2211 Mount Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93306
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Lightyear Health has been registered with the National Provider Identifier database since October 01, 2020 and its NPI number is 1558968727 (certified on 10/01/2020).
To schedule an appointment, please call (888) 380-0988.
Lightyear Health is a Brain Injury Medicine practice in Bakersfield, CA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing, treating, and preventing brain damage. Brain Injury Doctors at Lightyear Health perform tests and procedures to identify and restore brain function. Brain Injury Medicine is the treatment of brain dysfunctions caused by injury. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Brain Injury Medicine practices include seizures, concussions, and strokes. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Brain Injury Medicine practices include performing MRI or CT scans to detect tumors or injuries, prescribing medications, and managing rehabilitation.
A Brain Injury Medicine physician specializes in disorders of brain function due to injury and disease. These disorders encompass a range of medical, physical, neurologic, cognitive, sensory, and behavioral disorders that result in psychosocial, educational, and vocational consequences.
Brain Injury Doctors in Bakersfield, CAA physician who addresses the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of traumatic spinal cord injury and non-traumatic etiologies of spinal cord dysfunction by working in an interdisciplinary manner. Care is provided to patients of all ages on a lifelong basis and covers related medical, physical, psychological and vocational disabilities and complications.
Spinal Cord Injury Doctors in Bakersfield, CALightyear Health is a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Physiatry) practice in Bakersfield, CA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in treating medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. Physiatrists at Lightyear Health perform diagnostic imaging, testing, assessment, and treatment of disorders and injuries related to chronic joint pain, spinal injury, athletic injury, congenital birth defect, traumatic injury, and age-related pain conditions. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Physiatry) is a medical specialty focused on diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses related to muscle, joint spine, nerve, bone, and neurological disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Physiatry) practices include spinal cord injury, pulled and torn muscles, nerve disorders, fibromyalgia, athletic injury, chronic joint and muscle pain, arthritis, and other disorders affecting the body's muscles, joints, and nerves. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Physiatry) practices include CT, x-ray, and MRI imaging, nerve conduction testing, spinal injections, prolotherapy, nerve and muscle biopsy, acupuncture, fitting of prosthetics and orthotics, impairment assessment, patient and parent education, and ultrasound guided corrective procedures.
Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices.
Physiatrists in Bakersfield, CAA registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.
Nurse Practitioners in Bakersfield, CAA social worker who holds a master's or doctoral degree in social work from an accredited school of social work in addition to at least two years of post-master's supervised experience in a clinical setting. The social worker must be licensed, certified, or registered at the clinical level in the jurisdiction of practice. A clinical social worker provides direct services, including interventions focused on interpersonal interactions, intrapsychic dynamics, and life management issues. Clinical social work services are based on bio-psychosocial perspectives. Services consist of assessment, diagnosis, treatment (including psychotherapy and counseling), client-centered advocacy, consultation, evaluation, and prevention of mental illness, emotional, or behavioral disturbances.
Clinical Social Workers in Bakersfield, CALightyear Health is a Geriatric Psychiatry practice in Bakersfield, CA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in studying and addressing mental illness in older adults. Geriatric Psychiatrists at Lightyear Health perform mental health assessments, therapies, diet and lifestyle recommendations, and medication prescription. Geriatric Psychiatry is a psychiatry subspecialty focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of emotional and mental disorders in seniors. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Geriatric Psychiatry practices include depression, anxiety, alienation, agitation, psychosis, dementia, and Alzheimer's Disease. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Geriatric Psychiatry practices include mental health assessments, psychological therapy protocols, and medication prescriptions.
Geriatric Psychiatry is a subspecialty with psychiatric expertise in prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders in the elderly, and improvement of psychiatric care for healthy and ill elderly patients.
Geriatric Psychiatrists in Bakersfield, CALightyear Health is a Psychiatry practice in Bakersfield, CA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing and treating people with mental illness. Psychiatrists at Lightyear Health perform mental health assessment, helps patients manage long-term mental health conditions, offers medical treatment and therapy for a wide variety of psychological disorders, provides patient and parent education, and offers referrals to other medical specialists as needed. Psychiatry is a medical specialty centered on diagnosing and treating patients suffering from a wide variety of mental illnesses and cognitive disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Psychiatry practices include anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), delusional thought processes, self-harm disorders, eating disorders, specific phobias, drug, alcohol, and gambling addiction, and mood disorders. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Psychiatry practices include mental health evaluation and diagnosis, psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), electroconvulsive therapy, medication prescription, exposure therapy, grief counseling, marriage counseling, and referral to other specialists as needed.
A Psychiatrist specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders, emotional disorders, psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance-related disorders, sexual and gender identity disorders and adjustment disorders. Biologic, psychological, and social components of illnesses are explored and understood in treatment of the whole person. Tools used may include diagnostic laboratory tests, prescribed medications, evaluation and treatment of psychological and interpersonal problems with individuals and families, and intervention for coping with stress, crises, and other problems.
Psychiatrists in Bakersfield, CALightyear Health is a Physical Pain Management Medicine practice in Bakersfield, CA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating many different types of pain. Physical Pain Management Doctors at Lightyear Health perform medical diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of physical pain disorders. Physical Pain Management Medicine is a medical specialty that deals with the origins of pain in most parts of the body and reducing or relieving painful symptoms. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Physical Pain Management Medicine practices include neuropathy, arthritis, nerve dysfunction, chronic fatigue syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, endometriosis, spinal and skeletal disorders, migraines and chronic headaches, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis (MS), painful conditions of the back, hip, neck, and knees, and pain related to traumatic injury. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Physical Pain Management Medicine practices include x-ray, CT, and MRI imaging diagnostics, pain medication prescription, surgical recommendation, physical pain assessment, prolotherapy, electrical stimulation, nerve block injections, anti-inflammatory injections, therapeutic joint and spine manipulation, acupuncture, massage therapy, and patient education.
A physician who provides a high level of care, either as a primary physician or consultant, for patients experiencing problems with acute, chronic or cancer pain in both hospital and ambulatory settings. Patient care needs may also be coordinated with other specialists.
Physical Pain Management Doctors in Bakersfield, CAA physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.
Physician Assistants in Bakersfield, CALightyear Health is a Geriatric Family Medicine practice in Bakersfield, CA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing, treating, and preventing disorders, disabilities, and diseases that affect older adults. Geriatric Family Medicine Doctors at Lightyear Health perform treatments in homes, nursing homes, offices, clinics, and hospitals, and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. Geriatric Family Medicine is a branch of family medicine that diagnoses, treats, and prevents dysfunction and sickness in the elderly. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Geriatric Family Medicine practices include diabetes, glaucoma, incontinence, arthritis, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, and fall injuries. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Geriatric Family Medicine practices include imaging tests, physical exams, blood tests, assistive device prescriptions, nutritional and exercise protocols, mental health protocols, immunization protocols, medication prescriptions, and laparoscopic surgery.
A family medicine physician with special knowledge of the aging process and special skills in the diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive and rehabilitative aspects of illness in the elderly. This specialist cares for geriatric patients in the patient's home, the office, long-term care settings such as nursing homes, and the hospital.
Geriatric Family Medicine Doctors in Bakersfield, CALightyear Health is an Adult Nurse Practice practice in Bakersfield, CA with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in providing medical care to adults of all ages. Adult Health Nurse Practitioners at Lightyear Health perform diagnostic tests, and prevents and treats illnesses and injuries. Adult Nurse Practice is the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic medical conditions. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Adult Nurse Practice practices include wounds, sprains, fractures, infections, viruses, hypertension, hormone imbalance, thyroid dysfunction, and diabetes. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Adult Nurse Practice practices include ordering diagnostic tests, interpreting lab results and X-rays, prescribing medications, referring patients to specialists, and acting as a primary health care provider.
Adult Health Nurse Practitioners in Bakersfield, CA