Healthy News October 2022
At Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka, October is National Chiropractic Care Month. One positive chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on pain relief and management without drugs. Researchers wrote that using opioids for acute pain management is very common, but certain patients have a tolerance to or dependence on opioids and do not 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., as well as behavioral and psychological therapies like hypnosis, meditation, mindfulness, breathing, etc. Multimodal approaches like this may be beneficial. (1) Chiropractic delivers 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 a prescription for an opioid. (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) A Canadian study of noncancer spine patients found that 24% of them were given 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 relates the non-drug pain-relieving effects of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Young and old equally gain from being out in nature. Too many Sitka folks remain indoors or interact too much with our tech to get out in nature. The advantages of nature interaction are expanding especially for those who are getting older and/or coping with dementia. New studies reported on 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 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 an encounter with nature might bring on memories of past such interactions, people, and places to sustain 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! Set your next Sitka chiropractic visit with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka now!