National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation, October is National
Chiropractic Care Month. One positive
chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on non-drug pain relief and management. Researchers noted that the
use of opioids for acute pain management is very common, but
certain patients experience a tolerance to or dependence
on opioids and do not prefer an opioid prescription. For such
patients, non-pharmacological pain interventions involved
chiropractic care, manual therapy, electrical nerve stimulation, yoga,
exercise, physical therapy, bracing, hot/cold, massage, etc., as well as behavioral and psychological therapies like hypnosis,
meditation, mindfulness, breathing, etc. Multimodal approaches like this may help. (1) Chiropractic offers non-drug
pain management. Chiropractic
neck pain or back pain patients compared to non-chiropractic
care patients had nearly half the risk of receiving
an opioid prescription. (2) A 9356
chiropractic patient study of a
total of 55,949 Medicare spine pain patients revealed a 56%
lower risk of filling an opioid prescription within a year of
the first visit. Chiropractic care was associated with a significantly decreased risk of filling an
opioid prescription. (3) In a Canadian study, 24% of
adults with noncancer spine pain received an opioid
prescription. The odds of starting the opioids at one year was 52%
less for chiropractic care patients and 71% less in chiropractic patients who started
chiropractic care within the first month of pain. (4) In this
National Chiropractic Health Month, your Tonawanda chiropractor at
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation welcomes all who are seeking a
non-drug, more natural approach to health and pain relief!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains
the non-drug pain-relieving effects of The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Tonawanda CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old alike benefit from interacting
with nature. Too many of us stay
inside or pay too much attention to
our tech to get out in nature. The advantages of nature
interaction are expanding especially for those who are getting older
and/or dealing with dementia. New studies documented how the connection with the natural world was significant for
people living with dementia, triggering a sense
of comfort, pleasure, stimulation, meaning, and freedom which lead
to higher quality of life, well-being, independence, identity, and social
interaction. Nature supplied a sense of connection to self,
place, and others. (5) Another study hopefully suggested that
such an encounter with nature might trigger memories of past such interactions, people, and places to keep
a sense of self, too. (6) As one paper speculated in
its title “connecting with the natural world – more than a breath of fresh
air?” We’d say ‘yes’! Let us get out and enjoy nature (and a little exercise)!
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is ready! Are you?
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
In this National Chiropractic Care Month, we are even more thankful
for you, our chiropractic patient family! Make your next
Tonawanda chiropractic visit with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
now!