National Chiropractic Care Month: Chiropractic Care Reduces Need for/Use of Opioids for Pain
At Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC, October celebrates National
Chiropractic Care Month. One beneficial aspect of chiropractic is the impact it has on pain relief and
management without drugs. Researchers wrote that using opioids for acute pain management is very common, but
come 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., along
with 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 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) A Canadian study of
noncancer spine patients found that 24% of them received 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 30 days of pain. (4) In this
National Chiropractic Health Month, your La Grande chiropractor at
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC invites all who are looking for 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.
La Grande CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!
Young and old alike gain from being out in nature. Too many La Grande folks stay
indoors or interact too much with
our tech to get out in nature. The benefits of nature
interaction are growing especially for those who are getting older
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 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 preserve
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)!
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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
La Grande chiropractic appointment with Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
soon!