National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Novelli Wellness Center, October celebrates National
Chiropractic Care Month. One positive
chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on non-drug pain relief and management. Researchers wrote that using opioids for acute pain management is quite common, but
certain patients have a tolerance to or dependence
on opioids and don’t prefer an opioid prescription. For these
patients, non-pharmacological pain interventions involved
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. Chiropractic
neck pain or back pain patients compared to non-chiropractic
care 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 reported a 56%
lower risk of filling an opioid prescription within a year of
the initial 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 received 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 began
chiropractic care within the first 30 days of pain. (4) In this
National Chiropractic Health Month, your Orchard Park, NY chiropractor at
Novelli Wellness Center invites all who are looking for 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.
Orchard Park, NY CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old alike benefit from interacting
with nature. Too many Orchard Park, NY folks stay
indoors or interact too much with
our tech to get out in nature. The benefits of nature
interaction are expanding especially for those who are aging
and/or coping with dementia. Recent studies documented how the connection with the natural world was significant for
people living with dementia, triggering a sense
of comfort, pleasure, stimulation, meaning, and freedom which lead
to 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 generate memories of past such interactions, people, and places to maintain
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’s get out and enjoy nature (and a little exercise)!
Novelli Wellness Center is ready! Are you?
CONTACT Novelli Wellness Center
In this National Chiropractic Care Month, we are even more grateful
for you, our chiropractic patient family! Set your next
Orchard Park, NY chiropractic visit with Novelli Wellness Center
soon!