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Early physical therapy associated with fewer subsequent injections, surgery, physician visits: Study

Categories: Back Pain, Spinal Stenosis News

The American Physical Therapy Association is pointing to a new study on low back pain in Medicare patients in its efforts to encourage the newly established Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to promptly launch a demonstration project on direct access to physical therapist services that was recommended in the recent health reform law.

Sharp rise in complex back surgery among older patients

Categories: Spinal Stenosis News

The percentage of older people undergoing the complicated surgery spinal stenosis to get rid of painful lower back has increased steeply, a new study shows.

Rehab Program Gets Back Pain Patients Back to Work Sooner (HealthDay)

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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) — People with chronic low back pain that keeps them away from work can recover an average of four months earlier if they take part in a specific type of rehabilitation program, a new study suggests.

Glaucoma Begins in Mid-Brain, Not in Eye, Research Shows (HealthDay)

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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) — Early signs of glaucoma can be detected in the brain, according to a new study that may trigger a major change in how the disease is treated.

Competitive sports tied to teens’ back pain (Reuters)

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Reuters – Years of competitive sports may raise teenagers’ risk of developing lower back pain, a new study finds.

Opiate painkillers raise fracture risk (Reuters)

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Reuters – Older adults who take powerful prescription painkillers known as opioids face an increased risk of bone fractures, especially at moderately high medication doses, a new study finds.

Combat wounds not the leading cause of evacuations (AP)

Categories: Back Pain, Injuries

AP – American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were more likely to be medically evacuated for health problems such as a bad back than for combat injuries, a new study says.