Pain Management & Avoiding Opioids with Our Sebastian Chiropractor

As a clinician, Sebastian chiropractor Dr. Michael David understands just how distressing an acute or chronic pain condition can be. He's also aware of the current epidemic of drug abuse and accidental overdose in our country and he's dedicated to making a positive difference in this regard. 

The Impact of Opioids

Opioids are a class of powerful pain-relieving medications and include oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and fentanyl (as well as the illegal drug heroin). While these drugs can be effective, they are highly addictive, and there is much debate over whether they are being over-prescribed.

The key problem with opioids is that they are highly addictive in nature, it's easy for a user to develop a tolerance to it, thereby requiring more and more of the drug in order to achieve the desired effect. This can easily translate into abuse, full-blown addiction, accidental overdose, and even heroin use. Indeed, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, over 20,000 Americans in 2015 died as a result of a prescription painkiller overdose, and nearly 13,000 people died from heroin overdose. 

Opioid addiction is not unique to any particular class, race, age, creed, or even geographical area. Virtually every community in America is in some way impacted by this devastating epidemic. 

How Chiropractic Care Provides Drug-Free Pain Relief

Here's a scary truth: Many of the people who eventually become addicted to opioids were initially prescribed the medication by a physician due to pain. Of course, while we recognize that medication can play a necessary and important role in some cases, we invite people to consider consulting with a doctor of chiropractic instead of (or at least in addition to) simply using pills for relief. 

Here are a few reasons why:

• Chiropractic care can address the underlying cause of pain and resolve it (instead of simply masking the symptoms)
• Chiropractic care is completely non-invasive and drug-free, thus mitigating the risk of addiction and adverse effects
• Chiropractic care has been shown to be effective for managing, treating, and preventing a variety of pain conditions, including sports injury, auto accident injury, post-operative pain, work-related injury, back pain, sciatica, and fibromyalgia

Are You In Pain? Find Drug-Free Relief with Our Sebastian Chiropractor

At David Chiropractic, our Sebastian chiropractor team, led by Dr. David himself, is committed to helping prevent and eliminate the catastrophic effects that opioid addiction has on our community. If you or a loved one is in pain and are looking for relief without looking into the medicine cabinet, then contact our office today by calling 772-388-8788.

We proudly serve the Florida areas of Sebastian, Vero Beach, Palm Bay, and other nearby neighborhoods.