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Newsletter Video, June 2020

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Lower Back Mobility Exercises

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Double Knee to Chest

Double Knee to Chest

Prone Press Up

Prone Press Up

Trunk Rotation

Trunk Rotation

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Lower Back Pain - The Research is Clear - Try Natural PT Care First

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  1. When lower back pain patients saw a physical therapist first, there was lower utilization of high-cost medical services as well as lower opioid useā€¦
    Reference: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29790166/
  2. Surgical decompression yielded similar effects to a physical therapy regimen among patients with lumbar spinal stenosis who were surgical candidates.
    Reference: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M14-1420?articleid=2214174&
  3. For patients with low back pain whom newly consulted primary care referred for additional management, advanced imaging as a first management was associated with higher health care utilization and charges than physical therapy. Charges were higher with advanced imaging by an average $4,793.
    Reference: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4693839/
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