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The healthcare provider who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation is called a physiatrist.

A rehabilitation nurse helps people with disabilities and chronic illness to reach their best function and health, and adapt to a changed lifestyle.

A clinical social worker is a professional counselor who helps solve problems related to personal, family, or social situations.

Detailed information on bee stings and other insect stings, including symptoms and treatment.

Learn about the different specialists who make up the rehabilitation treatment team.

An enchondroma is a type of noncancerous bone tumor that begins in cartilage. An enchondroma most often affects the cartilage that lines the inside of the bones. It often affects the tiny long bones of the hands and feet. It may also affect other bones such as the femur (thighbone), humerus (upper arm bone), or tibia (one of the two lower leg bones).

Paget disease of the bone is a chronic bone disorder. It causes bones to become enlarged and deformed. Bone may become dense, but fragile, because of excessive breakdown and deformation of bone. The disease is the most common bone disorder after osteoporosis in people older than age 50.

Swimmer’s ear (otitis externa) is an inflammation of the external ear canal. Swimmer’s ear is caused by bacteria or fungi. Water that stays in the ear canal during swimming, for instance, may let bacteria and fungi grow.

When a baby is born, several things are done to make sure the baby is warm and healthy.