Physical therapy gets a Botox injection
Rehab Regs, April 1, 2004
Botox may be best known as a way to erase the furrow from your brow, but a new study shows injections of this chemical may also significantly reduce chronic neck pain when used in combination with physical therapy, according to the American Journal of Pain Management. In the study, researchers looked at the effects of combining a single Botox injection delivered to the affected neck muscle with standard physical therapy. After three months of follow up, the participants were asked to rate their neck pain on a scale of one to 10. Researchers found that the combination treatment lowered self-reported pain from a rating of six to a rating of four, a reduction of nearly 40%.
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