Nathan Rod Yokel MD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
600 Pennsylvania Ave Se Suite 202 Washington DC, 20003About
Dr. Nathan Yokel is a physiatrist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Yokel is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Yokel 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. Yokel 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
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 2007
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Treatments
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Achilles Tendinitis
- Tennis Elbow
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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