Hoosier Physical Therapy

10/22/2025

https://www.healio.com/news/primary-care/20251021/harms-of-tramadol-likely-outweigh-its-limited-benefits-for-chronic-pain?utm_source=selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20251022HM&utm_content=20251022HM

Tramadol is widely prescribed for chronic pain but recently failed to meet a predefined minimal important difference threshold in a systematic review and meta-analysis published in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine.The drug also increased the risk for serious adverse events, including heart disease and so...

10/16/2025

https://www.beckersspine.com/spine/a-mutli-pronged-approach-to-spines-1-9b-problem/?origin=SpineE&utm_source=SpineE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=2325F8522689D1W

Spine surgeries deemed “unnecessary” have come at a cost to Medicare over the past years, and different stakeholders can prevent the prominence of these cases, Vijay Yanamadala, MD, said. Dr. Yanamadala, of Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare, discussed how different stakeholders should address the pr....

10/15/2025

https://lowninstitute.org/we-are-up-against-an-enormous-financial-juggernaut-experts-discuss-back-surgery-overuse-at-lown-event/

Watch the video recording and see our key takeaways from the latest Lown Institute event on back surgery overuse.

04/24/2025

Hoosier Physical Therapy is Hiring!
We’re looking for a Front Desk Coordinator to join our team!
If you have strong communication skills, great attention to detail, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Patient-care or customer service experience is a plus!
High school diploma or equivalent required.

Send your resume to: Hoosierptfw@yahoo.com

03/20/2025

🙏 to Elaine and Dan McElroy 🥰

01/21/2025

https://lowninstitute.org/hospital-financial-assistance-policies-have-changed-but-not-always-for-the-better/

Amid increased scrutiny on hospital billing and collections practices, one might expect hospitals to make their financial assistance policies more generous. However, these changes are not always for the better, a new study finds.

01/21/2025

https://www.medcentral.com/pain/suzetrigine-pending-approval-signals-a-shift-in-non-opioid-pain-management

The FDA is expected to decide on the drug’s application on January 30.

12/19/2024

https://www.medcentral.com/rheumatology/osteoarthritis/novel-treatment-for-knee-osteoarthritis-emerges

Levicept’s novel infusion improves knee pain and function without ill effects on joints. American College of Rheumatology conference coverage.

11/21/2024

https://www.beckersspine.com/spine/61080-which-states-see-the-highest-rates-of-unnecessary-spine-surgery.html?origin=SpineE&utm_source=SpineE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=2325F8522689D1W

New Hampshire and Arkansas were found to have the highest rates of unnecessary spinal fusions and/or laminectomies and vertebroplasties, respectively, according

11/19/2024

https://lowninstitute.org/five-ways-to-reduce-back-surgery-overuse/

The Lown Institute released new data on unnecessary back surgeries in Medicare, identifying 200,000 low-value procedures and $2 billion in Medicare

11/14/2024

https://www.beckersspine.com/spine/61076-unnecessary-spine-cases-cost-medicare-2b-over-3-years-lown-institute.html?origin=SpineE&utm_source=SpineE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=2325F8522689D1W

Between 2019 and 2021, more than 200,000 unnecessary spine surgeries cost Medicare an estimated $2 billion, according to an analysis from the Lown Institute.

04/18/2024

https://youtu.be/18lsxFcDrjo?feature=shared

Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuated half a million people from the stricken piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan. Produced...