Osteoarticular and Musculoskeletal Health Consultation
A rheumatologist is a doctor specializing in the back, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments.
Right from childhood and throughout our life, we need to take care of our musculoskeletal system through suitable measures, such as proper use of our back and joints.
In adults, in addition to prevention, we need to focus on early diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal problems, in order to ensure that affected people are quickly able to return to work. Another key goal is to prevent their problems from becoming chronic and debilitating, in order to guarantee quality of life.
Rheumatology is a vast field, including:
Inflammatory rheumatism and immune illnesses can be manifested by many extra-articular disorders such as skin, eye, kidney, lung, and other organ infections.
Targeted infiltrations can ease osteoarticular pain and facilitate improvement in joint function.
Medical research has helped to considerably improve the treatment of inflammatory rheumatism, proposing innovative and effective drugs. They control inflammation and pain in order to improve patients’ general condition and quality of life.
Certain biological treatments may require day hospitalization for surveillance and optimal medical monitoring of the therapy.
Day Hospital
Spondylosis (arthrosis of the back), vertebrae impairments and discopathies (pinching, protrusion or hernia) may lead to peripheral neurological impairments, such as neuralgias, with the most common and the probably the most painful, being sciatica.
In a multidisciplinary antalgia center, to deal with pain optimally, the rheumatologist works closely with an anesthetist.
