physical medicine

noun

: physical medicine and rehabilitation

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Michael Fredericson, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Stanford University and director of PM&R Sports Medicine in the university’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, said recovery time and stretching are essential for athletes of all ages, but especially older adults. — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 27 May 2026 Toward the end of April 2025, the mother started sending messages to the hospital’s GI team asking for G-tube placement and saying that her son’s physical medicine and rehab provider told her to ask if that was something to consider. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026 Lin, board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, says she was solicited by Fowler, Brunton and King and agreed to commit $500,000 in capital in 2021. — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2026 When athletes suffer major injuries for the first time, pain often prevents them from firing their muscles, said Jason Zaremski, a nonoperative musculoskeletal and sports medicine physician and clinical professor at Florida’s department of physical medicine and rehabilitation. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for physical medicine

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of physical medicine was in 1932

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“Physical medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/physical%20medicine. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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