Healthy News October 2022
At Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC, October celebrates National Chiropractic Care Month. One positive chiropractic benefit is the impact it has on pain relief and management without drugs. Researchers wrote that using opioids for acute pain management is quite common, yet come patients experience a tolerance to or dependence on opioids and don’t prefer an opioid prescription. 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 help. (1) Chiropractic deals in 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 9356 chiropractic patient study 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 linked to a significantly lower risk of filling an opioid prescription. (3) In a Canadian study, 24% of adults with noncancer spine pain got 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 initiated chiropractic care within the first 30 days of pain. (4) In this National Chiropractic Health Month, your La Grande chiropractor at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC invites 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 relates the non-drug pain-relieving effects of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Young and old alike gain from being out in nature. Too many of us remain inside or pay too much attention to 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 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 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 proposed that such engagement with nature might generate memories of past such interactions, people, and places to keep 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)! Dr. 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 visit with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC soon!
