Dr. Rohit Keswani
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Verona, NJ
27 years experience male
Locations
North Atlantic Pain and Rehab Associates
Verona, NJ
About
Bio
I specialize in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The focus of my practice is managing the pain of patients with joint conditions (shoulder, hips, knees, etc.) or neck/back pain. We also provide care for patients who require more extensive rehabilitation, such as those who have had strokes or are debilitated from long hospital stays. To learn more about us visit our website at http://www.pain-rehab.com or to learn more about our specialty, also known as physiatry, visit http://www.aapmr.org.
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
51 Answers
8 Agrees
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
No: A car accident from a year ago would have resulted in symptoms almost immediately or within a few days, not over 6 months later. You should see your p... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Splinting: This depends on how severe it is. If there is excessive pain and findings suggesting severe nerve involvement on emg, you may need surgery. Otherwise ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Sometimes: Hand arthritis is difficult to manage without medications. And you need to be careful about the types of meds you take and for how long. Sometimes mod... Read More
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A 46-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Checkup : You should be able to join swimming, but given your age and without knowing your past medical history, might be a good idea to get that annual checkup... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Myofascial: This could be many things, from a simple sprain strain to myofascial neck pain to occipital neuralgia. Would advise you see a physiatrist or neurologi... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Nerves: Als is a disease of the nerves, affecting the central nervous system and lower motor neurons.
Since nerves ultimately supply muscles, you see the mu... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
No: If a muscle is really strained, you should initially rest it and ice the area down. You should only begin working on strengthening it after the pain h... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Rest and exercise: As long as it is not torn, a cuff sprain/strain resolves with rest for a couple of days with the use of anti inflammatory meds, followed by gradual ex... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Checkup: If you feel unusual symptoms, always start with a medical checkup with your primary care doctor. There are many reasons for fatigue, even if you feel ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Kinetic Chain: It's important to understand the kinetic chain, an injury to one part of the body can definitely have an impact on another part. Pain may alter the wa... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Weeks: Swelling of the knee can take a few weeks to resolve. It should be iced aggressively. If it is not improving or if it is red, warm, draining or you ha... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Yes: It is possible to have severe pain with DJD however you should have your primary care doc take a look immediately to make sure nothing else is going o... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Possibly: Hand numbness, more so than wristnumbness, can be a symptom of carpal tunnel syndrome. So can pain in the digits of the hand. Predominately the sympto... Read More
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A 59-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Rotator cuff: It could be your rotator cuff, which consists of a group of muscles involved in internal and external rotation of the shoulder. Some of these symptoms... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Skilled Care: A rehab facility will provide several types of skilled care. This usually includes therapy, from a physical therapist, occupational therapist and poss... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Joints involved: You can see some enlargement of certain joints in the hands, such as those in your fingers that allow them to bend. They can also become slightly bent... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
A disc: There are a couple of reasons why this could be happening. The symptoms you describe are typical for discogenic pain (pain originating from a disc). T... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
When indicated: Medicare will pay for a total knee when it is medically indicated, which would typically mean when the patient has severe arthritis that limits their ... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Maybe: Although its possible it really depends how severe your injury was. It's unlikely a minor sprain or strain would result in significant pain years late... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Several: Physiatrist and neurologists encounter this condition frequently, and can perform the necessary testing to determine the cause.
It is usually wise, ... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Orthopedist: If it has not improved at all or has gotten worse you need to see your orthopedist, you may need another mri. If its been getting better it may need m... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Have it looked at: While a pulled pectoral muscle may cause pain and abnormal sensation, it's important to have it looked at to make sure it's not from an underlying car... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Extension: It really depends on the symptoms you are presenting with, but typically a program that emphasizes back extension or a program that centralizes pain, ... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Yes: Cervical stenosis can cause radiating pain anywhere from the neck, through the shoulder region and into the arm. It could also refer pain down near to... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Radiculopathy: This needs to be evaluated by a specialist, such as a physiatrist.
There is nothing specifically you should drink to ease the pain, and medication r... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Facet: Many reasons for back pain, and diagnosing facet pain is not that easy, but as a kind of a rule, pain with bending forwards tends to imply the "disc" ... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
MRI: If your medical doctor does not feel it's coming from the kidney, can consider getting an mri. It will better show soft tissue pathology than the ct s... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Strain: Could be several reasons, anything from a cervical sprain/strain to pain because of a disc herniation, or spinal stenosis or myofascial neck pain. Wit... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
No: You don't have to do that.
A variety of abdominal strengthening exercises at a moderate number of reps is sufficient. Easier ones, you can do more r... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Where: Avn refers to avascular necrosis, typically occurring in bone where the vascular supply has been compromised. I'm not sure what the question is, but t... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Walking: If there are no pressing medical issues, and no significant pain, then they should simply walk as much as they can.
Studies have shown that bedrest ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Yes: Depending on the source of the pain, various treatment options are available. See your internist or family doc or see a physiatrist.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Usual activities: It's a bit unusual to have degenerative arthritis of the neck at such a young age so you should have the diagnosis checked. Beyond that, if you don't ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
No : It's unclear what you mean by fast, but there is not really a very fast way to lose that kind of weight, at least not without putting yourself at a he... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Hand symptoms. : Carpal tunnel symptoms usually include numbness and tingling in the fingers, usually the thumb, index, middle finger and half of the ring finger. Pain... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
See doc: There are different reasons for you to lose your ability to walk, it's hard to say without knowing your medical history and what meds you are on. An i... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
No: Bulging discs are not the same as a herniated disc, and are fairly common in the general population, usually don't cause any symptoms. With a proper e... Read More
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A 72-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Yes: Physical therapy can help control some of the pain associated with radicular symptoms. It does not necessarily resolve the actual pathology (although ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Depends: Most primary care physicians probably have some knowledge of shoulder injuries, but if you are looking for someone with specialized training you shoul... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Paraffin: Hi gemini,
various measures can be taken to keep your hands warm in colder weather.
There are, of course, obvious things like wearing gloves. Any ... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
No: If you are having intense burning pain and bruising a week after massage therapy, you need to seek the care of a medical doctor immediately.
I canno... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
No: Not really, but it depends on what causes it. If its with movement or with walking. Or is it when climbing stairs. Or sitting for a long time. These c... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Herniated: The symptoms depend on how the disc has herniated and if there is impingement of any nerve roots.
It does, in fact, herniate or "slip". It is not cr... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Muscle relaxant: It is a muscle relaxant, commonly prescribed in the us as skelaxin (metaxalone). It's used to treat muscle spasms, such as those associated with back ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Nerves: If your leg is paralyzed after hip replacement, there may be some nerve involvement but it is difficult to say without knowing your history. You shoul... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Depends: Hi fmuprhy,
you need to specify a little more, rehabilitation for what condition.
Rehabilitation for a minor sprain/strain may only be a couple of... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
48 hrs: It depends on where your clots are. For dvt's in the legs, we usually recommend 48 hrs of anticoagulation with blood thinners before beginning physlca... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Various causes: The back pain could be coming from several areas. Bad posture could contribute to it, or could be the result of it. If she has arthritis in the lower ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Ok: It's ok for someone who is in otherwise good health to have knee replacement surgery done if it can improve quality of life. Would first obtain medica... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rohit Keswanianswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 27 years experience
Diet: Above all else , diet is what works best. There are various regimens to consider, from low fat diets to low carb diets - find which works for you not ... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Keswani is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Keswani is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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last winter my pain and inflammation was horrible. I did gloves without finger tips bc one of my 2 jobs involves touch screen. Thanks
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Thank you! Also can working in a extended hot enviroment bring on a more severe reaction
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