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Physical Therapy at TexPTS Is Best For Musculoskeletal Pain, Not Surgery Or Drugs

In April 2011, the Wall Street Journal reports that “Joint-replacement patients these days are younger and more active than ever before.” The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that from 1997 to 2005, prescriptions for back pain increased by 171%. Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) are experts at decreasing pain, reducing the need prescription drugs, and preventing costly and painful surgery.

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Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Help Patients Avoid Pain and Emotional Toll of Knee Surgery

Recent studies suggest that physical therapy is an effective non-surgical alternative to arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine in September 2008 found that physical therapy, combined with thorough medical management, is just as effective at relieving the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis of the knee as surgery. Physical therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS)are using the best and latest medical findings about knee pain to provide patients with effective, non-invasive alternatives to knee surgery.

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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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