Healthy News October 2022
At Hollstrom & Associates Inc, October is National Chiropractic Care Month. One positive chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on pain management and relief without drugs. Researchers reported that using opioids for acute pain management is quite common, but come patients have a tolerance to or dependence on opioids for whom a prescription for an opioid was not preferred. For such patients, non-pharmacological pain interventions incorporated chiropractic care, manual therapy, electrical nerve stimulation, yoga, exercise, physical therapy, bracing, hot/cold, massage, etc., along with behavioral and psychological therapies such as 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 obtaining an opioid prescription. (2) A study of the 9356 US chiropractic patients of a total of 55,949 Medicare spine pain patients reported a 56% lower risk of filling an opioid prescription within a year of the initial visit. Chiropractic care was linked to a significantly lower risk of filling an opioid prescription. (3) In a Canadian study, 24% of adults with noncancer spine pain 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 initiated chiropractic care within the first month of pain. (4) In this National Chiropractic Health Month, your Largo chiropractor at Hollstrom & Associates Inc 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 relates the non-drug pain-relieving benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Young and old alike benefit from being out in nature. Too many of us stay indoors or pay too much attention to our tech to get out in nature. The benefits of nature interaction are expanding especially for those who are getting older and/or dealing with dementia. Recent studies documented how the connection with the natural world was significant for people living with dementia, bringing on 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 engagement with nature might generate memories of past such interactions, people, and places to preserve 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)! Hollstrom & Associates Inc is ready! Are you?
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In this National Chiropractic Care Month, we are even more thankful for you, our chiropractic patient family! Set your next Largo chiropractic appointment with Hollstrom & Associates Inc now!