Apr 15, 2021Disability Modelsby Shariq Khan, MS IV Still a newly minted third year med student, I was mentally rehearsing the next encounter with a patient outside their room. She was a ninety-something year old black woman there for rehabilitation after a recent stroke. Visions paraded past my eyes about how much she’d…Physiatry3 min readPhysiatry3 min read
Apr 15, 2021RFC Essay Contest 2020: 3rd Place, Resident CategoryJoie de Vivre by Renee Rosati, DO The French expression Joie de Vivre means a “delight in being alive, carefree enjoyment of living.” For many, the Joie de Vivre comes from spending time with loved ones, the thrill of competing in a sport, expressing oneself through art, and a myriad of other pursuits…Physiatry In Motion3 min readPhysiatry In Motion3 min read
Apr 15, 2021RFC Essay Contest 2020: 3rd Place, Student Categoryby David Underhill, MS IV As the crane lifted Stonewall Jackson’s newly detached iron figure from his statue base, a light drizzle began to fall over Richmond’s Monument Avenue. A surrounding crowd cheered as one of the peculiar vestiges of Confederate enshrinement was plucked from its formerly esteemed position, no…Medicine4 min readMedicine4 min read
Apr 15, 2021Mind-Body Therapy- An Overlooked Treatment Following AmputationAndrea Wakim, MS3 Pain experienced in a limb or tissue following amputation or nerve injury is known as phantom limb pain and is experienced by 60–80% of those with an amputation.1 This pain may be short-lived or chronic, and it has been described as burning and shooting to aching and…Physiatry5 min readPhysiatry5 min read
Apr 15, 2021Space: The Next Frontier in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation — Part 3By Luke Brane, MD This is the second part of a three-part series on Aerospace Medicine. We have looked at the broad overview regarding the recent trajectory of human space exploration and its implications for health effects on the astronaut. From a physical medicine and rehabilitation standpoint, we have also…Physiatry15 min readPhysiatry15 min read
Apr 15, 2021The Energy of Team SportsLouis Nikolis, MS3 I could feel the energy. It was the same energy I felt when my mom signed me up for a basketball team when I was 7 years old. It was the same energy I felt as a senior in high school when I walked onto the court…Physiatry3 min readPhysiatry3 min read
Published inAssociation of Academic Physiatrists News·Apr 15, 2021iHunch Swagger: Wow, You Really Put in the Zoom Reps this SummerBy Margaret Beckwith, MD Remember how the formidable athletes in high school had the suave jock swagger? They’d roll up in groups to class or the cafeteria in their hoodies and sweatpants with their shoulders squared up and retracted, sprightly pep in their step and ear-to-ear grins from their exercise…Physiatry In Motion7 min readPhysiatry In Motion7 min read
Published inAssociation of Academic Physiatrists News·Oct 27, 2020Physician Anxiety and the Opioid Crisisby Sudeep Mehta, MD The recent opioid epidemic has left physicians in a state of anxiety. The introduction of the STOP Act has led physicians to be cautious when prescribing opiates due to the fear of inducing long-term opiate addiction and dependence. It is imperative as physiatrists for us to…Physiatry2 min readPhysiatry2 min read
Oct 27, 2020Why Practice Yoga: The Benefits & Overlaps with Physiatryby Chiamaka Ukoha, MS IV Before reading this, I want you to take 3 of the deepest breaths you have taken all day in through your nose and out through your mouth then reflect on how you feel. Believe it or not, you just engaged in one of the most…Physiatry In Motion5 min readPhysiatry In Motion5 min read
Oct 27, 2020The Ghost Note: Navigating the virtual matchBy Roshani Patel, OMS-IV It’s my final year of medical school. Ordinarily around this time, students embrace the nomadic nature of the fourth year, traveling to new cities and hospitals of residency programs across the nation. Except it’s 2020. Things have changed, to put it lightly, and it’s become the…Physiatry3 min readPhysiatry3 min read
