National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Hollstrom & Associates Inc, October celebrates National
Chiropractic Care Month. One positive
chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on non-drug pain management
and relief. Researchers reported that the
use of opioids for acute pain management is quite common, but
certain patients experience 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 like hypnosis,
meditation, mindfulness, breathing, etc. Multimodal approaches like this may be
beneficial. (1) Chiropractic deals in non-drug
pain management. Comparing chiropractic neck pain or back pain patients to
non-chiropractic care patients found that the chiropractic 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 linked
to a significantly lower risk of filling a prescription for opioids. (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 began
chiropractic care within the first 30 days 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 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 relates
the non-drug pain-relieving benefits of The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Largo CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old equally benefit from being out in nature. Too many of us stay
indoors or interact too much with
our tech to get out in nature. The benefits of nature
interaction are growing 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, 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 suggested that
such engagement with nature might trigger memories of past such interactions, people, and places to maintain
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’s 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 grateful
for you, our chiropractic patient family! Set your next
Largo chiropractic appointment with Hollstrom & Associates Inc
now!