National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office, October celebrates National
Chiropractic Care Month. One positive
chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on non-drug pain management
and relief. Researchers noted that using opioids for acute pain management is very common, yet
certain patients experience a tolerance to or dependence
on opioids and don’t 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., 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 almost 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 12 months of
the initial visit. Chiropractic care was linked
to a significantly reduced risk of filling a prescription for opioids. (3) In a Canadian study, 24% of
adults with noncancer spine pain got 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 30 days of pain. (4) In this
National Chiropractic Health Month, your Groton chiropractor at
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office welcomes all who are looking for 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 relates
the non-drug pain-relieving effects of The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Groton CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old equally benefit from being out in nature. Too many Groton folks remain
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. Recent 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 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 pondered 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)!
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is ready! Are you?
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
In this National Chiropractic Care Month, we are even more grateful
for you, our chiropractic patient family! Set your next
Groton chiropractic visit with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
soon!