Fellow area doctor Eric Spears is the special guest for Dr.David Usher on this episode. Dr. Spears is a “physiatrist”, a specialty that focuses on human functions and over thelast year has entered the world of direct-pay medical care. He tells the story of getting in medicine after a back injury playing high school sports gave him prospective.
In his practice he assists patients who need assistance doingsomething. It could be a medical issueholding back athletic performance all the way to a hinderance swallowing orholding a pencil.
How does his field assess and work to get someone back today-to-day activity?
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