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The Pros And Cons Of Physical Therapy

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Physical therapy is a multimodal approach to patient treatment, and one of the most crucial components of physical therapy is providing an effective home exercise program (HEP) (Jack, McLean, Moffett, & Gardiner, 2010). Patients that adhere to their HEP have been shown to have decreased pain and improved function (Beinart, Goodchild, Weinman, Ayis & Godfrey, 2013). However, research has shown that 70% of patients do not adhere to their prescribed HEP, and this has lead to poor outcomes in the long-term (Beinart et. al, 2013). Due to these poor outcomes, a physical therapist may feel that it is necessary to modify the patient’s program and HEP, when in actuality, the patient simply needed to adhere to their exercises to show improvement (Wright,
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