Celebrate Chiropractic With National Chiropractic Health Month

October is National Chiropractic Health Month (NCHM), meaning it's time to celebrate all the benefits of chiropractic care and spread the word. According to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), over 35 million Americans see a chiropractor every year, and that number's on the rise. Ample research supports the efficacy of chiropractic care for fast and lasting pain relief.

Real, Effective Back Pain Relief

Chiropractors are recognized as the best treatment method for back pain over any other treatment. When appropriate, chiropractors will also often pair their chiropractic specific treatments with other treatments in order to obtain even better results. Turning to chiropractors for back pain relief is an excellent way to combat the opioid epidemic due to being able to help reduce the need for pain pills to manage pain. It also can help reduce or even eliminate the need for back surgery. The ACA shared research data show that you have a 1.5% chance of needing surgery after seeing a chiropractor compared to a 42.7% chance if you see a medical doctor first.

Skip the Pills and Their Side Effects

Want to get rid of your pain while avoiding the many negative side effects of medications? See a chiropractor. Patients often choose chiropractic care because of their ability to skip commonly prescribed medications that come with all sorts of warnings and side effects. In addition, chiropractic care almost always focuses on addressing the root cause of your pain. Those commonly prescribed medications are only designed to reduce symptoms, such as pain and inflammation, and do nothing to address the actual cause of those symptoms.

Building Good Lifestyle Habits

One way to combat pain and discomfort is to correct the practices and habits that are causing you pain. Chiropractors evaluate not only your symptoms, but also those lifestyle contributors whether they be at home, work or play. Chiropractors can help correct postural, ergonomic and biomechanical issues while providing focused treatments to help rehabilitate and restore your body. Where permitted, many chiropractors may also provide additional care including care related to diet, nutrition, weight loss and sleep, just to name a few.


Providing More Than Back Pain

The most common condition treated by the majority of chiropractors is back pain. As expected, much chiropractic research focuses on and shows the efficacy of chiropractic care for back pain. However, significant research and evidence focusing on other conditions also exists, as chiropractic care is appropriate for far more than just back pain. Since chiropractic care focuses on treating soft tissues, joints and the nervous system, chiropractors treat a wide variety of conditions including many work-related injuries, sports injuries, headaches and more. In fact, if you're experiencing pain or discomfort in your extremities, back or neck, chiropractic care should be at the top of your list for obtaining an evaluation for correction and care. Best of all, chiropractic care focuses on not simply the symptoms, but rather, the correction of the cause of those symptoms. There are also no needles, no medications, no surgery or cutting. Chiropractic care is natural and extremely safe.


Spread the Great Word About Chiropractic

Chiropractic patients love pain relief without the drugs or surgery. Patients love addressing the root cause of pain instead of focusing on the symptoms. Results are so good that patients go to chiropractors for joint pain, headaches, migraines, sleep issues, auto injuries, sports injuries, and so much more. Spread the word so more people can benefit from chiropractic care.