National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Wilson Family Chiropractic, October celebrates National
Chiropractic Care Month. One positive
chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on non-drug pain management
and relief. Researchers wrote that using opioids for acute pain management is very common, yet
come patients have a tolerance to or dependence
on opioids for whom a prescription
for an opioid was not preferred. For these
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. Comparing chiropractic neck pain or back pain patients to
non-chiropractic care patients found that the chiropractic patients had almost half the risk of receiving
a prescription for an opioid. (2) A study of the 9356 US chiropractic patients of a
total of 55,949 Medicare spine pain patients revealed a 56%
lower risk of filling an opioid prescription within 12 months of
the first visit. Chiropractic care was linked
to a significantly decreased risk of filling an
opioid prescription. (3) A Canadian study of
noncancer spine patients found that 24% of them received an opioid
prescription. The risk 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 30 days of pain. (4) In this
National Chiropractic Health Month, your Millville chiropractor at
Wilson Family Chiropractic invites all who are seeking a
non-drug, more natural path to health and pain relief!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
the non-drug pain-relieving benefits of The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Millville CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old equally gain from being out in nature. Too many Millville folks remain
inside or pay too much attention to
our tech to get out in nature. The advantages of nature
interaction are growing especially for those who are getting older
and/or coping with dementia. Recent studies documented how the connection with the natural world was significant for
people coping with dementia, triggering a sense
of comfort, pleasure, stimulation, meaning, and freedom which precede a 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 proposed that
such an encounter with nature might bring
on memories of past such interactions, people, and places to keep
a sense of self, too. (6) As one paper pondered in
its title “connecting with the natural world – more than a breath of fresh
air?” We’d say ‘yes’! Let’s get out and enjoy nature (and a little exercise)!
Wilson Family Chiropractic is ready! Are you?
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
In this National Chiropractic Care Month, we are even more thankful
for you, our chiropractic patient family! Make your next
Millville chiropractic visit with Wilson Family Chiropractic
soon!