Physical Medicine
At Mary Washington Physical Medicine, you will receive expert care from
knowledgeable providers, backed by the expertise of Mary Washington Healthcare.
Rachel Coggins, DO, focuses on noninterventional rehabilitation medicine for patients with cancer, strokes, brain injuries, and deconditioning in need of rehabilitation including mobility and orthotics. She coordinates with a multidisciplinary team of physical, occupational, and speech therapists, as well as nurses and social workers, to provide rehabilitation care to her patients, focusing on a wide range of services.
Dr. Coggins' Education and Experience
Outpatient:
- Post mastectomy musculoskeletal conditions
- Lymphedema management: evaluation and management, including DME management
- Prehabilitation and optimization of function prior, during, and after cancer therapies
- Cancer-related fatigue
- Cancer-related neuropathic and musculoskeletal conditions
- Stroke: including spasticity (medication management)
- Traumatic brain injury
- Deconditioning
- Functional decline and mobility optimization
- DME prescriptions: mobility aids and orthotics
- Follow up from acute care hospital/SNF/acute rehab facility: help to coordinate care with therapy teams and follow therapy plans, DME orders
Inpatient:
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury
- Spinal cord injuries
- Polytrauma
- Deconditioning – decreased capacity due to cardiac or pulmonary disease
- Amputations
- Discharge disposition recommendations – level of care needed after discharge
