Happy 5th BDay to my fav early morning coffee shop, @dojocoffee. Free small coffee with any purchase in celebration.
254 days ago
RT @MariahGardner: If you want the world to make a little bit of sense, sometimes you just have to presume that people are off their meds.
257 days ago
@ImTheQ Top news story in Memphis: "Man calls 911, demands tacos" No doubt
257 days ago
Can Health Care Be Green? See a Physical Therapist!
Posted Sep 14 2008 3:01pm
Do you consider the environment when deciding whether or not to recycle? Of course you do. But do you consider the environment when you have back pain that needs treating? Perhaps you should!
The current mantra among physical therapists, "You've got Drugs, you've got Surgery, or you've got Physical Therapists," attempts to explain the choices patients have in managing their musculoskeletal dysfunction. It's no secret that of those choices, the pharmaceutical option is the big winner from an economic standpoint, if not from an actual effectiveness standpoint.
Now, with reports of drug residue in our water supply, scientists are becoming concerned with the effects of all these drugs patients have been taking. As physicians prescribe more and more drugs each year, this pollution can only be expected to get worse.
It is also no secret that drugs are often no better than a temporary fix when managing musculoskeletal pain. Back pain and osteoarthritis respond much better to exercise than they do to any pharmaceutical. In that sense, physical therapists can provide the natural, holistic approach to healing. Exercise is a free, renewable resource, and physical therapists stand little chance of polluting the water supply when using spinal manipulation.
Taking drugs unnecessarily is bad for the environment. Going to see a physical therapist is your environmentally friendly health care choice. I guess riding your bike to the local physical therapist is even better...
Here is a post I wrote last year that's worth checking out:
The current mantra among physical therapists, "You've got Drugs, you've got Surgery, or you've got Physical Therapists," attempts to explain the choices patients have in managing their musculoskeletal dysfunction. It's no secret that of those choices, the pharmaceutical option is the big winner from an economic standpoint, if not from an actual effectiveness standpoint.
Now, with reports of drug residue in our water supply, scientists are becoming concerned with the effects of all these drugs patients have been taking. As physicians prescribe more and more drugs each year, this pollution can only be expected to get worse.
It is also no secret that drugs are often no better than a temporary fix when managing musculoskeletal pain. Back pain and osteoarthritis respond much better to exercise than they do to any pharmaceutical. In that sense, physical therapists can provide the natural, holistic approach to healing. Exercise is a free, renewable resource, and physical therapists stand little chance of polluting the water supply when using spinal manipulation.
Taking drugs unnecessarily is bad for the environment. Going to see a physical therapist is your environmentally friendly health care choice. I guess riding your bike to the local physical therapist is even better...
Here is a post I wrote last year that's worth checking out:
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