after completing a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation, what areas can you do a fellowship in? i know people who have done fellowhips in sports medicine and spinal cord injury. what other areas can be pursued in PM&R? someone in another post mentioned doing a fellowship in pain management after completing a PM&R residency. is this possible? isnt pain management more of a anaesthesia type of fellowship? do many places offer PM&R pain management fellowships? id appreciate any input. thanx.

Fellowships in pain management are open to physicians who have completed residencies in PM&R, neuro, or anesthesia (and sometimes psych). There are basically two flavors: Interventional and non-interventional. The interventional fellowships include training in various injection techniques, nerve blocks, discography, IDET, etc. Non-interventional are more cancer-pain oriented programs and focuses on oral med management and palliative care. PM&R docs can complete either kind:

Here's some info:
http://www.abpmr.org/index.html