{"id":82030,"date":"2018-04-16T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T16:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030//?p=82030"},"modified":"2018-06-07T16:43:12","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T20:43:12","slug":"back-pain-treatment-costs-opioid-use-drop-when-patients-seek-immediate-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030//back-pain-treatment-costs-opioid-use-drop-when-patients-seek-immediate-care/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030//","title":{"rendered":"Back Pain Treatment Costs, Opioid Use Drop When Patients Seek Immediate Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

Low back pain affects nearly 70 million Americans and is considered the leading cause of disability in the United States. Costs associated with the condition exceed more than $100 billion each year./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030/n

A research team led by the Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ has evaluated how the use of physical therapy to treat acute low back pain /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030/u2015 and the timing of when treatment begins /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030/u2015 impact the use and costs of health care./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030/n

The researchers found that patients who started physical therapy within three days of receiving an acute low back pain diagnosis were less likely to use advanced imaging, specialist care and opioids than those who started physical therapy later./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030/n

The team/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030/u2019s findings were published online today in Physical Therapy Journal, the American Physical Therapy Association/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030/u2019s publication./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/82030/n