… in emphasizing the roles physical therapists can play in existing … , the physical therapy
profession can engage the opioid crisis … physical therapy reported a current prescription for opioid …

… Our primary exposure variables were occurrence of any visit with a physical therapist before
and … We identified oral and enteral formulations of opioid prescriptions. A rheumatologist …

… In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 5 published guidelines to
improve opioid prescribing habits and reduce opioid harm in individuals using …

… to physical therapy and its influence on subsequent opioid … define the role of physical
therapy on interdisciplinary teams … access to physical therapy influences opioid prescriptions. In …

… of prescription opioid use after hip and knee arthroplasty. Occupational and physical
therapy can address pain and sociobehavioral factors associated with postsurgical opioid use. …

… In our experience, being seen by a physical therapist for MSK pain … Physical Therapist were
also less likely to receive an opioid … opioid prescribing but did note a substantial difference in …

… popularity in opioid analgesics for pain management, opioid prescriptions have increased
… trend in opioid prescribing, rates in 2015 were still 3 times higher than prescribed in 1999. …

… Physical therapy (PT) has been shown to be effective as a nonpharmacological strategy for
… long-term opioid prescriptions from a primary care provider struggle with opioid use disorder…

… physical therapy or attending physical therapy was associated with lower rates of opioid
prescriptions… patient receives physical therapy, the less likely an opioid prescription is generated…

… evidence that physical therapy reduced risk of being prescribed an opioid, 51 … physical
therapy—even when used in conjunction with prescribed opioids—may reduce risk of an opioid …