physical medicine

American  

noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury by means of physical agents, as manipulation, massage, exercise, heat, or water.

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physical medicine British  

noun

1. the branch of medicine devoted to the management of physical disabilities, as resulting from rheumatic disease, asthma, poliomyelitis, etc See also rehabilitation

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physical medicine Scientific  

1. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and disability by physical means such as manipulation, massage, and exercise, often with mechanical devices, and the application of heat, cold, electricity, radiation, and water.

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Etymology

Origin of physical medicine

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

For athletes who suffer major injuries for the first time, pain often prevents them from firing their muscles, said Jason Zaremski, a nonoperative musculoskeletal and sports medicine physician and clinical professor at the University of Florida’s department of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

From Los Angeles Times

Without candor during a history and physical, medicine fails.

From Slate

"The message is consistent across our studies, health promoting behaviors are not only associated with lower pain and better physical functioning, they appear to actually bolster health in an additive fashion at a meaningful level," said Kimberly Sibille, Ph.D., an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at UF and senior author of the report.

From Science Daily

“Gravity is not our friend,” is the blunt assessment of Michael Chung, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at the University of California, San Diego.

From Slate

FACSM, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, has been working to make sure the definition of cerebral palsy is changed so that as more children with cerebral palsy grow to be adults, their care can continue to be consistent.

From Science Daily