The move for a “chiropractic first”The way you treat pain has been given a major boost.
A growing number of experts has argued in recent years that the risks of using drugs or invasive spinal surgery are potentially so severe in some cases, especially for patients suffering from chronic back pain. Therefore, it is important that chiropractic care be officially recognized as an option. The Joint Commission is now confirming that they did just that.
Follow what it calls “an extensive literature review,”The non-profit organization which certifies and accredits over 20,500 U.S. health programs and organizations, announced that it was revising its “Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services”Standard to “affirm”The role of non-pharmacologic approaches, chiropractic careIn pain management
“In addition,”The commission expressed concern about the use of medication. “organizations should consider both the benefits to the patient as well as the risks of dependency, addiction and the abuse of opioids.”
Around 80 percent of Americans experience back pain at one time or another in their lives. Research has shown that patients who seek out a chiropractor first have better health outcomes than those who go to expensive surgery.
“As a nation, we are facing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, and all stakeholders in health care stand to benefit from a conservative approach focusing on chiropractic first, drugs second and surgery last,”Gerard Clum D.C., from the non-profit Foundation for Chiropractic Progress.
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