Francis Stenek

Francis Stenek is a Clinical Consultant for Bardavon Health Innovations, with more than eight years of experience working as a PTA in a variety of clinical settings including inpatient rehabilitation, pediatrics, aquatic therapy, and outpatient orthopedics/sports medicine. As a PTA, he has also served as a Clinical Instructor for PTA students.

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Physical therapy can create a path for reduced opioid use

Opioid abuse is a widely recognized public health crisis in the United States and the detrimental effects are wide-ranging and severe. Individuals in pain, especially chronic pain, are more likely to use opioids. The coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) has the potential to exacerbate opioid and other drug use. Research suggests that opioid use can worsen pain […]