Physical Therapy as an Alternative for Opioid Use
An estimated 25-40 million adults experience pain daily (NIH, 2015). Pain is an unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony caused by disease, injury, or something that hurts the body. (Merrian-Webster, 2016) In order to combat pain many Americans resort to opioids to manage their symptoms. Opioids, such as oxycodones (OxyContin […]
