Physical therapists offer low-cost solution to high-cost expenditures for acute low back pain (EurekAlert!)

( American Physical Therapy Association ) The American Physical Therapy Association concurs with findings from a recent study published in Spine (Vol. 33, No. 16) demonstrating that active physical therapy for patients with acute low back pain is associated with better clinical outcomes, decreased use of prescription medications, MRI and epidural injections, and lower health-care costs than …