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Physical Therapy: A Healthy Alternative to Opioids for Pain Management

Physical Therapy: A Healthy Alternative to Opioids for Pain Management
     Prescription opioids have provided an easy route for individuals to manage their physical pain for decades. This approach has been steadily growing in popularity since the 1990s, and its potential risks have become increasingly concerning. Since 1999 the amount of sold prescription opioids has quadrupled, as have the deaths associated with them.1 As a result, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention in a recent guideline stated that many non drug alte...
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Posted on 2018-08-27