Neilly A. Buckalew, Physiatrist (Physical Medicine)
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Neilly A. Buckalew

Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Living Oak Integrative Medicine and Rehabilitation Post Falls ID, 83854
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About

Dr. Buckalew is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, or physiatrist. Physiatrists specialize in pain management, muscular skeletal injuries including sports, brain and spinal cord injury, amputee management, as well as neurological conditions such as MS, stroke, or Parkinson’s. Dr. Buckalew is also a Naturopath, acupuncturist, and certified yoga instructor and Thai yoga therapist as well as award winning medical researcher and educator. Her eclectic knowledge allows her to facilitate holistically your health both in preventing and treating dis-ease.

Education and Training

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Dartmouth College BA 1991

Board Certification

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 14 years of experience
Neilly A. Buckalew
Neilly A. Buckalew's Expert Contributions
  • Yoga – Is it for Me?

    The word yoga for many brings to mind a young woman or man in a seemingly impossible gymnastic posture. The postures, called asana in Sanskrit, that have become popular today are a small facet of commercialized modern yoga, and do not reflect the full practices and potential benefits of yoga...

  • Acupuncture for fertility- will it increase my ovarian reserve?

    Good day, This is not an area that I have expertise in. But, the one medical answer I can offer is that you are born with a set number of eggs. This will never change. How to enhance your chance of conception and carrying pregnancy to term are different questions that deserve comprehensive investigation and responses that I cannot offer. I can offer that if parenting is your hope, there are other options to explore. Kind Regards, Dr. B READ MORE

Areas of expertise and specialization

Clinical ResearchPhysical Medicine and RehabilitationYoga Therapy

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Integrative Medicine Area of Concentration, UPSOM -

Awards

  • Charles Watson Humanism Honor Society and the Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2008   
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society   
  • Dean Merit Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   
  • James Cheehan/Laird Cheke Memorial Prize for Understanding Healing Power of a Patient   
  • DCM Award, Academic Excellence in Geriatric Medicine, 2009   
  • Charles Lindbergh Foundation Merit Award for Environmental Education work with the Zuni Tribe   

Professional Memberships

  • American Pain Society  
  • Alpha Omega Alpha  
  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  

Fellowships

  • Institute for the Study of World Politics, Native American Environmental Law Fellow, National Institutes of Health National Institute of Aging pre-doc and Post-doc Fellow

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, American College of Physicians, Allegheny County Medical Society, International Association of Yoga Therapists

Articles and Publications

  • Chronic Pain is Associated with Brain Volume Loss in Older Adults: Preliminary Evidence, co-author
  • Brain Morphology in Older Adults with Disabling Chronic Low Back Pain- Co-Author

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Opportunities, Support, Friends, Colleagues, Mentors

Areas of research

  • Integrative Medicine, Yoga and Yoga Therapy, Healthy Aging, Chronic Pain

Philanthropic Initiatives

  • National Sports Center for the Disabled Fans of the Field Fundraiser, World Run Day for Muscular Dystrophy, Riding for the Handicapped of Western Pennsylvania, The Prouty Coming Together to Fight Cancer, AIDS Life Cycle

Teaching and speaking

  • Acquired/Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke Recovery, Yoga and Yoga Therapy, Integrative Pain Management, Living and Aging Well, Caretaker Health, Understanding Living Wills, How to facilitate home hospice for loved ones

Hobbies / Sports

  • Yoga, Triathalon, Belly Dancing, Outdoor Sports, Writing Music

Favorite professional publications

  • International Journal of Yoga Therapy, PM&R Journal

Areas of research

Integrative Medicine, Yoga and Yoga Therapy, Healthy Aging, Chronic Pain, Regenerative Medicine

Neilly A. Buckalew's Practice location

Living Oak Integrative Medicine and Rehabilitation

Living Oak Integrative Medicine and Rehabilitation -
Post Falls, ID 83854
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