Dr. Jose Barreto
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Lafayette, LA
16 years experience male
Locations
TotalCare Health & Wellness Medical Center
Lafayette, LA
Office
Lafayette, LA
About
Bio
Physician and Physical Therapist practicing in Louisiana. I have a special interest in Regenerative Medicine (Prolotherapy and PRP-Platelet Rich Plasma and Stem cells). Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Management.
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Pain Management
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jose Barretoanswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Sunlight,supplements: Sunlight is an important source of vitamin d along with other food like cod liver oil, salmon and other products with vitamin d added. See this video ... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Stress injury?: If you increased your mileage and/or intensity too fast, you may have a tibial periostitis and/or muscle strain.
Focal pain over bone should raise... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
No: Depending on your vitamin d levels, you may need this dose. Many people take this dose without any problem. The main thing is that you follow up wit... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Aerobic exercise: Aerobic exercises (bike, running, walking) are good to burn calories and lose weight. With this type of exercise you are working out the type 1 (oxida... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Aerobic exercise: Aerobic exercise (bike, running, walking) are good to burn calories and loose weight. With this type of exercise you are working out the type 1 (oxida... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Lunges, squats: If you don't have any risk factors that will prevent you from exercising: http://otwithmd.Com/5-things-you-should-know-before-starting-your-exercise-r... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Evaluation: Muscle spasm in that area could be secondary to stress, posture, muscle weakness, poor set up at work (ergonomics) or all of the above combine among ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Symmetric joint pain: A chronic inflammatory disorder that affects joints and may also affect tissues outside the joints.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Neck or shoulder: A pain that affects this area could be secondary to referred pain from the neck or a problem with the shoulder. Herniated disc, myofascial (muscle) pa... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Check evidence: First of all, check if the products have good evidence behind it and check for certifications. There are thousands of nutritional supplements out in t... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Many things: Your symptoms warrant an evaluation by your doctor. Many things could be causing your symptoms; stress, hormonal imbalances, medication side effects a... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Wrist instability: Any time your normal anatomy is altered there is a risk of instability of the joint, increase laxity of ligaments.
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Muscle activation: When you are standing the muscles of the neck are active but if you lay down they will relax and not hurt. Visit your doctor for an evaluation. www.ot... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Diet: First make sure she is drinking enough water and eating a balanced diet. If she is doing this and still having the spasms, then she should visit her ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Fruits and Vegetable: Like michael pollan said: "eat real food, not much, mostly plants". By real food i mean: eat the apple, not the apple juice; eat the grape, not the p... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Depends on location: There are different types of headaches and depending on the location, your doctor will have a good idea on the diagnosis and treatment. You should vis... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Yes: Active vitamin d is produced in the body after exposure to sunlight.If you live in south florida you have tropical weather pretty much all year and if... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Get an evaluation: Pain in the calf area usually comes from one of the 2 muscles in the area (gastrocnemius or soleus) but it can be cause by referred pain from other st... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Take it easy!: If is just soreness it will get better in a few days. If the pain is still there after 2-3 days, then you may have a sprain/strain and you should visi... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Yes, with good food: If you eat a balanced diet then you can but it will take longer than if you add aerobic exercises.
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Step back: You need to make sure you are doing your exercises with the right intensity, frequency, form, etc, having a certified athletic trainer will help. Sor... Read More
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No: It has been shown that sessions of 10 minutes are effective as well. If you don't have time to do one 30 minute session, then doing three 10 minute s... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Disc health: The hypothesis is that since vitamin c is important for collagen health and intervertebral discs have collagen, then having low levels of vitamin d ca... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Yes: Studies have shown that mental activities such as reading, puzzle games, etc can help prevent mental deterioration and conditions like alzheimer"s.
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Should be ok: Juice plus is a whole food based product, not a multivitamin, is a nutritional supplement. Is not fda approved (supplements are not required to be fda... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Better Posture: When walking: lift the chest, swing the arms from the shoulders, take longer and faster steps. “walk like you own the world” and “walk with no worries... Read More
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Stretching: Maintenance of normal tissue through stretching and massage; eat a high carbohydratre meal 2-3 hours before exercise. Also ingest adequate fluid, carb... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Muscle spasms: It all depends on how it started, what caused it and other pain descriptions including location, quality and duration among other things. Visit your d... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Probably: The spine is connected to the sacrum which is connected to the iliac crests, this means that any mechanical imbalance or deviation will put stress ont... Read More
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A 66-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Doctor: Sudden onset of pain in multiple joints raise the flag an inflammatory, metabolic or autoimmune conditions. You need a doctor's evaluation to rule out... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Aerobic exercises: If we are talking about big thighs due to muscle, then reduce your load if lifting weights and start running more. And, if they are big due to fat, th... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Not recommended: With any kind of muscular dystrophy is recommended to stay active to prevent deformities and maintain function. However, cross training might be too s... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Bike/Treadmill: You need to do aerobic exercises combined with strengthening to burn calories. Stationary bike or a treadmill will work well.
Also work on better nu... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Chia: Flaxseeds and chia are 2 good "superseeds" to improve your health. http://otwithmd.com/flaxseed-and-chia-know-these-superseeds/.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Skin,bones,ligaments: Vitamin c is an essential component of collagen which in turn it's an abundant substance in the connective tissue. The connective tissue is what binds... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Prolotherapy and PRP: Regenerative injection treatments include prolotherapy, platelet based procedures (more common is platelet rich plasma--prp) and adult stem cells. The... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Instability: In the absence of a contusion or trauma in the area, it is possible that you have an instability of your knee and/or patella. You should visit your ph... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Swedish,deep tissue: There are many many different types (i would say about 40-50) of massage but the most common ones are the swedish, the deep tissue and the sports mass... Read More
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Evaluation: Different things can cause neck pain and hand tremors. The list of possible causes depend on your age, medical conditions, clinical presentation, etc.... Read More
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A 16-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Subluxation?: Pain with movement, arm longer than other and the way you hurt your arm makes it possible you subluxated your shoulder. Visit your doctor for an evalu... Read More
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It can be: Evidence shows that the most beneficial physical therapy modalities related to osteoarthritis are strengthening, aquatic therapy, and balance and pertu... Read More
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Daily exercise: In frozen shoulder, the tissue around the shoulder joint gets thick and tight. In most cases, a frozen shoulder will get better on its own, but it can... Read More
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Sun exposure, food: Sun exposure, food with vitamin d added and supplements if needed. As far as your lactose intolerance, try lactose free products with vitamin d added.... Read More
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Neck discs: If the disc herniation is pinching a nerve in the spine, then this could explain your symptoms. You should follow up with your doctor for further eval... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Visit your doctor: Most back pain episodes are short lived but those who are not merit a physical examination and evaluation to treat it appropriately. www.otwithmd.com.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Stay under 4,000 mg: If you are taking it for only a few days or occasionally, then you can take up to 4, 000 mg/day. You can try 650 mg/every 4-6 hours. If you take it da... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Estimate 5-10k: About 20 minutes of summer sunlight exposure will give you about 15, 000 to 20, 000 iu (international units) of vitamin d. Now, this is in a bathing s... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Magnesium citrate: Also, consume foods with high magnesium content like almonds, cashews and other nuts; whole wheat, peas and beans. www.otwithmd.com.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Core strengthening: The more stable your spine is (by strong and balanced abdominal and low back muscles) along with flexible leg muscles the better chances you have of h... Read More
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 16 years experience
Hackett Hemwall: The hacket hemwall foundation website (hackethemwall, org) is the leading authority in training prolotherapy techniques in the us. They have a list of... Read More
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Nov 26, 2013
A very knowledgeable and qualified physician.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Barreto is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Barreto is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! thank u so much going to call my doctor asap , when I eat or drink I get that metal tastes in my mouth I am on insulin and up to 120 units a day thanks again
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Thanks is it normal for the pain to come.back I had gotten better then all of a sudden my sacrum hurt when I would sit n spreads to my thigh
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Thanks for your quick reply! Tapered over 6 wks but ended up at pcp yest. Klonopin 3x daily to get thru symptoms.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Ponce School of Medicine, PR
Graduated 2007MD
Residency
University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas
Awards
Top Doctor, Third Place, Metairie, LA - Winter
2013
Thought Leader, Third Place, Metairie, LA - Winter
2013
Top Physical Medicine and Rehab Specialist, Second Place, Louisiana - Winter
2013
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