Out of alignment? Then celebrate National Chiropractic Health Month

Chiropractic care is increasingly being viewed as the first line of defense against musculoskeletal pain, a condition that afflicts millions of Americans every year. Chronic back and neck pain, along with other locations of the body, can be serious hindrances to life, work, enjoyment of free time, as well as overall state of mind. Nurses and other healthcare workers in particular can suffer from neck, back and joint pain and injuries, and that’s why National Chiropractic Health Month is an important date on the public-health calendar.

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Chiropractic care is particularly important in our current climate because of its emphasis on treatment and pain management through holistic methods rather than pills. The opioid crisis has well shown the pitfalls of that approach, and people suffering from chronic pain are seeking alternate sources for treatment.

For that reason alone, chiropractic care services are coming into their own. They are recommended now by The Journal of the American Medical Association, as well as the Joint Commission, as a viable option in place of many surgical procedures and an effective tool in pain management.

Many sufferers of musculoskeletal pain are already well aware of the benefits of chiropractic care. The relief afforded while embracing a non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical approach has made them believers. National Chiropractic Health Month looks to spread this good news to the scores of others who have yet to avail themselves of this tried-and-true method.

Perhaps you yourself are an untreated sufferer? Take this opportunity to educate yourself on chiropractic services, the nature of the treatment methods. Seek a consultation with an approved and respected chiropractor near you. Or if there is someone in your life who is dealing with chronic musculoskeletal pain, you could point her or him to chiropractic services as an option.

The American Chiropractic Association recommends seeking conservative solutions such as chiropractic care for pain management, both for their efficacy and affordability.  The positive results are there, just waiting to be discovered. October is the ideal time to learn about chiropractic care, and finally stamp out the pain through safe, drug-free alternative treatments!

National Chiropractic Health Month

Sure, it’s rarely life and death. But the fact remains that back and neck pain is a huge, well … pain for millions of Americans. Latest estimates have right around 1 in 2 Americans experiencing back pain sometime during the year. About 31 million suffer from lower back pain alone. And at some point, 80 percent of us will be bearing, or bending, under the strain of a pulled muscle, bum alignment or the excruciating pain of sciatic nerve pinching.

For lots of us, this will be an unpleasant or inconvenient interlude, putting a crimp on the quality of life for a bit and then hopefully going away. For others, back and neck pain is a chronic condition, debilitating and insufferable. Regardless of which camp you fall into, a qualified chiropractor can bring hope and healing.

That’s why Scrubin is taking this opportunity to alert you to National Chiropractic Health Month. A chiropractor is a trained health professional who generally uses manual adjustments of the spine to treat neuromuscular disorders. Chiropractors examine the patient, make the diagnosis, apply the appropriate treatments and then detail a continuing plan of action for the patient. That can involve stretches, exercise or ergonomic fixes as simple as recommending a new desk chair or back support. Through chiropractors, millions of people have found relief from back and neck pain without having to resort to risk-laden surgeries or a regimen of medications.

And when it comes to that last benefit, a chiropractor’s care can really make a difference, because dependency on pain killers is becoming a real public health crisis. For many the addiction to pain killers begins legitimately, often as a result of attempts to treat back pain. These might mask the pain for a while, but do nothing to treat the condition itself. The cycle begins where more pills become necessary to combat pain that refuses to stay gone for good. This unfortunate by-product of a legitimate attempt to treat back and neck pain sufferers is a particular focus of this year’s National Chiropractic Month.

Chiropractic treatment is drug-free and surgery-free, as well as an organic and lifestyle enhancing treatment option. Learn more about it this October, and click here to find a doctor of chiropractic in your area. Maybe you yourself will find the relief you deserve!