Dr. Eric Robert Helm M.D.
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
3471 5th Ave Pm&R Department Room Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Eric Helm is a physiatrist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Helm is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Helm 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. Helm 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
The University of Toledo College of Medicine 2008
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of Anesthetic Fluid Injectates on Lesion Sizes in Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation.
- Poster 127 Proximal Iliotibial Band Rupture Secondary to Chronic Steroid Use: A Case Report.
- Poster 376 Effects of Anesthetic Fluid Injectates on Lesion Sizes in Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation.
- Poster 381 Depth Assessment for Cervical Spinal Epidural Injections.
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
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