National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic, October celebrates National
Chiropractic Care Month. One positive
chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on pain relief and
management without drugs. Researchers noted that using opioids for acute pain management is quite common, but
certain patients experience a tolerance to or dependence
on opioids for whom a prescription
for an opioid was not preferred. For such
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 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 obtaining
an opioid prescription. (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 12 months of
the initial visit. Chiropractic care was associated with 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 started
chiropractic care within the first month of pain. (4) In this
National Chiropractic Health Month, your Montreal chiropractor at
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic 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 explains
the non-drug pain-relieving benefits of The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Montreal CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old alike gain from being out in nature. Too many Montreal folks remain
inside or interact too much with
our tech to get out in nature. The benefits of nature
interaction are growing 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, bringing on 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 proposed that
such engagement with nature might trigger memories of past such interactions, people, and places to sustain
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)!
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is ready! Are you?
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In this National Chiropractic Care Month, we are even more grateful
for you, our chiropractic patient family! Make your next
Montreal chiropractic appointment with Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
soon!