When it comes to gifts this year, gift yourself relief from your chronic pain with non-narcotic pain management. You are not alone in your pain; millions of Americans suffer from some kind of pain each day. Chronic headaches, or back pain, surgery pain, sports injuries or accidents are just a few of the common categories. Every year, millions of prescriptions are written for pain medications—many of them powerful opioids that can cause side effects and lead to addiction. There is a better way. We can show you!

 

Chronic Pain Is Far Reaching

If you’re in pain, you’re not alone. Pain can happen anywhere in the body, and most chronic conditions have pain as a side effect. Back pain is one of the most common symptoms we see in our patients, which is why we have such a high focus on chiropractic care, scoliosis correction, posture rebalancing and more.

 

The American Chiropractic Association reports that back pain is the “single leading cause of disability worldwide”, affecting up to 80% of people at some point. 31 million Americans have back pain every day. ½ of all working Americans have some sort of pain at work. Back pain is the second most common neurological ailment in the United States. And this is just back pain! That doesn’t include thousands of other conditions that can happen to the body such as arthritis (54 million), diabetes (30.3 million), sports injuries (8.6 million) and more! The most common form of treating any chronic-pain issue in medical facilities  are narcotics or opioids, despite the risks.

 

Narcotics, Opioids and Their Effects

Did you know that 1 in 3 Americans are prescribed opioids each year for their chronic pain? That’s despite the fact that opioids and narcotics are both proven to cause addiction and overdose. This addiction can happen with the first use. 38% of Americans were prescribed hard drugs like these for pain relief in 2015, and the numbers have stayed either consistent or have risen from state to state. Overdose deaths involving opioids are reported to have quadrupled since 1999. These medications cause nausea, vomiting, addiction, seizures, shakiness, mood and personality changes, vision problems and more. When a patient can become addicted with the first use, it’s simply not worth it when other non-narcotic pain methods exist.

 

Why Choose Non-Narcotic Pain Management Methods?

Sometimes, the best pain-relief methods don’t involve surgery and medications. For example, you can get better health at home by simply incorporating these habits into your life:

• Getting enough sleep! The recommendation is 7-9 hours a night for adults for proper cell repair, metabolism and energy function, and recovery from a full day.
• Proper nutrition. A healthy diet must have protein, healthy fats and carbs (like nuts, fruits and veggies), vitamins, minerals, and water. Cut out the sugars, sodas, alcohol and tobacco.
• Exercise. The American Heart Association recommends at least 30 minutes of exercise a day, 5 days a week to stay healthy.
• De-Stress. Make time each day to do an activity that helps relieve your stress.

 

We always recommend that patients do what they can at home to be healthier, which in turn can help with pain management. In the office, we choose non-narcotic pain management strategies because they can be just as effective (if not more) than narcotic and surgery pain-relief methods. When habits change and non-narcotic pain management methods are incorporated, patients can often heal completely or significantly than other medical methods. Plus, surgery is not always effective at “fixing” problems, nor do narcotics heal a problem whatsoever. They simply mask the symptoms. We implement our strategies because they are proven to work for weeks, months and years to come.

 

Holistic Pain-Relieving Therapies

Spine Correction Center of the Rockies prides itself on helping patients become pain-free through natural, healing therapies instead of masking chronic pain with medications. We have brought together specialists, diagnostic tools, extensive examination and cutting edge treatment methods to be used together to provide you with the most comprehensive and all-encompassing plan of care specific to your condition and symptoms. Our clinic doesn’t use standardized plans for patients because no two patients are alike. All have different needs and specific goals for their treatment.

 

We provide holistic, effective treatments such as:

• Neuropathy Treatment. Reactivating dormant nerves and rebuilding nerve cells through electrostimulation, heat therapy, diet, exercise, and more.
• Spinal decompression. Decompression uses computerized technology that allows the spine to be slowly and gently stretched.
• Scoliosis diagnosis, treatment, and care.
• Regenerative therapy. This consists of treatments that help rebuild damaged nerve cells, soothe arthritis and other joint pains, and rebuild areas of the body that are damaged.
• Spinal rehabilitation. Strengthen your back and core through gentle therapies.
• Neuromuscular Reeducation. For those recovering from injuries and surgeries, we can help reeducate the body on proper movement, alignment and stability.
• Chiropractic Adjustments. These realign the back and spine, help relieve herniated and bulging discs and can provide stability to a weaker back.
• Allergies and inflammation workups and treatment plans.
• Whole body vibration. This consists of a vibration exercise machine that can provide exercise results for athletes, or those with chronic conditions that would prevent them from conventional exercise.
• Trigger point and large joint injections. These soothe inflammation, chronic pain, and help stop deteriorating joints and tissues.

 

Do the Holidays Pain-Free with Non-Narcotic Pain Management

Are you tired of chronic pain? Do you simply want to have a holiday season without worrying about your chronic pain condition? You can! Our goal is to help stop the pain from happening instead of relieving it for a short time, which is our gift to you. For your consultation, or specific tips and treatments to combat your type of chronic pain, call Spine Correction Center of the Rockies at (970) 658-5115!