DTC PM&R Care Clinics® help primary care providers integrate exercise therapy and rehabilitation services directly into their existing practice. By offering guided functional assessments, mobility programs, and non-invasive therapies, we support clinics in managing chronic pain, musculoskeletal conditions, and post-injury recovery—all without needing to refer patients out.

This streamlined approach improves patient outcomes, increases in-house revenue, and keeps care coordinated under one roof.

What is Physical Medicine & Cardiac Rehab

Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. Unlike other medical specialties that focus on a medical “cure,” the goals of the physiatrist are to maximize patients’ independence in activities of daily living and improve quality of life. 

A PM&R may be set up in a variety of clinical settings, including inpatient and outpatient facilities. Medical providers have a broad range of knowledge including musculoskeletal, neurological, rheumatological, and cardiovascular systems. Some of the common diagnoses and populations seen by outpatient medical providers include orthopedic injuries, spine-related pain and dysfunction, occupational injuries and overuse syndromes, neurogenic bowel/bladder, pressure sore management, spasticity management, and chronic pain. 

Clinical Benefits

• Safe, effective, non-invasive, and user-friendly reimbursable treatment

• Minimal potential for side effects, easily avoided

• Extremely high patient outcome and satisfaction

• Substantial reduction in out-bound patient referrals

FDA Clinical Indications

1. Management and symptomatic relief of chronic (long-term) INTRACTABLE pain

2. Adjunctive treatment of post-traumatic pain syndromes

3. Adjunctive treatment in the management of post-surgical pain conditions

4. Relaxation of muscle spasms

5. Neuro-muscular reeducation

6. Prevention or retardation of disuse atrophy

7. Maintaining or increasing range of motion

8. Increasing local circulation

9. Immediate post-surgical stimulation of calf muscles to prevent phlebothrombosis