Muscle Specialty?

[Jack-of-all-trades]

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This might be a stupid question but what specialty generally deals with muscle disorders? Is it ortho? Neuro? PM&R? Maybe a different specialty that I just haven't thought about?

This is just something I've been curious about since unless I'm mistaken there's not a specialty dedicated specifically to muscles

Thanks for all replies in advance!

 

[Forever Geebs]

Rheumatologist, but not uncommon for ortho and PM&R to be involved based on a number of factors (e.g. surgery).

 

[Jack-of-all-trades]

Thanks!

My physiology professor was lecturing on muscles the other day and she said even she didn't know what specialty treated muscle disorders so that just made me curious. This answered my question!

 

[longhaul3]

Gross structural issues are the domain of ortho and PM&R for the most part.

When people say “muscle disorders” they are usually referring to intrinsic diseases of muscle tissue, which are the specialty of neurologists with neuromuscular fellowship training. These include the inflammatory and inherited myopathies, muscular dystrophies, mitochondrial diseases, and lysosomal storage disorders. The same physicians also handle the neuropathologies that cause muscle problems like peripheral neuropathies, ALS, SMA, peripheral demyelinating diseases, NMJ disorders, etc.

Rheumatologists deal with joint problems but less frequently with muscle disorders. They do sometimes treat the inflammatory myopathies as well.

 

[doc05]

It's called musculology.

 

[Jack-of-all-trades]

It's called musculology.

I thought so 🤣

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

This might be a stupid question but what specialty generally deals with muscle disorders? Is it ortho? Neuro? PM&R? Maybe a different specialty that I just haven't thought about?

This is just something I've been curious about since unless I'm mistaken there's not a specialty dedicated specifically to muscles

Thanks for all replies in advance!

Neurologists for the non surgical disorders, but since many of them present in childhood and end up w contractures and things that may need intervention, pediatric orthopaedic surgeons see a lot of these kids. That’s literally half of what Shriners hospitals deal with.


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[OrthoTraumaMD]

It's called musculology.

No no....it’s actually Bro Science.

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