University of Delaware

Physical therapy to the rescue

It had been more than 20 years since Tonya Avent, Class of 1996, soaked up University of Delaware life as an undergraduate student. But after her daughter Kennedi suffered a serious knee injury while ...
Business Insider

Physical therapy often as good as surgery for one type of knee injury

(Reuters Health) - For many people with a tear in the rubbery cartilage that cushions the knee, physical therapy may work just as well as surgery in terms of quieting pain and returning the joint's ...
UPI

Physical therapy may be better than steroid shots for arthritic knees

Physical therapy for knee arthritis tends to cost patients more out-of-pocket and involves a lot more hassle than a quick steroid shot to soothe an aching joint. But in the long run, physical therapy ...
News Medical

Virtual PT after knee replacement provides good outcomes with lower costs

A virtual system for in-home physical therapy (PT) provides good outcomes for patients undergoing rehabilitation following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) - with lower costs than traditional in-person ...
Science Daily

For knee replacement patients, physical therapy reduces risk of chronic opioid use

Even low levels of physical therapy were associated with lower risk of chronic opioid use after total knee replacement. The team's analysis of over 67,000 patient records revealed that the longer a ...
Medscape

PT May Lower Risk of Long-Term Opioid Use After Knee Replacement

A new study has found that physical therapy may lead to a reduced risk of long-term opioid use in patients who have undergone total knee replacement (TKR). "Greater number of PT intervention sessions ...
The Mercury

Dr. Mishock: BFR Exercise Part III: Knee Osteoarthritis Reducing Pain and Improving Function through Physical Therapy

Approximately 14 million people in the US have knee osteoarthritis (OA). By the age of 60, about 10% of men and 13% of women are affected by symptomatic knee OA. Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic joint ...
Healio

Physical therapy more cost-effective than glucocorticoids at 1 year in knee osteoarthritis

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Although initially more expensive, a physical therapy ...
BMJ

Delayed timing of physical therapy initiation increases the risk of future opioid use in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: a real-world cohort study

Objective We assessed whether late versus early initiation of physical therapy (PT) was related to greater risk of future opioid use in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who receive PT. Methods We ...
Verywell Health on MSN

Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Tear Symptoms and Treatment

A medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear affects the inside of the knee. The tough MCL ligament fibers that connect the end of ...
California Healthline

Back Pain? Bum Knee? Be Prepared to Wait for a Physical Therapist

At no point along his three-year path to earning a degree in physical therapy has Matthew Lee worried about getting a job. This story also ran on ABC News. It can be republished for free. Being able ...