Dr. Andrew Shiller
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
NY
28 years experience male
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I'm a person who cares about my patients and tries to treat people like friends or relatives. Providing the best care is a calling for me, not just a job. I believe that the best care comes from doing the right stuff medically, and also assisting the natural healing intelligence that resides within all of us.
Through virtual consults, I help people get the best medical care, and also to learn how to heal and recover from difficult to treat problems with pain and disability.
I trained at MIT, Duke, and Harvard University, and completed combined training in Internal Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. In my spare time, (haha), I've done a ton of training in osteopathy, mindbody medicine, and nutritional approaches to healing. I find that the best outcomes result from bringing together conventional medicine and complementary healing. "Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Management", as we call it in academic medicine.
Whether we speak directly here on Healthtap or via educational resources on my website, I hope to be of service in your recovery.
www.drshiller.com
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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
Holistic Medicine
Pain Management
Licenses
United States: New Jersey, New York
Doctor Q&A
132 Answers
20 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Normal symptoms: It is indeed one of the normal symptoms of depression to have feelings of guilt, no good, at fault, etc.
That's why depression is best treated with a... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
MRI explains it: "effusion and tear" of the structures in the wrist or hand, could cause the symptoms. Not sure why your doctor said "nothing wrong". Sometimes a sur... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Probably ok: If you damaged or re-fractured a healing fracture, you would feel pain. Bones heal at different times, so the 4-6 weeks that are typically recommende... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Depends on age: The 'sed rate' or 'ESR' is a measure of inflammation that can be affected by many things. The normal level is age dependant. For women the normal le... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Complex question: Anxiety and pain can feed one another. Xanax (alprazolam) can break the cycle. Stopping xanax (alprazolam) can uncover the cycle and restart it. If... Read More
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A female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Yes: A CT scan doesn't tell whether the appendix is functioning normally. (We don't really know what the appendix does!)
And certainly there is potential ... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Progress as tolerate: Unless it was a massive tear of your tendon/ligament, you should do weight bearing as tolerated. Don't wait till it's all gone. If you can put weigh... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Yes: The combination of vicodin (narcotic pain med) and lorazepam (sedative hypnotic) will have additive effects of sedation and sleepiness. But if you're... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Opioids aren't great: oxycodone is a much more potent analgesic than dihydrocodeine. The problem is that opioids are often not good for chronic pain. They often don't pro... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
See your doc: if a person is on psychiatric medications, and after a change, they begin to experience new symptoms or recurrence of old ones, it's wise to get back ... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Hard to know: its very difficult to diagnose something like that without an exam. The great news is that it doesn't happen when you don't smoke. So, your body is ... Read More
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A 56-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Maybe not: Gabapentin and lyrica are similar, but different drugs. The effects and side effects of one vs the other vary in different people. Start slow, and p... Read More
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786 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Two step process: Discomfort in the shoulder with symptoms going into the arm, even the right side, should be checked out by a doctor. Most of the time it's nothing se... Read More
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A 47-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Get it checked out: There's not enough information in the brief history to respond.
You should see a doc in person, who can take into account your past medical history, ... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Yes: Your spinal cord has a map of your whole body. If there is pressure on the cord there be sensory or motor changes anywhere below the level of the pre... Read More
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349 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Nutrients can help: Medications are one way of controlling nerve pain. Pain is a complex holistic process. You may be able to decrease need for meds by addressing other... Read More
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787 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Yes: I know quite a few success stories of staying sober after rehab.
But treatment doesn't end after rehab.
Most people with drug or alcohol dependance a... Read More
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2.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Yes: It's important to distinguish between acute and chronic stress. Acute stress enhances immune response. Not likely to cause cold sores. Chronic stres... Read More
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2.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Not a good first med: Carisoprodol often helps with back or neck pain, but it is habit forming. And it's like a band-aid.
"straight curve" usually means chronic muscle ten... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Back mice?: Some people get nodules under the skin that feel firm, roll around under the finger, and sometimes hurt. Is that what you are calling 'back mice'. B... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Hard to know: Glad your MRI was normal. That's reassuring. Sometimes physical trauma creates subtle neuromuscular or ligamentous distortions that don't show up on ... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Cant summarize in 20: Any pain that is persistent is worth getting checked out. In a young and otherwise healthy 36 year old without trauma, the most likely thing is muscl... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
No not normal: There are four main signs of inflammation: pain, heat, redness, and swelling. Those are signs that the immune system is activated. After a surgery t... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Its possible: GERD and esophogeal spasm can cause referred pain to the chest/trunk/back, and possibly the clavicular area. If it goes away on it's own, don't worry... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Sounds worrisome: If you're saying that each time you drink 1 alcoholic beverage you feel dizzy and lightheaded with an upset stomach for a day, that's a bit concerning... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Think beyond drugs: Medications are one way of controlling nerve pain. Pain is a complex holistic process. You may be able to decrease need for meds by addressing other i... Read More
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786 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
It could be muscle..: The important question is whether you are otherwise sick? Do you have other symptoms or is this an isolating thing?
If you're pregnant, it could be y... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Maybe: Lyrica (pregabalin) reduces irritability of nerves that are damaged or inflamed. That often results in less pain. Like most medications, it works in... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Possibly: Vitamin D deficiency could cause aching legs and sore knees.
A more common cause of knee pain in a young healthy woman is when the kneecap doesn't tr... Read More
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3.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 59-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Question is unclear: I'm glad the pain has subsided. I don't understand the question that you wrote, 'something stic'.
There can be unusual sensations at the site of a cr... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Needs in person eval: A 2 year old who is not peeing. That's a problem. With a fever of 104 with a stiff neck is concerning. And he is likely dehydrated too, and that's ... Read More
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A male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
No: It's much smarter to wait until after the biopsy.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Yes: certainly possible if someone is eating it.
less likely from smoking, because most people would pass out and stop smoking, before ingesting a fatal do... Read More
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A 51-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
! get checked soon: Driving while dizzy can be a risk to you and other people. Some people do fine with bp of 90/50, but for some people it's too low. There is a condit... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Tricky case: The first thing is to see an ear nose throat specialist. It's possible that you have structural damage to the auditory nerve and that's the best pers... Read More
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A 57-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
See a neurologist: Brain surgery is a kind of injury. There can be various effects on your neurologic system. Problems with muscle and limb function are usually on th... Read More
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A female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
See the right doc: Feeling "suicidal and uncontrolled anger" is a serious thing.
See a psychiatrist and consider meds, especially in the short term so that you stay safe... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Get checked out: After giving birth to nine children, a woman can have various kinds of chronic injury to her pelvic floor and abdominal wall, or a hernia.
For most p... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Need more info: Getting a clear diagnosis for pain like that requires more information and a careful physical examination. This isn't the place. If the ENT didn't co... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Yes: its called "popping your costal cartilage out". Probably a bad idea to do it often, as over time you can damage the supporting soft tissue and cause t... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Unity of structure: Your body is one unit. Your intestines hang from your lower back. There is overlap in nerve supply. People who are chronically constipated can easi... Read More
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A male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Recurrent strain: most likely it's a recurrent strain. It's pretty hard to completely rest your achilles unless you've been in a wheelchair for 6-7 weeks. And in that... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Stop violent shaking: Most people will get mild headache if they violently shake their head up an down.
Stop it.
You might have more tension in your neck than the aver... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Low folate (folic acid) bad: There's no reason to walk around with low folate (folic acid) levels. It's cheap and safe to supplement it. So don't sit around wondering if it hurt... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Andrew Shilleranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Ignore: The Storm Is Over
Lost. How will I live?
Come. Take back your life!
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Occipital neuraglia?: The occipital nerve comes out of the upper part of the spine. You may have slept with your neck twisted, or maybe you had an old neck injury? If you... Read More
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A male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Protein deposition: Amyloidosis is a poorly understood condition where the body deposits proteins in tissues where they don't belong. It's not immediately life-threaten... Read More
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A 54-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
It's good: it's good to not have torn or otherwise diseased soft tissues of your upper arm. I'm assuming you had an MRI or ultrasound, because those are the tes... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Could be many things: The more important question is whether you are at risk of HIV infection. HIV risk comes from sharing needles, sex without a protective barrier, or ot... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 28 years experience
Don't take 20mg: The maximum dose of flexeril is 10mg 3 times per day. A higher dose will give a higher peak level in your blood, and could cause sedation, cardiac ar... Read More
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Mar 9, 2016
An excellent Doctor, very clear with his explanation, Dr. Lehman is a great choice
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Shiller is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Shiller is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you very much. I was trying not to go to Dr. since I have no insurance due to major screw ups with the marketplace. But I will go and get a urinalysis & culture to be sure. Thanks again!
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This was very helpful. Thanks! The CRP was 43, now mental health is not ok, and started depakine and zyprexa for bipolar.but I stopped them to see if fatigue from them, but its not
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I told him, I told him is was a bad idea but he didn't believe me. Thanks for answering my question.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Duke University School of Medicine, NC
Graduated 1995MD
Residency
Harvard-Spaulding
Residency
Harvard-Cambridge Hospital
Awards
Top Doctor, Second Place, the Hackensack Region - Spring
2017
Top Physical Medicine and Rehab Specialist, First Place, New Jersey - Spring
2017
Top Physical Medicine and Rehab Specialist, Second Place, the Nation - Spring
2017
Affiliations
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
International Society for the Study of Pain
American Association of Osteopathy
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