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Bradley F. Thompson, M.D.

  1. Physiatrist
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  1. Rochester, Minnesota

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Dr. Thompson is board certified in both PM&R and ABEM and has a split assignment between the Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Owatonna. His clinical focus is in musculoskeletal, spine, amputee and neuromuscular disease. Specific services he provides include, 1) the diagnosis of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disease, 2) patient education and referral recommendations, 3) treatment / management of pain, functional impairment and sports injuries.

  • Conservative management of musculoskeletal disorders, including osteoarthritis (spine & extremities), tendinopathy
  • Conservative management of neuromuscular disorders, including cervical and lumbar radiculopathy, spinal stenosis
  • Neurologic rehabilitation, including stroke, spinal cord injury and spasticity
  • Functional restoration / prosthetic management following limb loss, including hereditary, upper and lower extremity amputations
  • Promoting patients' understanding of the underlying causes of their musculoskeletal or neurologic symptoms
  • Educating and empowering patients to become partners in managing their symptoms

In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Thompson is active in clinical research (including several multidisciplinary collaborative studies within the amputee clinic and the spine center), the education of residents and medical students and volunteering (including as an oral examiner for the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for the past 5 years).

  1. Arthritis
  2. Arthropathy
  3. Back pain
  4. Carpal tunnel syndrome
  5. Discogenic back pain
  6. Facet joint syndrome
  7. Frozen shoulder
  8. Functional limitation
  9. Functional neurologic disorder
  10. Gait unsteadiness
  11. Hand arthritis
  12. Hip impingement
  13. Hip tendinitis
  14. Inflammatory arthritis
  15. Knee pain
  16. Limb loss
  17. Muscle spasms
  18. Muscle weakness
  19. Myelopathy
  20. Myofascial pain syndrome
  21. Neck pain
  22. Nerve entrapment
  23. Neuralgia
  24. Patellofemoral pain syndrome
  25. Radiculopathy
  26. Shoulder injury
  27. Spasticity
  28. Spinal stenosis
  29. Sports injury
  30. Tendinitis
  31. Tendon pain
  32. Tenosynovitis
  1. Amputation rehabilitation
  2. Arthritis rehabilitation
  3. Back pain management
  4. Cyst aspiration
  5. Electromyography
  6. Epidural steroid injection
  7. Facet joint injection
  8. Fluoroscopy
  9. Interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound
  10. Joint injection
  11. Musculoskeletal exam
  12. Musculoskeletal ultrasound
  13. Neck pain management
  14. Nerve block
  15. Nerve conduction study
  16. Neuromuscular ultrasound
  17. Neurophysiological assessment
  18. Sacroiliac joint injection
  19. Spinal injection
  20. Ultrasound-guided aspiration and lavage for calcific tendinitis
  21. Ultrasound-guided cortisone injection
  22. Ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal injection
  23. Ultrasound-guided needling
  24. Viscosupplementation
  • Limb amputations: functional rehabilitation and prosthetics management
  • Musculoskeletal disease: degenerative arthritis, muscle/tendon injuries, and sports injuries
  • Ultrasound-Guided Injections: diagnostic/theraputic musculoskeletal and peripheral nerve
  • Neuromuscular Diseases Electrodiagnostics (EMG & NCS): radiculopathy, peripheral neuropathy, carpal tunnel
  • Spinal Disease & Fluoroscopic Lumbarsacral Injections: diagnostic/therapeutic joint & epidural: radiculopathy, spinal stenosis, back pain
  • Neurologic Rehabilitation: stroke, spinal cord injury, spasticity
  1. 2014
    Resident - Physical Medicine and RehabilitationSchool of Graduate Education, Mayo Clinic
  2. 2014
    ResidentPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 2011
    ResidentPreliminary Internal Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 2011
    Internship - Internal MedicineSchool of Graduate Education, Mayo Clinic
  5. 2010
    MDUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine
  6. 2004
    Undergraduate StudiesUniversity of MN
  7. 2002
    BA - International Political EconomyColorado College

Certifications

  1. 2017
    Electrodiagnostic MedicineAmerican Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  2. 2015
    Physical Medicine & RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Awards and honors

  1. 2007
    Dorothy Shore, John Trembly, and Marjorie H. Kaff Geriatric ScholarshipsUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine

Professional memberships

  1. 2021 - present
    Technology GroupMayo Clinic Health System in Owatonna, Mayo Clinic Health System
  2. 2020
    Member2030 Strategic Planning Steering Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester
  3. 2017 - 2018
    MemberAmerican Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  4. 2016 - 2018
    Subject Matter ExpertMayo Clinic EHR/RCM Convergence Project/Plummer Project
  5. 2013 - 2014
    LeaderPM&R Diversity Committee, Mayo Clinic
  6. 2010 - present
    MemberAmerican Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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