Physical medicine and rehabilitation are services that can help people regain body functions they lost due to medical conditions or injury.

The patient may need a full rehabilitation program and treatment plan to help with medical, physical, social, emotional, and professional problems. The rehabilitation focus often goes beyond the part of the body that was injured, in order to help the patient recover.

Source: Medline Plus, a service of U.S. National Library of Medicine
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