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My Top 5 Exercises for Low Back Pain

Dr. Carri Dominick, PT, CSCS

Apr 10, 2018
3 min

My Top 5 Exercises for Low Back Pain

This is the third part of my series on low back pain and again based off a talk I gave to a business group I spoke to on this topic. The previous two blogs were more about why PT is effective and how it can save money when you have low back pain. This blog is the more practical side of what you can do if you have low back pain. Again, research shows that physical therapy and exercise are the best ways to treat low back pain, and not rest, pain medication or surgery. This i

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The Most Effective Treatment for Back Pain is...

Dr. Carri Dominick, PT, CSCS

Apr 3, 2018
2 min

The Most Effective Treatment for Back Pain is...

Physical therapy and exercise! NBC recently published a story on back pain and the most effective treatments. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/low-back-pain-top-cause-disability-gets-wrong-treatments-n858781 Physical therapy and exercise have been shown to be the best treatments for low back pain according to a study published in the Lancet Journal, however most people are getting prescription pain drugs when they tell their doctor they have low back pain. This has

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Back Pain and How I Saved My Patient Nearly $50k!

Dr. Carri Dominick, PT, CSCS

Mar 26, 2018
3 min

Back Pain and How I Saved My Patient Nearly $50k!

This blog is based on a talk I gave to a business group I am a part of and it was so well liked that I thought I should share it with more people. Pain is the most common ailment in America. 80% of people will experience low back pain in their lifetime. Back pain can be treated well by physical therapists. Doctors will most likely have you get an x-ray and MRI if you complain of back pain to them because they don’t know how to fix your back pain. MRI’s can be misleading tho

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Dr. Carri Dominick, PT, CSCS

Mar 30, 2017
3 min

Why Do I Need an MRI?

As we have already discussed getting an MRI costs more money than getting treatment for your pain or injury. As cited in my previous blogs, research shows surgery is no better than non-surgical treatment for many conditions such as knee pain, rotator cuff tear and back pain. So, if I probably don’t need surgery and an MRI is going to cost me more money, than why do I need one? What do you expect to find from getting an MRI? This is not a rhetorical question. You need to s

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Dr. Carri Dominick, PT, CSCS

Mar 27, 2017
2 min

The math (cost savings) of physical therapy.

In my previous two blogs, I explained how PT can save you time and money. I showed you some research reports that show how physical therapy can have equal or better outcomes than surgery. Now, let’s crunch some numbers. Many insurance plans in America now have deductibles up to $6,500! That is a lot of money to pay out of pocket. Let’s look at what you can buy with that $6,500. An MRI can cost $1000 or more. Let’s hypothesize that your deductible makes you pay 50% (I’m us

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Evidence that Physical Therapy Saves Time and Money

Dr. Carri Dominick, PT, CSCS

Mar 23, 2017
3 min

Why Physical Therapy?

Why physical therapy? What can they do for me? What does a physical therapist do anyway? Physical therapists are considered the premier experts in musculoskeletal pain (movement, muscles, joints, etc.). If you are having any aches and pains the physical therapist is the person you should call. They can save you time and money and fix your aches and pains naturally. In America, we usually call our primary doctor first with any aches and pains we might have. Medical doctor

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