Healthy News October 2022 National Chiropractic Health Month!

Williamson chiropractic care is being celebrated in this National Chiropractic Health Month. Apple Country Chiropractic describes how its non-drug approach benefits spine pain, back pain, neck pain, and related pain management and even reduces use/need for opioids.  

National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain

At Apple Country Chiropractic, October is National Chiropractic Care Month. One positive chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on non-drug pain relief and management. Researchers wrote that the use of opioids for acute pain management is quite common, yet come patients have a tolerance to or dependence on opioids for whom an opioid prescription was not preferred. For these patients, non-pharmacological pain interventions incorporated chiropractic care, manual therapy, electrical nerve stimulation, yoga, exercise, physical therapy, bracing, hot/cold, massage, etc., along with behavioral and psychological therapies like hypnosis, meditation, mindfulness, breathing, etc. Multimodal approaches like this may be beneficial. (1) Chiropractic offers non-drug pain management. Chiropractic neck pain or back pain patients compared to non-chiropractic care 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 12 months of the initial visit. Chiropractic care was associated with 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 began chiropractic care within the first 30 days of pain. (4) In this National Chiropractic Health Month, your Williamson chiropractor at Apple Country Chiropractic 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 relates the non-drug pain-relieving effects of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Apple Country Chiropractic encourages our chiropractic patients to enjoy some time in nature! Interacting with nature is good for young and old alike, inspires independence, pleasure, and for dementia sufferers quite possibly even memory-triggering. 

Williamson CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!

Young and old equally benefit from interacting with nature. Too many of us 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 dealing with dementia. Recent studies reported on 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 provided 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 sustain 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)! Apple Country Chiropractic 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! Set your next Williamson chiropractic visit with Apple Country Chiropractic now!

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