Healthy News October 2022
At Satterwhite Chiropractic, October is National Chiropractic Care Month. One beneficial aspect of chiropractic is the impact it has on pain relief and management without drugs. Researchers wrote that the use of opioids for acute pain management is quite common, but certain patients have a tolerance to or dependence on opioids for whom an opioid prescription was not preferred. For such patients, non-pharmacological pain interventions included 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 help. (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 revealed a 56% lower risk of filling an opioid prescription within 12 months 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 were given an opioid prescription. The risk 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 month 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 benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Young and old alike gain from interacting with nature. Too many of us remain inside or interact too much with our tech to get out in nature. The advantages of nature interaction are growing especially for those who are getting older and/or dealing with dementia. New studies documented how the connection with the natural world was significant for people coping 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 proposed that such engagement with nature might trigger 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 appointment with Satterwhite Chiropractic soon!