Dr. Christopher T Dietrich MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician
/Interventional Pain Medicine Physician
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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.
Interventional Pain Medicine is the discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain and related disorders principally with the application of interventional techniques in managing subacute, chronic, persistent, and intractable pain, independently or in conjunction with other modalities of treatment.
Health Insurance Plans Christopher T Dietrich accepts
Issuer | Network | State | Plan Year | New Patients | Last Updated |
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Medica Insurance Company | STANDARDTIER | IA | 2024 | accepting | Nov 10 2023 |
Sanford Health Plan | SIMPLICITY | ND | 2024 | accepting | Feb 01 2018 |
Medica Health Plans | STANDARDTIER | ND | 2024 | accepting | Nov 10 2023 |
Avera Health Plans, Inc. | COMMERCIAL | SD | 2024 | accepting | Jul 30 2024 |
Wellmark of South Dakota | BLUERX-ESSENTIALS | SD | 2024 | accepting | Aug 08 2024 |
Medica Insurance Company | STANDARDTIER | NE | 2024 | accepting | Nov 10 2023 |
Source: CMS.gov, HealthPorta API