Physical Medicine Research

     PHYSICAL MEDICINE can be defined as the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury by means of physical agents, as manipulation, massage, exercise, heat, or water. medical  study and treatment of disease mainly by mechanical and other physical methods  A branch of medicine concerned with the treatment and rehabilitation of people disabled by injury or illness. Apart from specialist doctors, the discipline involves PHYSIOTHERAPISTS , OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS , the branch of  medicine devoted to the management of physical disabilities as resulting from rheumatic disease , asthma , poliomyelitis A doctor who has special training in physical medicine. Physical medicine is the prevention and treatment of disease or injury with physical methods, such as exercise and machines. Also called physiatrist.