National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Spine & Sports Rehab Center, 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 the
use of opioids for acute pain management is quite common, but
come patients have a tolerance to or dependence
on opioids and don’t prefer an opioid prescription. For these
patients, non-pharmacological pain interventions included
chiropractic care, manual therapy, electrical nerve stimulation, yoga,
exercise, physical therapy, bracing, hot/cold, massage, etc., as well as behavioral and psychological therapies like 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 receiving
a prescription for an opioid. (2) A 9356
chiropractic patient study 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 decreased risk of filling a prescription for opioids. (3) A Canadian study of
noncancer spine patients found that 24% of them 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 initiated
chiropractic care within the first 30 days of pain. (4) In this
National Chiropractic Health Month, your Baton Rouge chiropractor at
Spine & Sports Rehab Center 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 describes
the non-drug pain-relieving benefits of The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Baton Rouge CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old equally benefit from interacting
with nature. Too many Baton Rouge folks 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 coping with dementia. New studies documented how the connection with the natural world was significant for
people coping 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 proposed that
such engagement with nature might generate memories of past such interactions, people, and places to sustain
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)!
Spine & Sports Rehab Center 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
Baton Rouge chiropractic visit with Spine & Sports Rehab Center
now!