Healthy News October 2022
At Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation, October celebrates National Chiropractic Care Month. One beneficial aspect of chiropractic is the impact it has on pain management and relief without drugs. Researchers reported that the use of opioids for acute pain management is very common, yet certain patients experience 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 deals in 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 receiving a prescription for an opioid. (2) A study of the 9356 US chiropractic patients 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) In a Canadian study, 24% of adults with noncancer spine pain got an opioid prescription. The odds of starting the opioids at one year was 52% less for chiropractic care patients and 71% less in chiropractic patients who started chiropractic care within the first 30 days of pain. (4) In this National Chiropractic Health Month, your Carrolltown chiropractor at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation welcomes all who are seeking a non-drug, more natural path 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 effects of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Young and old equally gain from being out in nature. Too many Carrolltown folks stay 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. New studies documented how 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 supplied a sense of connection to self, place, and others. (5) Another study hopefully suggested that such engagement with nature might trigger 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)! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation 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! Make your next Carrolltown chiropractic visit with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation soon!