WESTSIDE SPINE AND SPORTS MEDICINE, P. C. is a physical medicine rehabilitation in New York, NY. The provider is physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices. WESTSIDE SPINE AND SPORTS MEDICINE, P. C. NPI is 1376719823. The provider is registered as an organization entity type and is a multi-specialty group.
The provider's business location address is:
244 W 54TH ST
3RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY
ZIP 10019-515
Phone: (212) 262-7246
Fax: (212) 262-9178
The provider's authorized official is Scott Reale .
The authorized official title is President and has the following contact phone number (212) 262-7246.
The CLIA number assigned to this NPI record is 33D2250697 - physician office with a certificate type of Certificate of Waiver.
The enumeration date for this NPI number is 5/5/2008 and was last updated on 5/5/2008.