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The physicians at RPG want you to be well informed about all aspects of your care. If you have additional questions, or to schedule an appointment, please call us at 404-659-5909
Rehabilitation Physicians of Georgia, P.C. (RPG) is dedicated to providing superior clinical care and prompt administrative response. All physicians are board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), the field of medicine that focuses on the treatment of neck, back, repetitive motion injuries, and chronic pain.
Click on the title below to read more about our physician specific services:
FOR CARDIOLOGISTS
Consider referral or consultation in order to obtain a more comprehensive evaluation to clarify the optimal therapeutic strategy, to implement a therapy that is outside of the referring physician’s comfort level, or to respond to the patient’s or third party’s desire for another opinion:
RPG’s physicians and staff are dedicated to helping you return the injured patient to work and play quickly, safely and economically. All physicians are board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), the field of medicine that focuses on the conservative treatment of neck, back, knee, shoulder, repetitive motion injuries (i.e. Carpal Tunnel), associated acute & chronic pain and chronic pain syndromes (i.e. Fibromyalgia, Myofascial pain).
Our practice offers you full range of conservative protocols including, but not limited to:
- Manage non-cardiac chest and arm pain
- Manage acute and sub-acute neck and back pain:
- Degenerative disc & joint disease
- Cervical and lumbar radiculopathy
- Bulging and protruding disc disorders
- Manage acute and sub-acute knee, shoulder, joint, soft tissue, and neuropathic pain
- Manage post surgical chronic pain for neck, back, knee, shoulder and repetitive motion injuries
- Diagnosis and conservative non-surgical treatment for:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Work related injuries
- Post stroke rehabilitation
- Post head injury rehabilitation
- Spasticity treatment and management: Multiple Sclerosis patients, post-stroke patients
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD), Fibromyalgia, Myofacial Pain
- Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) in the diagnosis of :
- Entrapment Neuropathies (i.e. Carpal Tunnel, Ulnar Tardy, Tarsal Tunnel, Peroneal Nerve Entrapment Plexopathies)
- Nerve root involvement from herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, etc.
- Peripheral Neuropathies
- Myopathy
- Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24 hours
- Perform Disability ratings (MMI & PPD):
- Social Security
- Work related
- Motor Vehicle Accidents (insurance company medical narratives)
- Pain Management:
- Epidural Steroid Injections, Facet (Z Joint) Blocks, Selective Nerve Root Injections, SI Injections, Paravertebral Injections, Trigger Point Injections, Motor Point Blocks & Major Joint Injections
- Same day appointments usually available
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FOR ENDOCRINOLOGISTS
The Physicians of RPG can provide Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) for your patients who complain of specific or non-specific numbness/tingling related to diabetic peripheral neuropathy or to provide reassurance of no nerve involvement.
- Same Day Service: Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24
hours.
- Documentation: These tests provide excellent objective, clinical documentation.
- Convenience: RPG has multiple locations throughout metro Atlanta with
same day appointments often available.
- Quality: Only board-certified physician specialists conduct the tests.
- Experience: RPG physicians have performed thousands of these tests.
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FOR INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIANS
Consider referral or consultation in order to obtain a more comprehensive evaluation to clarify the optimal therapeutic strategy, to implement a therapy that is outside of the referring physician’s comfort level, or to respond to the patient’s or third party’s desire for another opinion:
RPG’s physicians and staff are dedicated to helping you return the injured patient to work and play quickly, safely and economically. All physicians are board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), the field of medicine that focuses on the conservative treatment of neck, back, knee, shoulder, repetitive motion injuries (i.e. Carpal Tunnel), associated acute & chronic pain and chronic pain syndromes (i.e. Fibromyalgia, Myofascial pain).
Our practice offers you full range of conservative protocols including, but not limited to:
- Manage acute and sub-acute neck and back pain:
- Degenerative disc & joint disease
- Cervical and lumbar radiculopathy
- Bulging and protruding disc disorders
- Manage acute and sub-acute knee, shoulder, joint, soft tissue, and neuropathic pain
- Manage post surgical chronic pain for neck, back, knee, shoulder and repetitive motion injuries
- Diagnosis and conservative non-surgical treatment for:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Work related injuries
- Post stroke rehabilitation
- Post head injury rehabilitation
- Spasticity treatment and management: Multiple Sclerosis patients, post-stroke patients
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD), Fibromyalgia, Myofacial Pain
- Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) in the diagnosis of :
- Entrapment Neuropathies (i.e. Carpal Tunnel, Ulnar Tardy, Tarsal Tunnel, Peroneal Nerve Entrapment Plexopathies)
- Nerve root involvement from herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, etc.
- Peripheral Neuropathies
- Myopathy
- Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24 hours
- Perform Disability ratings (MMI & PPD):
- Social Security
- Work related
- Motor Vehicle Accidents (insurance company medical narratives)
- Pain Management:
- Epidural Steroid Injections, Facet (Z Joint) Blocks, Selective Nerve Root Injections, SI Injections, Paravertebral Injections, Trigger Point Injections, Motor Point Blocks & Major Joint Injections
- Same day appointments usually available
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FOR NEPHROLOGISTS
The Physicians of RPG can provide Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) for your dialysis patients with signs of neuropathy to differentiate a potential repairable Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from renal associated neuropathy.
- Same Day Service: Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24
hours.
- Documentation: These tests provide excellent objective, clinical documentation.
- Convenience: RPG has multiple locations throughout metro Atlanta with
same day appointments often available.
- Experience: RPG physicians have performed thousands of these tests.
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FOR NEUROLOGISTS
The Physicians of RPG can provide Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) for your patients who complain of specific or non-specific numbness/tingling to determine related peripheral entrapments, a peripheral neuropathy or to provide reassurance of no nerve involvement.
- Same Day Service: Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24
hours.
- Documentation: These tests provide excellent objective, clinical documentation.
- Convenience: RPG has multiple locations throughout metro Atlanta with
same day appointments often available.
- Quality: Only board-certified physician specialists conduct the tests.
- Experience: RPG physicians have performed thousands of these tests.
We also perform disability ratings (MMI & PPD) for Social Security, Work Related and MVA (including insurance company medical narratives).
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FOR NEUROSURGEONS
RPG’s Physicians are dedicated to returning the injured patient to work and play quickly, safely and economically. All physicians are board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), the field of medicine that focuses on the conservative treatment of neck, back, knee, repetitive motion injuries (i.e. Carpal Tunnel) and chronic pain.
We can provide your patients with a full range of conservative protocols including, but not limited to:
- Manage acute and sub-acute neck, back, joint, soft tissue, and neuropathic pain
- Manage post surgical chronic pain for neck, back, joint and repetitive motion injuries
- Diagnosis and conservative treatment where you have determined surgery is not indicated for:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Work related injuries
- Post stroke rehabilitation
- Post head injury rehabilitation
- Spasticity treatment and management: Multiple Sclerosis patients, post-stroke patients
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD), Fibromyalgia, Myofacial Pain
- Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) in the diagnosis of :
- Entrapment Neuropathies (i.e. Carpal Tunnel, Ulnar Tardy, Tarsal Tunnel, Peroneal Nerve Entrapment Plexopathies)
- Nerve root involvement from herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, etc.
- Peripheral Neuropathies
- Myopathy
- Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24 hours
- Perform Disability ratings (MMI & PPD):
- Social Security
- Work related
- Motor Vehicle Accidents (insurance company medical narratives)
- Pain Management:
- Epidural Steroid Injections, Facet (Z Joint) Blocks, Selective Nerve Root Injections, SI Injections, Paravertebral Injections, Trigger Point Injections, Motor Point Blocks & Major Joint Injections
- Same day appointments usually available
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FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS
RPG’s Physicians are dedicated to returning the injured patient to work and play quickly, safely and economically. All physicians are board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), the field of medicine that focuses on the conservative treatment of neck, back, knee, repetitive motion injuries (i.e. Carpal Tunnel) and chronic pain.
We can provide your patients with a full range of conservative protocols including, but not limited to:
- Manage acute and sub-acute neck, back, joint, soft tissue, and neuropathic pain
- Manage post surgical chronic pain for neck, back, joint and repetitive motion injuries
- Diagnosis and conservative treatment where you have determined surgery is not indicated for:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Work related injuries
- Post stroke rehabilitation
- Post head injury rehabilitation
- Spasticity treatment and management: Multiple Sclerosis patients, post-stroke patients
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD), Fibromyalgia, Myofacial Pain
- Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) in the diagnosis of :
- Entrapment Neuropathies (i.e. Carpal Tunnel, Ulnar Tardy, Tarsal Tunnel, Peroneal Nerve Entrapment Plexopathies)
- Nerve root involvement from herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, etc.
- Peripheral Neuropathies
- Myopathy
- Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24 hours
- Perform Disability ratings (MMI & PPD):
- Social Security
- Work related
- Motor Vehicle Accidents (insurance company medical narratives)
- Pain Management:
- Epidural Steroid Injections, Facet (Z Joint) Blocks, Selective Nerve Root Injections, SI Injections, Paravertebral Injections, Trigger Point Injections, Motor Point Blocks & Major Joint Injections
- Same day appointments usually available
Close
FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT PHYSICIANS
The Physicians of RPG can provide Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) for your patients who complain of specific or non-specific numbness/tingling to determine related peripheral entrapments, a peripheral neuropathy or to provide reassurance of no nerve involvement.
- Same Day Service: Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24
hours.
- Documentation: These tests provide excellent objective, clinical documentation.
- Convenience: RPG has multiple locations throughout metro Atlanta with
same day appointments often available.
- Quality: Only board-certified physician specialists conduct the tests.
- Experience: RPG physicians have performed thousands of these tests.
We also perform disability ratings (MMI & PPD) for Social Security, Work Related and MVA (including insurance company medical narratives).
All patients will be returned back to you for continued treatment.
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FOR FAMILY PRACTICE & PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
Consider referral or consultation in order to obtain a more comprehensive evaluation to clarify the optimal therapeutic strategy, to implement a therapy that is outside of the referring physician’s comfort level, or to respond to the patient’s or third party’s desire for another opinion:
RPG’s physicians and staff are dedicated to helping you return the injured patient to work and play quickly, safely and economically. All physicians are board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), the field of medicine that focuses on the conservative treatment of neck, back, knee, shoulder, repetitive motion injuries (i.e. Carpal Tunnel), associated acute & chronic pain and chronic pain syndromes (i.e. Fibromyalgia, Myofascial pain).
Our practice offers you full range of conservative protocols including, but not limited to:
- Manage acute and sub-acute neck and back pain:
- Degenerative disc & joint disease
- Cervical and lumbar radiculopathy
- Bulging and protruding disc disorders
- Manage acute and sub-acute knee, shoulder, joint, soft tissue, and neuropathic pain
- Manage post surgical chronic pain for neck, back, knee, shoulder and repetitive motion injuries
- Diagnosis and conservative non-surgical treatment for:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Work related injuries
- Post stroke rehabilitation
- Post head injury rehabilitation
- Spasticity treatment and management: Multiple Sclerosis patients, post-stroke patients
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD), Fibromyalgia, Myofacial Pain
- Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) in the diagnosis of :
- Entrapment Neuropathies (i.e. Carpal Tunnel, Ulnar Tardy, Tarsal Tunnel, Peroneal Nerve Entrapment Plexopathies)
- Nerve root involvement from herniated discs, degenerative disc disease, etc.
- Peripheral Neuropathies
- Myopathy
- Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24 hours
- Perform Disability ratings (MMI & PPD):
- Social Security
- Work related
- Motor Vehicle Accidents (insurance company medical narratives)
- Pain Management:
- Epidural Steroid Injections, Facet (Z Joint) Blocks, Selective Nerve Root Injections, SI Injections, Paravertebral Injections, Trigger Point Injections, Motor Point Blocks & Major Joint Injections
- Same day appointments usually available
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FOR RHEUMATOLOGISTS
The Physicians of RPG can provide Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) for your OA, Rheumatoid, Lupus and Fibromyalgia patients who complain of specific or non-specific numbness/tingling to determine related peripheral entrapments, a peripheral neuropathy or to provide reassurance of no nerve involvement.
- Same Day Service: Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24
hours.
- Documentation: These tests provide excellent objective, clinical documentation.
- Convenience: RPG has multiple locations throughout metro Atlanta with
same day appointments often available.
- Quality: Only board-certified physician specialists conduct the tests.
- Experience: RPG physicians have performed thousands of these tests.
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FOR VASCULAR SURGEONS
Do you have patients who present with diffuse symptoms such as numbness, burning sensation and pain or caudation symptoms yet your vascular studies are normal?
The Physicians of RPG can provide Electrodiagnostic Testing (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS) to determine vascular insufficiency, overlapping or primary neuropathy.
- Same Day Service: Copy of results faxed (or phone call/voice mail) within 24
hours.
- Documentation: These tests provide excellent objective, clinical documentation.
- Convenience: RPG has multiple locations throughout metro Atlanta with
same day appointments often available.
- Quality: Only board-certified physician specialists conduct the tests.
- Experience: RPG physicians have performed thousands of these tests.
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