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– It’s not only you.
America is getting older as a nation. Every day, another 10,000 Boomers turn 65. It doesn’t matter if you want to admit it, but who doesn’t? You may be experiencing some of the same nagging issues that your parents experienced.
It’s possible, even if you are one of the 100 million Americans suffering from chronic pain, that you’re looking for a safer alternative than opioids. You’ve been scared by headlines about people getting addicted to them and dying. Continue reading to find out if you might be able to get drug-free chiropractic treatment for your pain.
* Back and neck pain. This is the main reason that older Americans see chiropractors every year. As Dr. Phillip Pizzo from Stanford University’s School of Medicine stated, “We see that for many patients, chronic pain becomes a disease in its own right.”
Even weekend athletes can feel the effects of aging. Their muscles, spines, facet joints, ligaments and spinal discs are less flexible, less resilient to normal stress and become weaker. Chiropractic doctors are experts in the structure of the human body and can offer relief using hands-on techniques that increase flexibility, muscle strength, range of motion, and mobility.
* Osteoarthritic pain and dysfunction. Knees and hips feeling a bit swollen? Doctors of chiropractic can prescribe a program of exercises – which will monitor your progress – that aims to strengthen and rehabilitate specific muscle groups.
* Overall wellness. This, it’s been stated, is “the wheelhouse of a chiropractor.” Exercise. Nutrition. Alignment. Posture. You can get advice from him or her on all these things and more.
“Doctors of chiropractic are dedicated to helping patients get the best outcome from their body,”Sherry McAllister DC of the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress.
For more information, please visit f4cp.com/findadoctor.
