Chiroractic vs. Opiates for Pain Management

The choice between chiropractic care and opiate and/or pain medications should be getting easy to make, thanks to the increased research. Article here

Please consider chiropractic first, with muscle, nerve and joint  injury and associated pain.  

In this way, more people will be avoiding the high potential of adverse side effects, addiction and fatality.  Dr. Press

Read this Article and You will just Begin to Know how Bad the Opioid Problem has Become

Wow, it has come to this and worst. It has to stop! Read the article and watch the attached short news video below.  Dr. Press

Read this article and say WHAT!

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

Dr. Press

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

Hearing Loss and Pain Meds. What did you say?

Take a pill to cover up the pain and as bonus, it takes away your hearing.  Joking aside, there are risks with all treatments.  Be aware and choose your health care wisely.  Dr. Press

Article Here

Texting While Driving Kills and now this...

"In 2015, 21% of the 31,166 fatal crashes in the U.S. involved at least one driver who tested positive for drugs after the incident — up from 12% in 2005"

Just another way the illegal and legal (prescription drugs) are stealing our future by killing our loved ones, family and friends.  Dr. Press 

Article Here