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Hello all,
I am new to this forum, but have read many of the posts with interest. I am currently an M-2, interested in sports medicine, wellness, preventive med, and sports performance training. I was just curious if there is any real advantage to the education in PM&R vs a Sports med fellowship after an FP residency? From what I've read in this forum PM&R docs are trained to do various procedures, namely EMG/ NCS, and various nerve block injections. My question is, what is the value of these procedures to an athlete, unless there is some sort of nerve damage? It seems the main value of these injections is to relieve chronic pain, or spasticity, etc. But wouldn't neural blockade compromise athletic ability? What situations (if any) would something like this be useful for an athlete in rehab?
In other areas, what advantages (and disadvantages) does an education in PM&R have versus FP+ sports fellowship?
I am new to this forum, but have read many of the posts with interest. I am currently an M-2, interested in sports medicine, wellness, preventive med, and sports performance training. I was just curious if there is any real advantage to the education in PM&R vs a Sports med fellowship after an FP residency? From what I've read in this forum PM&R docs are trained to do various procedures, namely EMG/ NCS, and various nerve block injections. My question is, what is the value of these procedures to an athlete, unless there is some sort of nerve damage? It seems the main value of these injections is to relieve chronic pain, or spasticity, etc. But wouldn't neural blockade compromise athletic ability? What situations (if any) would something like this be useful for an athlete in rehab?
In other areas, what advantages (and disadvantages) does an education in PM&R have versus FP+ sports fellowship?