On the 15th day of August, 2018, John R. Kasich and Mary Taylor, Governor and Lieutenant Governor or of the State of Ohio, recognize September as Drug-Free Pain Management Month!

The goal is to "raise awareness of the dangers of prescription drug abuse and potential alternative treatments that can provide drug-free pain management for patients suffering from acute, subacture and chronic pain."

WOW!  This is awesome! Have you tried chiropractic care?  

In 2017, the American College of Physicians released updated low back pain guidelines that recommend first using non-drug treatments such as spinal manipulation, for acute and chronic lower back pain (1). And according to the Journal of of the American Medical Association in 2017 supports the use of spinal manipulative therapy as a first line treatment for acute lower back pain (2).  

These may be a few reasons to check a chiropractor out!

1. Qaseem, A., Wilt, T. J., McLean, R. M., Forciea, M. A., & for the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. (2017). Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine, 166(7), 514. https://doi.org/10.7326/M16-2367

2. Paige, N. M., Miake-Lye, I. M., Booth, M. S., Beroes, J. M., Mardian, A. S., Dougherty, P., … Shekelle, P. G. (2017). Association of Spinal Manipulative Therapy With Clinical Benefit and Harm for Acute Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA, 317(14), 1451–1460. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.3086