
Preventing Arthritis
By John Leary, PA-C Reliant Medical Group Orthopedics Many people do not realize that there are steps you can take to minimize your...
“You don’t want to undertreat, but you don’t want to over-treat either...”
As a specialist in rheumatology, Dr. Mody is very excited about the innovative treatments she can offer her patients. “In many ways, it’s like the golden age of rheumatology. It used to be that you could tell a patient had rheumatoid arthritis even when they were sitting in the waiting room – it was that noticeable. Nowadays, you really can’t tell because people do so well with the disease when they have proper treatment.”
Dr. Mody treats all forms of arthritis at Reliant. She also does joint aspirations ad injections (including injecting and draining bursa). Dr. Mody is a big believer in exercise as therapy. “At every appointment I want to discuss exercise and what patients are doing. Are they doing core strengthening, quadriceps strengthening, and balance training? Exercise is very much a part of treatment in arthritis.”
In her practice Dr. Mody has a particular interest in treating psoriatric arthritis (a disease that affects the joints of patients with psoriasis). “It’s an interesting time in the treatment of psoriatric arthritis. There are a lot of new medications that have been developed and for the first time we are really looking at psoriatric arthritis as its own entity. The targeted biologic therapies have really made a difference in helping patients with this disease.”
Dr. Mody admits that it can take some time to make a proper diagnosis when dealing with all the different forms of arthritis. “Sometimes patients have pain and they don’t know why. I don’t like to use medication necessarily just to treat symptoms. However, I think it’s very important that the patient is treated enough so that they can exercise. That’s often where I draw the line. Everything is a risk/benefit analysis. You don’t want to undertreat, but you don’t want to over-treat either because medications do have side effects.”
Dr. Mody says the part of her work that she enjoys most is helping her patients each day. “I have patients that I have been seeing for over 20 years. I know all about their kids, they know all about mine. Seeing patients is really where I get my energy from.”
When she is not busy seeing patients, Dr. Mody likes to go biking with her husband. She also enjoys knitting as well as cooking, especially Indian and Thai food.
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This patient rated the doctor 5 out of 5 stars.
I always find Dr. Mody personable and professional. I can share my concerns and she truly listens. I feel very comfortable with her care.
This patient rated the doctor 4 out of 5 stars.
Still waiting for what we are doing for my pain
This patient rated the doctor 5 out of 5 stars.
Dr. Mody is a dedicated professional. She takes the time to listen and explain things to me, and she answers all my questions! She is genuinely concerned and makes me feel important. Dr. Mody works to improved my medical and thus my emotional well being!
This patient rated the doctor 5 out of 5 stars.
No issues
This patient rated the doctor 5 out of 5 stars.
She talked about my problem.And she felt I needed some blood work done and a consult with another doctor.
This patient rated the doctor 4.6 out of 5 stars.
She is just a call away if I need some refills.
Rheumatology
Psoriasis
Psoriatic Arthritis
Medical School, Internship & Residency: Duke University
Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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