Recently, the opioid crisis across the United States has been causing a bit of a stir among conservative healthcare practitioners and medical doctors as well as the powers that be. Inadequate pain management and the over prescribing of prescription opioids has taken an incredible toll on the lives of tens of thousands of Americans. President Trump said 64,000 Americans died from overdoses just last year. He has declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency and “the wor

Chiropractic and the Opioid Epidemic: Rethinking Our Approach to Pain (ACA) http://www.acatoday.org/Patients-Why-Choose-Chiropractic-Chiropractic-and-the-Opioid-Epidemic The Chiropractor's Opioid Crisis Toolkit The Chiropractic Summit and its partners put together an Opioid Crisis Toolkit. This FREE toolkit was created for you to use in your community. The resources included can help you easily spread the word about the opioid crisis to not only your patients, but other docto

As the opioid epidemic rages in cities and towns across the United States, one thing is clear – patients need an alternative to prescription painkillers to help with chronic pain. Opioids are routinely prescribed for neck pain, low back pain, headaches, neuromusculoskeletal and other related conditions. Prescription painkillers offer only a high-risk, potentially addictive band-aid for the patient when the root cause of the pain is not addressed. “Chiropractic services are an