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Bill Shannon, MD, Madison, WI, 53715
Dr. Bill Shannon is a board certified Rehabilitation Medicine Physician in Madison, WI who treats adults with stroke rehabilitation, spasticity management, myofascial pain, fibromyalgia, and musculoskeletal medicine & pain management. He also provides acupuncture for pain management and headaches.
As a Rehabilitation Medicine Physician with the Meriter Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic, Dr. Shannon specializes in restoring function for people with complex or chronic disabling diseases, illnesses or injuries. The most common conditions evaluated and treated include musculoskeletal disorders, brain injuries, stroke, spinal cord injuries, neuromuscular diseases, sequelae of trauma, and deconditioning.
The Meriter Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic in Madison, WI treats individuals who have experienced a life altering injury or condition, such as traumatic brain injuries, strokes, neurological disorders, spinal disorders or injuries. The experts on staff are trained to focus on the patient in a holistic manner and strive to help the patient improve their overall quality of life.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
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Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Acute Pain
- Auto-related injuries
- Back pain
- Brain Injuries
- Cervical spine disorders
- Chronic pain
- Complex Spinal Disorders
- Degenerative disc disease
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Fibromyalgia
- Head injury
- Headache / migraine
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Lower back pain
- Lumbar spine disorders
- Muscle pain / muscle strain
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Neck disorders
- Neck pain
- Nerve pain / neuralgia
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Spinal cord injury
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine Conditions
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports injuries
- Stroke
- Thoracic spine disorders
- Trauma
- Upper back pain
- Whiplash
Treatments
- Acupuncture
- Diagnostic testing
- Diet & nutritional counseling
- Exercise
- Injections
- Medications for pain and related health issues
- Nerve testing
- Non-surgical treatment and diagnosis
- Pain management
- Physiatry
- Physical medicine & rehabilitation
- Physical therapy
- Rehabilitation
- Scoliosis treatment - non-surgical
Other Conditions
- Deconditioning
- Neuromuscular diseases
- Sequelae of trauma
- Spasticity
Professional Affiliations
- Wisconsin Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Certifications
- Board Certified, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation