Skip to main content

Study: Seeing a PT First for LBP Lowers Overall Costs, Reduces Chances of Later Opioid Prescription

Review
Date: Thursday, May 24, 2018

Log in or create a free account to keep reading.

Join APTA to get unlimited access to content.

Create a free account Log in
Share This
Resource Details

Date: May 24, 2018
Contact:  news@apta.org
Content Type:  Review

Symptoms & Conditions

Low Back Pain

Topics

Direct Access in Practice, Direct Access Advocacy

You Might Also Like...

Review

Study: Early Therapy LBP Gains Partly Fueled by Changes in Attitudes About Pain

Oct 25, 2021

Researchers believe that PTs help to dial back acute LBP patients' catastrophizing thoughts, which may reduce disability and pain.

Review

Workers' Comp Research Group Sees Advantages in Early Manual Therapy for LBP

Oct 5, 2021

A study of 2 million claims found that, if indicated, early manual therapy is associated with lower costs and reduced days of disability.

Review

Study: Early Physical Therapy Provides a Leg Up on Knee Pain

Aug 11, 2021

Research in the military health care system revealed lower costs and symptom recurrence for patients who saw a PT within 30 days.