Healthy News October 2022
At Manahawkin Chiropractic Center, October celebrates National Chiropractic Care Month. One positive chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on non-drug pain relief and management. Researchers noted that the use of opioids for acute pain management is very common, yet certain patients have a tolerance to or dependence on opioids for whom a prescription for an opioid was not preferred. For these 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. Comparing chiropractic neck pain or back pain patients to non-chiropractic care patients found that the chiropractic patients had almost half the risk of obtaining a prescription for an opioid. (2) A study of the 9356 US chiropractic patients 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 lower risk of filling an opioid prescription. (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 Manahawkin chiropractor at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center 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 describes the non-drug pain-relieving benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Young and old alike benefit from being out in nature. Too many of us remain indoors or pay too much attention to our tech to get out in nature. The advantages of nature interaction are expanding especially for those who are aging and/or coping with dementia. Recent studies reported on 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 an encounter with nature might trigger memories of past such interactions, people, and places to preserve 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)! Manahawkin Chiropractic 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 Manahawkin chiropractic visit with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center soon!