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Healthy News October 2022 National Chiropractic Health Month!

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

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

At Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka, 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 using opioids for acute pain management is very common, but come patients have a tolerance to or dependence on opioids for whom an opioid prescription was not preferred. For these 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 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 receiving an opioid prescription. (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 first visit. Chiropractic care was linked to a significantly reduced risk of filling a prescription for opioids. (3) A Canadian study of noncancer spine patients found that 24% of them 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 initiated chiropractic care within the first month of pain. (4) In this National Chiropractic Health Month, your Sitka chiropractor at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka 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 benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka encourages our chiropractic patients to get out in nature! Interacting with nature is good for young and old alike, inspires independence, pleasure, and for dementia sufferers quite possibly even memory-triggering. 

Sitka CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!

Young and old equally gain from interacting with nature. Too many of us stay 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 aging and/or dealing with dementia. Recent studies reported on the connection with the natural world was significant for people living 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 suggested that such an encounter with nature might bring on memories of past such interactions, people, and places to keep a sense of self, too. (6) As one paper wondered 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)! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka 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! Schedule your next Sitka chiropractic visit with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka soon!

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