Research Shows Physical Therapy Is An Effective Treatment Of Choice For Many Back Pain Patients
In contrast to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggesting that spine-related expenditures have increased without evidence of improvement, best evidence suggests that patients who receive physical therapy for musculoskeletal disorders, including back and neck pain, report good outcomes at a lower cost than using drugs or surgery,[i] the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) reported.
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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on February 26th, 2008