ATLANTIC SPORTS MEDICINE is a physical medicine rehabilitation in Brooklyn, 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. ATLANTIC SPORTS MEDICINE NPI is 1356573851. The provider is registered as an organization entity type and is a single specialty group.
The provider's business location address is:
2428 OCEAN AVE
BROOKLYN, NY
ZIP 11229-509
Phone: (718) 934-7770
Fax: (718) 934-8038
The provider's authorized official is Pushp Bhansali .
The authorized official title is President and has the following contact phone number (718) 934-7770.
The enumeration date for this NPI number is 8/17/2009 and was last updated on 8/17/2009.