Dr. Todd P. Stitik M.D.
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Pain Medicine
90 Bergen St Doc 3100 Newark NJ, 07103About
Dr. Todd Stitik is a physiatrist practicing in Newark, NJ. Dr. Stitik is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Stitik 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. Stitik 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
Univ of Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1988
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1988
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diagnostic testing in carpal tunnel syndrome.
- The relationship between lower extremity injury, low back pain, and hip muscle strength in male and female collegiate athletes.
- A study of post-traumatic shingles as a work related injury.
- Portable dynamometer anchoring station for measuring strength of the hip extensors and abductors.
- Tarlov cyst as a rare cause of S1 radiculopathy: A case report.
- Relationship between hip muscle imbalance and occurrence of low back pain in collegiate athletes: a prospective study.
- Effect of topical heat on electromyographic power density spectrum in subjects with myofascial pain and normal controls: a pilot study.
- Pain, dizziness, and central nervous system blood flow in cervical extension:
- Carpal tunnel releases done for normal median nerves.
- Misinterpretation of regional sensory loss in an injured worker: a case report.
- Rehabilitation of orthopedic and rheumatologic disorders. 5. Lumbar spinal stenosis.
- Persistent shoulder pain: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis.
- Fluoroscopic guidance during injections for osteoarthritis.
- Occupational low back pain.
- Osteoarthritis: epidemiology, risk factors, and pathophysiology.
Treatments
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Neuropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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