Study Found: Newly Diagnosed Patients with Low Back Pain Improved with Physical Therapy

The Morgan Company (TMC) a health care research firm conducted a study on the cost of treatments for newly diagnosed patients with low back pain; the study found those individuals who received physical therapy as their first intervention had lower total Medicare costs and improved function compared to those who got injections or surgeries as their first intervention. Read article here…

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