• A medical doctor trained in the non-surgical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation 
• An expert in muscles, bones, joints, nerves, and brain and how they work together 
• Uses a holistic approach to health, looking at the whole person, to improve quality of life; may lead a team of medical professionals to coordinate patient care such as physical, occupational, and speech therapy, psychology, and other physicians 
• Dr. Amos also performs electrodiagnosis (EMG) and nerve conduction studies (NCS) to evaluate possible nerve damage, testing often done by physiatrists 

 Some examples of patients treated by Dr. Amos 

• knee pain after skiing, no surgery needed 
• hand tingling and numbness 
• neck pain after a car accident 
• weakness and speech impairment after a stroke 
• low back pain after a work injury 
• spinal cord injury after a logging accident 
• brain injury after a motorcycle accident 
• osteoporotic female wanting guidance in exercising 
• lumbar compression fracture and PTSD after car accident 

For more information on physiatry, please go to www.AAPMR.org.