National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Vancouver Disc Centers, October is National
Chiropractic Care Month. One beneficial aspect of chiropractic is the impact it has on pain management and relief without drugs. Researchers noted that the
use of opioids for acute pain management is quite common, yet
come patients experience a tolerance to or dependence
on opioids and do not prefer an opioid prescription. For such
patients, non-pharmacological pain interventions included
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 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 reported a 56%
lower risk of filling an opioid prescription within a year of
the initial visit. Chiropractic care was associated with a significantly lower risk of filling an
opioid prescription. (3) In a Canadian study, 24% of
adults with noncancer spine pain were given 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 Vancouver chiropractor at
Vancouver Disc Centers welcomes all who are looking for 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.
Vancouver CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old alike gain 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 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 coping with dementia, bringing on 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 proposed that
such engagement with nature might bring
on 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)!
Vancouver Disc Centers 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! Make your next
Vancouver chiropractic visit with Vancouver Disc Centers
soon!