Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Offers Chiropractic Care Which May Reduce the Need of Opioids
The epidemic of opioid use. The news talks about it. A good way to avoid relying on opioids is to not even start with them. The society and the medical community are (coming) together on this. Recent research shares the benefit chiropractic care has in reducing the need, prescribing, and use of opioids. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is happy to fill the additional role of pain management for Carrolltown back pain sufferers!
CHIROPRACTIC BACK PAIN PATIENTS AND THEIR USE OF OPIOIDS
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation understands the widespread opioid use in low back pain management. Researchers do, also. They analyzed low back pain patients treated by chiropractors to see if said chiropractic patients were less prone to use or more prone to use lower doses of opioids for their pain. Such an influence could lead to a reduced risk of adverse effects. They saw that chiropractic patients as opposed to non-chiropractic patients were 55% less prone to fill an opioid prescription, a significantly lower number. (1) There are many Carrolltown chiropractic patients who would like to not fill their opioid prescriptions. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is here to help them manage their back pain with the addition of Carrolltown chiropractic care.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE IN A MEDICAL SETTING: THE POSITIVE IMPACT
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation often cooperates with medical colleagues to be of assistance to our Carrolltown back pain patients in managing their pain. Research supports such an endeavor! The study of a family medicine practice that incorporated chiropractic services stated changes in opioid prescription rates. The monthly rate of opioid prescription writing dropped significantly by 22%. The rate of prescription writing for schedule II opioids decreased significantly by 32% too. The likelihood of writing a schedule II opioid prescription fell by 27%, too, when chiropractic services were added. Medical providers prescribed daily doses of opioids that were 30% less than before chiropractic was included. Including chiropractic reduced the dosage of opioids, the number of opioid prescriptions, and the types of opioids prescribed. The authors suggested that adding chiropractic was beneficial in opioid prescribing and implementation of a non-pharmaceutical option for pain management. (2) By collaborating like this, Carrolltown healthcare providers like your chiropractor and your medical team want what’s best for your health and back pain relief. We’ll come together to accomplish that goal.
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Listen to this PODCAST with DR. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains how Cox® Technic relieves back pain with some talk of the place for opioids.
Make your next Carrolltown chiropractic appointment soon. For the epidemic of back pain and opioid use, including Carrolltown chiropractic care may be advantageous in easing the opioid epidemic.
