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Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, or physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) outside of the United States, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities.

A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a physiatrist.

Physiatrists specialize in restoring optimal function to people with injuries to the muscles, bones, ligaments, or nervous system.

The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) is the national medical specialty society for physicians who specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R).

These physicians are called “physiatrists” or “rehabilitation physicians.” Founded in 1938, the mission of AAPM&R is to foster excellence in physiatric practice.

AAPM&R also offers education, advocates for PM&R, and promotes PM&R research.

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton.

Bones support and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, and enable mobility.

Bones come in a variety of shapes and sizes and have a complex internal and external structure.

They are lightweight yet strong and hard, and serve multiple functions.

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.

The brain is located in the head, usually close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision.

The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body.

In a human, the cerebral cortex contains approximately 15–33 billion neurons, each connected by synapses to several thousand other neurons.

These neurons communicate with one another by means of long protoplasmic fibers called axons, which carry trains of signal pulses called action potentials to distant parts of the brain or body targeting specific recipient cells.

Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals.

Muscle cells contain protein filaments of actin and myosin that slide past one another, producing a contraction that changes both the length and the shape of the cell.

Muscles function to produce force and motion.

They are primarily responsible for maintaining and changing posture, locomotion, as well as movement of internal organs, such as the contraction of the heart and the movement of food through the digestive system via peristalsis.