Uzm. Dr. Mehmet Arslan

Specialty

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

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İstanbul University İstanbul (Çapa) Faculty of Medicine, 2016. Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialty at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, 2017–2021, as recorded in the education section of the source.

General practitioner at Kayapınar District Health Directorate, Diyarbakır, 2016–2018. Physical medicine and rehabilitation resident at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, 2018–2023, as recorded in the experience section. Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at Balıklıgöl State Hospital, Şanlıurfa, 2023–2026, and Private Nev Hospital, Şanlıurfa, from January 2026, listed as ongoing in the source.

The source lists ultrasound-guided injections and fluoroscopy-guided procedures for lumbar and cervical disc herniation; neck pain (disc herniation, loss of cervical curvature, torticollis); shoulder pain (tendon tears, frozen shoulder); elbow pain (tennis or golfer’s elbow); wrist and finger pain (nerve compression, trigger finger); upper and lower back pain (myofascial pain, disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, degenerative changes); hip pain (osteoarthritis, nerve compression); knee pain (osteoarthritis, meniscal tear, Baker’s cyst); and foot and heel pain (heel spur, flat feet). It also lists hemiplegia and paraplegia, cerebral palsy, rehabilitation after fractures, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, scoliosis and kyphosis. Listed procedures include PRP, joint injections, neural therapy, prolotherapy, dry needling, acupuncture, kinesiology taping and cupping. This is a record of source interests, not a recommendation or assurance of effectiveness or current service availability.

1- Arslan M, Ogut H, Karadag M, Guler H, Dicle Turhanoglu A. Comparison of the short-term effectiveness of myofascial dextrose injection and radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy in myofascial pain syndrome: A prospective, randomized clinical study. Turk J Phys Med Rehab 2026;72(1):12-21. doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2025.15454. 2- Arslan M, Öğüt H, Güler H, Turhanoğlu AD. Servikal Vertebra Tutulumlu Diffüz İdiyopatik İskelet Hiperosteozisi: Olgu Sunumu. Turk J Osteoporos. 2021 Dec 28;27(3):179-182. doi: 10.4274/tod.galenos.2021.75768.

The source lists Ministry of Health-approved certified training programmes in prolotherapy and cupping; courses in interventional ultrasound, ultrasound-guided joint injections, ultrasound-guided injections for spasticity and dystonia, fluoroscopy-guided interventional spinal injections, acupuncture and EMG. Specialty thesis: “Comparison of the effectiveness of dextrose prolotherapy and ESWT in treating myofascial pain syndrome.” Foreign language: English, YÖKDİL score 75 (2024). Credential details require hospital verification.