“All the drugs in the world cannot adjust a subluxated vertebrae.”
— B. J. Palmer (1882-1961), the “developer” of chiropractic
Is your spine in a pickle?
One of the many symptoms of spinal dysfunction is pain. It is very common. Certainly not “normal,” but common. Low back and neck pain are frequent causes of disability and decreased quality of life, especially as people age. The question is, what to do about this problem?
For many today, medications are the first go-to. A common “solution” for fevers, inflammation and pain relief is the class of drugs known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In fact, these over-the-counter medications are so common that in 2024 people around the globe spent approximately 21.56 billion in US dollars (1). That’s well over the $14.38 billion the world spent consuming pickles in the same year (2). That’s a lot more pills than picnics!
How safe is it to regularly use these drugs? Common as the use of NSAIDs is, intake is associated with side effects ranging from elevated blood pressure and stomach ulcers to skin reactions, kidney dysfunction, and heart attack (3). While painkillers undoubtedly have an appropriate place in health care, they can often be merely a cover-up for symptoms of pain, leaving the real root cause lurking in silence. This can lead to more damage and dysfunction in the future. In some cases, taking drugs is like turning off the smoke alarm when there’s a fire, dimming the signal that something is wrong and doing nothing to address the fire. Spinal pain is often the result of subluxations – areas of misalignment and inflammation in the spine that cause the body and the nervous system to be dysregulated, which can lead to a myriad of other health problems.
Instead of hushing the symptoms, chiropractic adjustments look to find and address the true cause of pain and dis-ease in the body by putting nothing in (like pills) and taking nothing out (like surgery), allowing the body to heal itself. Specific Gonstead chiropractic is an all-natural solution to restore normal health for the whole family. Keep your spine out of a pickle and get checked today!
- www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/05/16/2883655/0/en/Non-Steroidal-Anti-Inflammatory-Drugs-Market-Size-to-Worth-USD-33-55-Bn-by-2032.html#:~:text=The%20global%20non%2Dsteroidal%20anti,5%25%20from%202024%20to%202032.
- www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/11/12/2978760/28124/en/Pickle-Market-Forecast-to-Cross-15-Billion-by-2029-Business-Opportunity-Insights-by-Type-Taste-Sales-Channel-and-Region-with-Profiles-of-Leading-Industry-Players.html
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK547742/
