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Welcome to the May 2022 issue of In Focus with PT Plus Physical Therapy   What's New at PT Plus Thank you for helping us Celebrating 20 Years! We celebrated with a CPR training course and a game of company Jeopardy. After, we built Snack-to-Go packages for Kathy's House. And finished the celebration with some axe throwing & shuffleboard at North South Club.  Memorial Day Closing Please note that Monday, May 30th, is Memorial Day. All PT Plus Clinics will be closed all day and will open again Tuesday morning. We hope you will enjoy the holiday with your family and friends!  May is Global Employee Health & Fitness Month This month aims to improve the health of workforce around the globe and we're participating. PT can help keep you active in day-to-day life and participating in fitness programs you enjoy. This month we will be sharing more tips and wisdom on social media to help you Live Your Best Life! Follow us to join the fun: Facebook - LinkedIn - Instagram Leave us a Review Support a locally owned small business by referring your family and friends. We care about all of our patients and rely on the word-of-mouth marketing that you provide. If you have a testimonial about PT Plus to share, we would love to hear from you! Leave a Google Review: Bay View – Brookfield – Elm Grove – Greenfield – Thiensville Third Ward – Racine – Slinger – West Bend Leave a Yelp Review: Bay View – Brookfield – Elm Grove – Greenfield – Thiensville Third Ward – Racine – Slinger – West Bend Featured Testimonial   If You Like a Good Bargain, You're Going to LOVE Physical Therapy.
It's no secret that prices have been going up. Gas is expensive. Food is expensive. The housing market is crazy. If you're looking for ways to pinch some pennies or stretch your dollars, physical therapy might be just what you're looking for. Physical Therapy Saves Cost A study that looked at the claims data of 472,000 Medicare beneficiaries with back pain found that when PT was the first treatment, costs were 19% lower than when people got injections first and 75% lower than for people who were sent straight to surgery. The study also found that in the year following diagnosis, people who got PT first had costs 18% lower than those who got injections, and 54% lower than those in the surgery group. Another example happened in 2006 when Virginia Mason Health Center in Seattle teamed up with Aetna and Starbucks. They sent workers with back pain to see both a physical therapist and physician for their first treatment. Use of MRI dropped by 1/3, people got better faster, missed less work and were more satisfied with their care. The cost savings was so great that Virgina Mason was losing money on treating back pain, so Aetna ended up paying them more for PT treatments because they were saving so much money. Physical Therapy First Means Fewer Visits…A paper published in Physical Therapy looked at outcomes when patients went to a PT first vs. seeing a physician first for back pain. It found that patients who went to their physician first needed 33 PT visits on average, while those who went to their PT first only needed 20. Seeing a PT first saves money, but it also saves time. It Also Means Better OutcomesA study of 150,000 insurance claims published in Health Services Research, found that those who saw a physical therapist at the first point of care had an 89 percent lower probability of receiving an opioid prescription, a 28 percent lower probability of having advanced imaging services, and a 15 percent lower probability of an emergency department visit. High quality research consistently shows that taking advantage of direct access and getting to your physical therapist quickly leads to better outcomes in fewer visits with lower costs. We think that's a deal worth taking advantage of. References
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