Healthcare News
Physical Therapy for Biceps Tendonitis
Source: Verywell Health
If you have pain in your upper arm or shoulder, you may have irritated your biceps tendon, a condition known as biceps tendonitis. The pain may limit your shoulder motion and make performing normal work and recreational tasks difficult or impossible.
Physical therapy access may reduce opioid prescriptions
Source: Healtheuropa.eu
A new study has shown that patients who first saw a physical therapist or chiropractor for lower back pain were much less likely to be prescribed opioids.
Pain during sex? Incontinence or constipation? You might benefit from pelvic floor physiotherapy
Source: MedicalXpress
How did I not know this was a pelvic floor issue? Why didn't my doctor send me here sooner? Do you have other patients with problems like mine?
Physical therapy on postoperative day zero following total knee arthroplasty: A randomized, controlled trial of 394 patients
Source: Mdlnx
A sum of 394 candidates were analyzed to assess the impact of starting formal physical therapy (PT) the afternoon of postoperative day (POD) 0 following total knee arthroplasty, instead of starting PT the morning of POD 1 on the length of stay (LOS) in hospital.
Direct access to physical therapy may provide advantages in health care
Source: Healio
In August 2018, Gov. Bruce Rauner, R-Ill., signed into law a bill that would allow patients in Illinois to seek out the services of a physical therapist without a referral from a physician or orthopedic surgeon. This expands previous policies on direct access to physical therapy for patients.
