Amid national concern about the overuse of prescription opioids, a new large-scale study provides strong evidence that physical therapy can be a useful, nonpharmacologic approach for managing severe musculoskeletal pain.
Duke and Stanford researchers analyzed the data of nearly 89,000 pain patients and found that those who were given physical therapy soon after being diagnosed with pain in the shoulder, neck, lower back or knee were approximately 7 to 16 percent less likely to use opioids...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2019/01/02/early-physical-therapy-may-reduce-opioid-use-for-severe-pain/141631.html
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