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Healthy News October 2022 National Chiropractic Health Month!

Fort Wayne chiropractic care is being celebrated in this National Chiropractic Health Month. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc describes how its non-drug approach benefits spine pain, back pain, neck pain, and related pain management and even decreases use/need for opioids.  

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

At Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc, October is National Chiropractic Care Month. One beneficial aspect of chiropractic is the impact it has on non-drug pain relief and management. Researchers reported that using opioids for acute pain management is quite common, yet certain patients have a tolerance to or dependence on opioids for whom a prescription for an opioid 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 such as 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 obtaining 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 lower 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 Fort Wayne chiropractor at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc welcomes 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 describes the non-drug pain-relieving effects of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc 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. 

Fort Wayne CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Enjoy Nature!

Young and old equally benefit from interacting with nature. Too many Fort Wayne folks remain inside or interact too much with our tech to get out in nature. The advantages of nature interaction are expanding especially for those who are getting older and/or coping with dementia. New studies reported on the connection with the natural world was significant for people coping with dementia, triggering a sense of comfort, pleasure, stimulation, meaning, and freedom which precede a 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 proposed that such engagement with nature might generate memories of past such interactions, people, and places to maintain 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’s get out and enjoy nature (and a little exercise)! Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc 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! Schedule your next Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment with Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc soon!

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