{"id":10503,"date":"2018-05-24T10:11:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T14:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10503"},"modified":"2018-05-24T10:11:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T14:11:45","slug":"trying-physical-therapy-first-for-low-back-pain-may-curb-use-of-opioids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10503","title":{"rendered":"Trying Physical Therapy First For Low Back Pain May Curb Use Of Opioids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Though Americans spend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/181453\">an estimated $80 billion to $100 billion<\/a>\u00a0each year in hopes of easing their aching backs, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jabfm.org\/content\/22\/1\/62.full.pdf+html\">evidence<\/a>\u00a0is mounting that many pricey standard treatments \u2014 including surgery and spinal injections \u2014 are often ineffective and can even worsen and prolong the problem.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/05\/23\/613500084\/trying-physical-therapy-first-for-low-back-pain-may-curb-use-of-opioids?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=63189748&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8qiHeXBsrdICwrIY1vuXbxb0I84qiuqn1Wlj2R4S1PMP8gx-k3saQ2S1BdX9q0rE9T0ZLjvSxFDxmQSPlvN8Pf3YcRvA&amp;_hsmi=63189748\"> Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Patti Neighmond for NPR) Though Americans spend\u00a0an estimated $80 billion to $100 billion\u00a0each year in hopes of easing their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10504,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10503\/revisions\/10504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}