Dr. Jimmy Bowen
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Cape Girardeau, MO
36 years experience male
Locations
Office
Cape Girardeau, MO
Insurances accepted
Great West PPO
Alliance Health
Anthem BC Life & Health Insurance Company
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri
Cigna
Coventry Health Care
CHAMPUS
Missouri HealthNet
Tricare
About
Bio
Former specialty leader and consultant to the Surgeon General of the US Navy. Retired from the Navy after 24 years of active service. Started in practice in Cape Girardeau in 2007. Former team physician at United States Naval Academy. Current team physician for Southeast Missouri State University. Certified Strength and Conditoning Specialist.
Author/Editor of the "Hip in Primary Care and Sports Medicine".
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
Pain Management
Sports Medicine
Licenses
United States: Missouri
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
754 Answers
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
ALS: Not directly. Mental capacity is maintained. Depression and anxiety are not unusual for a progressive ultimately fatal disease.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Ankle tendinosis: Chronic achilles tendinosis is a disease of the tendon rendering the tendon unable to accept the loads placed on it. Running is an aggressive loading ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Sports: There is no sports governing body that considers amphetamines to be acceptable. No role as a performance enhancer. All down side.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Gluteus Minimus: Concern would be for continued subgluteal bursitis or possible tear of the hip abductor muscle. Begin anti-inflammatories for five days. If not impro... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Sciatica: Meds, exercise, physical therapy including mckenzie centralization techniques, traction, inversion table. Many things are used.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Chest shoulder pain: This is the area innervated by the 6th cervical nerve from your neck. If doesn't resolve or if you notice weakness, tingling or numbness, or pain into... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Throbbing shoulder: Depends on the cause. Could be from the shoulder or referred from the neck. Is it worsened with certain neck positions? Moving your shoulder? Any tin... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Shoulder bursitis: 2 Aleve (naproxen) 2 time a day with food in your stomach for 5 days. Scapular stabilizer exercises and proper posture. Avoid positions with your arms... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
MCL recovery: Some anecdotal accelerated improvent seen in athlete with the use of platelet rich plasma injection. Controversial but commonly used in division 1 spo... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Rehab for fibula: Immediately. What you do and how you do it depends on the place and type of fracture.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Rehab eval: Should expect a comprehensive evaluation to include history, physical examination, assessment, and recommendations.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Heart rate: 60 to 100 beats per minute.
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Food poisoning. : Definitely could be. If that is the cause it should be resolved in 24-48 hours. Consider a brat diet (bananas, rice, apple sauce, toast) during that t... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Scoliosis : Great web site for scoliosis with exercises at www.Iscoliosis.Com. Really not much in the way of exercises that need to be avoided.
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Achilles lengthening: 4-6 weeks of active physical therapy followed by daily home exercises.
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Severe Back Pain: Back pain that is severe, not improving or worsening after 4-6 weeks should be seen by your physician. Pain at rest is a big concern especially if ass... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Foot infection: Athlete's foot is a fungal infection that can break down the normal covering of skin and render the area more susceptible to a secondary infection. Se... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Don't: See a provider if pain is present for longer than four weeks and spreads into the legs.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Stiffness : Not unusual for a couple of days after any injection.
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Muscular Dystrophy: Becker's can effect people very subtly or more substantially. Usually if your knee is giving out it is due to weakness, contractors, or pain in the k... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
AVN Talus: Good source of info:
http://www.Mdmercy.Com/footandankle/conditions/ankle_arthritis/avascular.Html.
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Nucynta (tapentadol): Found to be equivalent to oxycodone (percocet) with fewer GI side effects. Nucynta (tapentadol) thought to work like Percocet and possibly the same ... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Do: Do not suddenly go to altitude without first acclimatizing. High altitude sickness is no joke!
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Ankle and foot pain: Yes a fracture is possible. Particular concern would be the beginning of your little toe metatarsal bone. May also have a sprain of a ligament of the ... Read More
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A 61-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Joint pain: Rheumatologist, orthopedic or physical medicine specialists all treat hand, wrist, and joint pain.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Urinary: Most likely represents a urinary etiology such as urinary tract infection or kidney infection. Would go get seen at a urgent care. Also could be fro... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Fibromyalgia: Sounds like Lyrica (pregabalin) is a medication that help you maintain pain control from your fibromyalgia. I would continue with it.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Exercise: Deconditioning from lack of exercise can aggravate neuropathy and arthritis. Progressive exercises such as resistance training and low grade aerobics... Read More
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A 53-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Knee Arthritis: It can be. The worst thing you can do for knee osteoarthritis is to be inactive or very overactive. It is important for your remaining cartilage to ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Hill Walking: Walking uphill uses the muscles in the front of your thigh as well as the back of your thigh and in your buttocks, burning an extra 3-5 calories per m... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
PR: Pulmonary (pull-mun-ary) rehabilitation, also called pulmonary rehab or pr, is a broad program that helps improve the well-being of people who have ch... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Exercise: Great question. As a sprint kayak racer you need a great core program as week as upper body resistance training to include back, arms, and shoulders. ... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Foot drop: Depends on the extent of the injury, location of the injury, and time since nerve injury. Little short on the details to give a good answer.
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Treatment: Multiple choices depending on extend of the disease and need for aggressive therapy. All treatment have risk and benefits that must be individualized.... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Back pain: Depends on the physician not the specialty. Excellent back specialists in both specialties. Would ask around, check health grades, ask you primary car... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Spasms: If this is on your right side it can be related to irritation of the diaphragm due to peri hepatic changes or gallbladder issues. On the right side co... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Fractured ankle: Not sure of the exact fracture. 4 weeks is the earliest that i would expect improvement. Not a good idea to take off cast without followup. If continu... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Ligament surgery: A ligament holds bone to bone. If it is sufficiently injured you may get an unstable joint. Ligament reconstruction usually involves taking your open... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Trap strain: Trap strain very rare. Usually pain referred from neck or shoulder. Would get them checked out. Think you trap is the victim not the culprit.
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Peripheral Nerve: Peripheral neuropathy is often idiopathic (not sure of the cause) this doesn't stop us from looking.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/peripheraln... Read More
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Running: Interesting question. Depends on what your goals are. To you aspire to run a marathon or interested in general health. If you are not a runner i sugge... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Peroneal Nerve: Definitely can impact the nerve if it is under compression and may there for effect the ability of the foot to pull up and pull to the outside. The p... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Always: Always know what your goals are before starting. Choices of strength training is dependent on goals.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Core Strengthening: Neutral spine core stability exercises of mcgill are great for you abs without hurting your back. Can find videos on youtube. Includes front and side... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Back pain: Usually lasts no more than 4-6 weeks. If lasts longer or pain referred into legs and any tingling, numbness, or weakness in legs should have it evalua... Read More
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Muscle mass : Resistance exercises. Mid to moderate weights. Many reps and sets stimulate mainly hypertrophy of type 1 endurance fibers. Typically used by "body bu... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Knee: Depends on area of knee pain. If on the outside of your knee that represents iliotibial band syndrome which is due to weakness of your hip abductors o... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Knee Replacement: 42 is young but not unheard of. If all other measures have been tried and your knee pain is effecting your quality of life and function to a degree th... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Neuro praxis : Refers to an injury to the insulation of the nerve called the myelin sheath. If you take away the offending cause it normally takes 3 weeks to 3 month... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Scoliosis: Sounds like you are going through alot right now. The question is whether you have a condition that is causally related to you symptoms or if some of ... Read More
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Mar 23, 2013
Dr Bown is a Sports/ Physical Medicine virtuoso. He provides an exellent public service to Healthtap readers. His responses are informative, interesting and understandable. I learn from him. I recom...Read More
Dr. Donald Jacobson
Sep 18, 2013
I highly recommend Dr. Bowen. He provides a unique perspective to Healthtap with his clinical background. His answers are accurate, empathic and can be trusted for their accuracy. Thank you, Dr. Bowen...Read More
Aug 25, 2013
Dr. Bowen is well respected in the Physical medicine and Rehab field. He is careful and detailed in his answers to questions. As a neurosurgeon, I find his insights/experience in concussion valuable.
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Thanks for your quick reply! Thank you so for giving me an answer I otherwise would have waited to get until Monday. If it is a lateral ligament should I be using it?
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i have no money on my card left
could you please contact me via email
me my fiance and my family are in dire need of help
valkos82323@hotmail.com
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helpful! Im not used to doing jumping exercises so maybe thats why im having this new pain. Its not even the ankle that i broke in the past!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine
Graduated 1987MD
Medical/Graduate school
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, MO
Graduated 1987MD
Residency
Mayo Clinic Minnesota
Residency
MAYO CLINIC
Awards
Assistant Professor
Top Doctor, First Place, Cape Girardeau, MO - Winter
2013
Most Influential, First Place, Cape Girardeau, MO - Winter
2013
Affiliations
Southeast missouri hospital
St francis medical center
Orthopaedic Assocs Southeast
Publications
Hip And Pelvis in Sports and Primary Care
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