National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Satterwhite Chiropractic, October is National
Chiropractic Care Month. One positive
chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on pain relief and
management without drugs. Researchers reported that using opioids for acute pain management is quite common, yet
certain patients experience a tolerance to or dependence
on opioids and do not prefer an opioid prescription. For such
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 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 nearly half the risk of obtaining
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 associated with a significantly decreased risk of filling a prescription for opioids. (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 30 days of pain. (4) In this
National Chiropractic Health Month, your Oxford chiropractor at
Satterwhite Chiropractic 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 explains
the non-drug pain-relieving effects of The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Oxford CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old alike benefit from being out in nature. Too many Oxford folks remain
indoors 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 reported
on 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 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 suggested 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)!
Satterwhite Chiropractic is ready! Are you?
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
In this National Chiropractic Care Month, we are even more grateful
for you, our chiropractic patient family! Set your next
Oxford chiropractic visit with Satterwhite Chiropractic
now!