Greek root for child. During the early history of orthopaedic medicine, orthopaedists used braces, among other things, to make a child "straight." [1]

  8. The best orthopedic shoes in 2025, according to experts - AOL

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    Orthopedic shoes are designed to help with all types of foot conditions such as plantar fasciitis, overpronation, supination or “underpronation, heel spurs, diabetes, metatarsalgia, hammer toe ...

  9. Scoliosis - Wikipedia

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    [3] [8] Pain is usually present in adults, and can worsen with age. [9] As the condition progresses, it may alter a person's life, and hence can also be considered a disability . [ 10 ] It can be compared to kyphosis and lordosis , other abnormal curvatures of the spine which are in the sagittal plane (front-back) rather than the coronal (left ...