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Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Helps Patients Avoid Expensive And Invasive Treatments For Low Back Pain

A 2010 study in the journal Spine reports that physical therapy within the first thirty days of the onset of low back pain can reduce the chances that patients will need additional medical procedures and treatments. The same study also reports that physicians in “generalist” specialties are less likely to refer patients to physical therapy. Texas Physical Therapy Specialists’(TexPTS) physical therapists in San Antonioand Austin, Texas, help patients avoid expensive and invasive injections, surgery, and frequent doctor office visits.

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Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Reveal Why Stretching Before Exercise Can Lead to Injury

Ask almost any physical therapist, athletic trainer, or sports medicine physician if someone should stretch before exercise, and they would respond with a resounding “Yes” in most cases. However, if asked for proof that doing so is actually helpful, this individual would be hard pressed to show research that supports this claim. In fact, recent studies have shown that stretching alone does not help prevent injury. Physical therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) are trained to use the latest scientific evidence, rather than myths couched as conventional wisdom, to educate patients and provide the best possible outcomes.

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Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Is The Best Low Cost Solution To Rising Health Care Costs

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine recently reports a large jump in the number of treatments and tests for back pain. This study reports a 629% increase in Medicare expenditures for epidural steroid injections from 1994 to 2001; a 423% increase in expenditures for opioids for back pain from 1997 to 2004; a 307% increase in the number of lumbar magnetic resonance images among Medicare beneficiaries from 1994-2004; and a 220% increase in spinal fusion surgery rates from 1988 to 2000. At the same time, the studies do not show an increase in the number of patients with back pain or improvements in patient outcomes. Physical therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists provide effective and non- invasive treatments for patients with back pain, often at a lower cost.

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TexPTS Is The Best First Choice For Back Pain, Not Prescriptions

The New York Times recently reports an alarming increase in methadone prescriptions for the treatment of long term back pain, resulting in a shocking increase in methadone related deaths. The amount of money spent on prescriptions for back pain has risen as well, but patient outcomes are not any better. The spine experts at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists can reduce or eliminate back pain without the use of dangerous and costly prescriptions.

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Physical Therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Aid in Identifying Student Athlete Concussions

In 2010, the Journal of Pediatrics reports that student athlete brain injuries, such as concussions, have increased 70% from 1997-2007. More than one-third of the student basketball players in the same study did not recognize concussion symptoms or report them to their athletic trainers. Physical therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) have the ability to identify concussion symptoms and recommend critical next steps for student athletes.

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TexPTS Offers Same Outcomes For Sciatica 6 Months After Surgery, Minus The Surgery

A recent study in the British Medical Journal found that patients who had spinal surgery for sciatica only had short term benefits. After 6 months, patients who had surgery felt no different than patients getting physical therapy. The spine experts at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) deliver hands-on physical therapy to help patients with sciatica.

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TexPTS Makes Inc. 5000’s 2010 List for Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Inc. magazine ranked Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) number 615 on its 3rd annual Inc. 5000 list this month. The Inc. 5000 List is an exclusive list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. It also represents the most comprehensive look at America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. TexPTS’ entrepreneurial mindset is getting results for patients. They combine hands-on physical therapy based on current and sound science with unexpectedly good patient experiences. Patients have fueled the growth of TexPTS by telling their friends, family, co-workers, colleagues, and even acquaintances to visitTexPTS for solutions to bad backs, achy joints, wounded hands, and work injuries.

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Finding Relief with TexPTS’ Spine Experts

The Austin-based Spine Experts at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) can help patients avoid surgery for complex fusion surgeries for lumbar spinal stenosis and see significant improvement with non-invasive physical therapy. There has been an alarming increase in the number of complex fusion surgeries for lumbar spinal stenosis, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reported in April 2010. In just five years, from 2002 to 2007, these surgeries increased nearly 14 times, while the number of lumbar stenosis cases have remained the same. Physical therapy at TexPTS is a low cost, low risk, and effective alternative to surgery.

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Seeking Early Treatment for Back Pain Yields Best Results

Recent studies by TexPTS and leading medical journals have shown that patients with back pain who receive thrust spinal manipulation by their physical therapist and therapist-guided exercises need less medicine, less health care, and miss less work. “I saw results quickly and felt a big difference in my pain level. I am even off of my pain prescription drug…. I will always remember when Chris performed his magical manual therapy…” said recent patients at TexPTS, the Austin-based spine experts. Is it magic? Or can Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) physical therapists predict which patients with back pain are best suited for spinal manipulation as treatment?

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