National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Minster Chiropractic Center, October is National
Chiropractic Care Month. One beneficial aspect of chiropractic is the impact it has on non-drug pain management
and relief. Researchers reported 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., along
with behavioral and psychological therapies such as hypnosis,
meditation, mindfulness, breathing, etc. Multimodal approaches like this may be
beneficial. (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 obtaining
an opioid prescription. (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 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 got 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 Minster chiropractor at
Minster Chiropractic Center 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.
Minster CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old equally gain from being out in nature. Too many Minster folks 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 aging
and/or coping with dementia. New 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 wondered 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)!
Minster Chiropractic Center is ready! Are you?
CONTACT Minster Chiropractic Center
In this National Chiropractic Care Month, we are even more thankful
for you, our chiropractic patient family! Set your next
Minster chiropractic appointment with Minster Chiropractic Center
now!