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Dr. Charles Joseph Nivens MD

Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

3/5(44)
3 Plantation Park Drive Bluffton SC, 29910
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3/5

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Dr. Charles Nivens is a physiatrist practicing in Bluffton, SC. Dr. Nivens is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Nivens focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Nivens can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.

Education and Training

Med Coll of Ga Sch of Med, Augusta Ga 1994

Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University 1994

Board Certification

Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR

Provider Details

MaleEnglish

Treatments

  • Chronic Pain
  • Arthritis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Back Pain
  • Sciatica
  • Pinched Nerve
  • Herniated Disc
  • Pain
  • Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)

Dr. Charles Joseph Nivens MD's Practice location

Dr. Charles Nivens, MD

3 Plantation Park Drive -
Bluffton, SC 29910
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New patients: 843-705-7471
Fax: 843-705-7475

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Dr. Charles Joseph Nivens MD has a rating of 3 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 44 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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BEAUFORT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITALl

955 RIBAUT RD BEAUFORT SC 29902

Head northwest on Plantation Park Drive 1268 ft
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Continue straight onto Robert Smalls Parkway (SC 170) 5.3 mi
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HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERl

25 HOSPITAL CENTER BLVD HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC 29925

Head southeast on Plantation Park Drive 211 ft
Continue left onto Plantation Park 368 ft
Turn right onto Fording Island Road (US 278) 4.6 mi
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COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITALl

1000 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE HARDEEVILLE SC 29927

Head northwest on Plantation Park Drive 1268 ft
Turn right onto Westbury Park Way 236 ft
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