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Lower back pain? Go for early physical therapy

New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): Early physical therapy can be beneficial for those experiencing lower-back pain, a study suggests. The study found that those who saw a physical therapist at the first point of care had an 89 percent lower probability of receiving an opioid prescription, a 28 percent lower probability of having advanced imaging services, and a 15 percent lower probability of an emergency department visit - but a 19 percent higher probability of hospitalisation. The authors noted that a higher probability of hospitalisation is not necessarily a bad outcome if physical therapists are appropriately referring patients to specialised care when low back pain is not resolved by addressing potential musculoskeletal causes first. These patients also had significantly lower out-of-pocket costs.

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