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Best Care Practices for Low Back Pain  Despite established clinical guidelines supporting the early use of physical therapy in best care practices for the management of low back pain, physical therapy referral remains unchanged since 1990.  The PT referral rate from a recent 11 year study at Beth Israel Hospital was a low 20%.1 What was startling…

Physical Therapy for Back Pain Improves Chances for Permanent Relief Apparently Dr. Oz may not know exactly what physical therapy is – even though it is good that he sought it out when discussing “cutting edge solutions for back pain” on a recent segment.  The segment caught the attention of the American Physical Therapy Association,…