Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Chiropractic Care Helps Pain Patients Get Off Opiod Drugs: Award Winning Project



Luke Hendry/The Intelligencer 
Chiropractor Dr. Bruce Flynn holds a model of the lower back and pelvis Tuesday at the Belleville Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic. He and clinic staff are part of a provincially-funded project to reduce lower back pain and patients' use of painkillers. It won an award recently from the Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario.

A Candian pilot project has shown phenomenal results in relieving chronic back pain in patients and getting them off opiod dugs like Percoset and Tylenol #3. A key part of the program is Chiropractic care. Dr. Bruce Flynn, shown in the picture, said as the project progressed, “The data was showing there was a major reduction in medication use, including opioid medications."


83 per cent of patients relied less upon pain medication following treatment.

93 per cent said the quality of their lives improved as a result of having less pain.

A 51 per cent decline in disability between initial examination and re-examination was found.

The study also integrated other therapists and pharmacists, integrated with the Chiropractic care.



http://www.intelligencer.ca/2017/11/14/back-pain-project-wins-award

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