Nnamdi Nwaogwugwu M.D.
Are you a person that is suffering from pain from arthritis, chronic achy neck, low back pain, sports injuries or knee pain? Have you been in a recent motor vehicle collision, and still remain sore and have residual pain from the impact? Or maybe, you are 10-50lbs over weight and need a comprehensive weight loss clinic to assist you in your goal of a achieving healthy weight loss.
The Physiatric Pain & Medical Rehab Clinic (PPMRC)P.A., located in Pine Hills is able to help you in relieving your pain and assisting in creating a weight loss program that helps you to lose the excess weight in a healthy manner. PPMRC specializes in providing compassionate, quality, customized, rehabilitative care with a stated goal of decreasing patient’s pain, iproving range on motion, and improving our patient’s quality of life through our many services.
The medical clinic is owned and operated by Nnamdi Nwaogwugwu M.D.(wo gu gu), affectionately known by his patient’s as “Dr. N”. Dr. Nwaogwugwu is a former student athlete, that attended Quincy University on a full athletic scholarship while majoring in Biology and with a minor in Chemistry.
Dr. Nwaogwugwu completed his medical internship at Northwestern, and his Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) residency at the well known Mayo Clinic located in Rochester Minnesota.
Dr. Nwaogwugwu has been board certified in P M &R since year 2000, and established the medical clinic located in Pine Hills in 2002.
You may be asking yourself exactly what is Physical Medicine & rehabilitation also known as the study of Physiatry and how can this clinic be helpful to me?
A Physiatrist (pronounced Fizzee- at- trist) is a medical doctor who is trained to treat multiple medical conditions that can cause pain or limit function.
Physiatrist spend quality time with the patient working to make the accurate diagnosis as to the cause of the patients pain and will then create a customized treatment plan in an effort to decrease the patients pain and helping to improve their quality of life.
Common causes of pain that are treated by physiatrist would include individuals that are suffering from the most common form of arthritis typically known as osteoarthritis or “wear and tear arthritis” that can effect the hands, feet, knees, neck or back.
Physiatrist provide treatment for patients that are attempting to deal with chronic neck and back pain caused by spasms, pinched nerves, disc bulges or herniations, scoliosis, and fibromyalgia patients.
Patients that have chronic head aches typically caused by either muscle tension or migraines are excellent candidates for our brand of therapeutic intervention.
Patients that have been involved in a recent motor vehicle collision that continue to suffer from any type of pain that prevents them from being effective at work or around the house.
In all of the above situations, The Physiatric Pain and Medical Rehab Clinic (PPMRC) will provide a detailed, comprehensive physical examination and initiate a treatment protocol that may consist of pain medications, diagnostic testing (MRI, X-Ray) or physical therapy modalities consisting of moist heat applications, electrical stimulation, Ultrasound, massage treatments, with full service therapeutic exercise rehabilitation to assist with pain relief.
The medical clinic also provides consultations and full service physical therapy for injured workers and performs nerve conduction studies and needle electromyography (EMG) to assist with individuals that have burning and shooting pain in an extremity.
For those patients that prefer a more holistic approach to pain management, in addition to the core services provided we also can provide all natural pain relieving mineral rehab Rx bath salts/rehab gels/massage & body butter creams therapeutic ingredients that include Neem, Emu, Arnica herbal extracts that further soothes, relaxes, sore& painful, tired, muscles and joints.
Our Healthy Living Weight Loss Clinic was initiated to assist with solving the growing epidemic of obesity in our community. Obesity disproportionately affects the African American and Hispanic community to a larger degree. Our program is comprehensive in scope and attempts to addresse the root causes of the obesity problem. Components of the weight loss program are included below;
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Comprehensive physical examination including blood work to rule out secondary causes of obesity.
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Comprehensive body fat analysis
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A four week diet menu
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FDA approved weight loss dietary pills or herbal weight loss dietary pills to assist in weight loss
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Additional supplements to increase fat catabolism(breakdown), vitamin and fiber supplementation
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Behavioral strategy to assist the patient in developing coping techniques that helps modify the behavior that leads to lack of control and an unhealthy relation ship with food.
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Developing and maintaining an activity log and exercise prescription to follow that assist with patient reaching their weight loss goals.
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Medical supervision of your program to ensure compliance and great outcomes.
Therefore, if you are in pain and are considering losing weight and need the medical expertise from a full service pain /weight loss clinic to help you reach your goal, please give us a call at 407291-3077.
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Nnamdi Nwaogwugwu M.D.
