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IMAGE: Anne Swisher a professor with the WVU Division of Physical Therapy works with a patient. Swisher and her colleagues enhanced WVU s physical therapy instruction to emphasize the profession s role in addressing opioid. view more
Credit: Aira Burkhart/West Virginia University
When you think of ways to treat opioid use disorder, you might think methadone clinics and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. You probably don t imagine stretches and strengthening exercises.
But Anne Swisher professor at the West Virginia University School of Medicine is working to address opioid misuse in an unconventional way: through physical therapy. She and her colleagues have enhanced physical therapy instruction at WVU to emphasize the profession s role in preventing and treating opioid use disorder.