Joan C Wiedmar PT
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
6008 Brownsboro Park Blvd Suite C Louisville KY, 40207About
Dr. Joan Wiedmar is a physiatrist practicing in Louisville, KY. Dr. Wiedmar is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Wiedmar 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. Wiedmar 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.
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University of Kentucky College of Medicine 1983
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