SPF Talks : Get Involved : Spastic Paraplegia Foundation

SPF TALKS SPASTICITY MANAGEMENT

Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 4:00pm CST

AUDIENCE: This SPF TALKS is intended for EVERYONE.

INVITATION: You are invited to a Zoom meeting with Bianca Martinez, MD, FAAPMR on Spasticity Management. An overview of the options available to treat spasticity and improve walking in patients with HSP and PLS. We will discuss oral medications, the use of orthotics, botulinum toxin injections, phenol chemoneurolysis, and cutting edge techniques such as cryodenervation.

WHEN: Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM Central Time

REGISTER: You must register in advance for this meeting: CLICK REGISTER BUTTON. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting on Saturday, November 16th at 4:pm CST.

Bianca Martinez, M.D., is a board certified physician in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation with a focus on interventional spasticity and tone management. She went to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Temple University Hospital / Moss Rehab. She then completed a fellowship in spasticity management at Thomas Jefferson University. She provides comprehensive neurological rehabilitation care for adult patients affected by neurological disorders.

Her main focus is to improve quality of life and maximize function such as the ability to walk or transfer and perform activities of daily living. Her treatment plan is directed by the patient's goals and utilizes a combination of oral medications, bracing and splinting, therapy, equipment, nerve and muscle injections (selective diagnostic motor nerve blocks, phenol chemoneurolysis, chemodenervation with botulinum toxin), intrathecal baclofen pumps, and referrals to orthopedic surgery as needed to achieve goals.

Bianca Martinez, MD, FAAPMR
Sea Girt Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Associate
240 Parker Avenue, Manasquan, NJ 08736
P: 732-974-8100, F: 732-974-9125