Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Mount Vernon Rehabilitation Medicine Associates assists individuals in the recovery from surgery, injuries and illnesses. We help patients develop mobility, strength, balance, activities of daily living, problem solving, swallowing, speech, memory, and leisure. Our team of specialists work with patients and their families to help achieve maximum functioning, independence, and self-care with the ultimate goal to restore physical ability to the greatest degree possible.
Mount Vernon Rehabilitation Medicine Associates was founded in 1996. We are specialists in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, otherwise known as physiatrists. A physiatrist (fi-zē-ˈa-trist) is a physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Physiatrists treat a wide range of problems from sore shoulders to spinal cord injuries. They see patients in all age groups and treat problems that touch all the major systems in the body, and focus on restoring function to people.