Healthy News October 2022 National Chiropractic Health Month!

Oxford chiropractic care is being celebrated in this National Chiropractic Health Month. Satterwhite 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 Satterwhite Chiropractic, October is National Chiropractic Care Month. One positive chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on pain relief and management without drugs. Researchers reported that using opioids for acute pain management is quite common, yet certain patients experience a tolerance to or dependence on opioids and do not prefer an opioid prescription. For such 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 such as hypnosis, meditation, mindfulness, breathing, etc. Multimodal approaches like this may be beneficial. (1) Chiropractic offers non-drug pain management. Comparing chiropractic neck pain or back pain patients to non-chiropractic care patients found that the chiropractic patients had nearly half the risk of obtaining an opioid prescription. (2) A 9356 chiropractic patient study of a total of 55,949 Medicare spine pain patients revealed a 56% lower risk of filling an opioid prescription within a year of the first visit. Chiropractic care was associated with a significantly decreased 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 Oxford chiropractor at Satterwhite 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 explains the non-drug pain-relieving effects of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Satterwhite 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. 

Oxford CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!

Young and old alike benefit from being out in nature. Too many Oxford folks remain indoors or pay too much attention to our tech to get out in nature. The advantages of nature interaction are growing especially for those who are getting older and/or coping with dementia. Recent studies reported on 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 suggested that such engagement with nature might generate memories of past such interactions, people, and places to preserve a sense of self, too. (6) As one paper speculated in its title “connecting with the natural world – more than a breath of fresh air?” We’d say ‘yes’! Let us get out and enjoy nature (and a little exercise)! Satterwhite 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 Oxford chiropractic visit with Satterwhite Chiropractic now!

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