Mr. Kenneth Dixon Acker
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
1177 Sunset Blvd West Columbia SC, 29169About
Dr. Kenneth Acker is a physiatrist practicing in West Columbia, SC. Dr. Acker is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Acker focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Acker can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 2001
Provider Details
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
- Abnormal Gait
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