Just How Bad is the Opiate Epidemic?

The opiate epidemic is raging on and even has reared it's ugly head in paramedic services.  Article here

I am committed to providing any individual an alternative to pain relief, by providing chiropractic, a natural, safe and effective health care service.  To find out if chiropractic can help you, call today 1-805-527-7246 or email drwaynepress@yahoo.com

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And the Back Pain Guidelines say...

Here is the purpose of the updated guidelines:

"The purpose of this American College of Physicians (ACP) guideline is to provide treatment guidance based on the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and safety of noninvasive pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for acute (<4 weeks), subacute (4 to 12 weeks), and chronic (>12 weeks) low back pain in primary care". The rest is here

Start with the well known adverse effects of pain-killers:Read here

The bottom line of the updated guidelines is to try other natural methods of treatment, that have some supporting research as to effectiveness.  

As a doctor of chiropractic (DC), with over thirty years of clinical practice in the evaluation and treatment of back pain, I say this:

If you have back pain, give me call to see if chiropractic can help you.   Dr. Press

Just Taking Pain Pills isn't What It Use to Be

Just taking pain pills isn't what it use to be.  Now that the studies have finally been done, the truth is now known.  Pain pills do not help and may be causing more harm then good.  Read here

In the next blog, I will talk about a major guideline change in the treatment of back pain.  Spoiler alert:  It does not look good for traditional medical approaches to back pain.  Dr. Press