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Healthy News October 2022 National Chiropractic Health Month!

West Palm Beach chiropractic care is being celebrated in this National Chiropractic Health Month. Chiropractic Care describes how its non-drug approach benefits spine pain, back pain, neck pain, and related pain management and even decreases use/need for opioids.  

National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain

At Chiropractic Care, October is National Chiropractic Care Month. One beneficial aspect of chiropractic 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 don’t prefer an opioid prescription. For these 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 such as hypnosis, meditation, mindfulness, breathing, etc. Multimodal approaches like this may help. (1) Chiropractic delivers non-drug pain management. Chiropractic neck pain or back pain patients compared to non-chiropractic care patients had nearly half the risk of obtaining 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 12 months of the first 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 risk 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 month of pain. (4) In this National Chiropractic Health Month, your West Palm Beach chiropractor at Chiropractic Care invites 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 explains the non-drug pain-relieving effects of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Chiropractic Care encourages our chiropractic patients to enjoy some time in nature! Interacting with nature is good for young and old alike, inspires independence, pleasure, and for dementia sufferers quite possibly even memory-triggering. 

West Palm Beach CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!

Young and old equally benefit from interacting with nature. Too many of us remain indoors or pay too much attention to 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. 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 provided a sense of connection to self, place, and others. (5) Another study hopefully suggested that such engagement with nature might bring on memories of past such interactions, people, and places to keep 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)! Chiropractic Care 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 West Palm Beach chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Care soon!

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