Dr. Matthew Joseph Smith MD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Sports Medicine
1351 S County Trl Bldg 1 Suite 100 East Greenwich RI, 02818About
Dr. Matthew Smith is a physiatrist practicing in East Greenwich, RI. Dr. Smith is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Smith 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. Smith 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
Queen's University Faculty of Health Sciences 1995
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Sciatica
- Pain
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