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Can Chiropractic Care Help Reduce Your Dependence on Benzodiazepines?

Updated: Jan 12

Can Chiropractic Care Help Reduce Your Dependence on Benzodiazepines?


Chiropractic’s care greatest selling point is that its a medication free approach to getting healthier


Reducing Benzodiazepines with Chiropractic care
Reducing Benzodiazepines with Chiropractic care


Now a study is looking into how chiropractic care, spinal manipulative therapy can REDUCE benzodiazepine prescriptions


Benzodiazepines are a psychoactive medication that can be prescribed for low back pain and in particular patients with radicular low back pain (pain with nerve root involvement)

The medication act as a central nervous system depressant and have anticonvulsant, anxiolytic and muscle relaxant properties


Recent research shows there is a growing insufficient evidence supporting the effectiveness of the medication on the treatment of low back pain





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Chiropractic has moved online. We offer our online programs -STAND CORRECTED- To help you through the day. They contain health advice for your conditions, nutritional advice and exercises for you to do at home or at the workplace to help you achieve your health goals. We understand that coming to the Chiropractic clinic maybe costly and time consuming. This way if you cant make it into the chiropractic office, you can do any of our 20+ online health programs at your leisure.

Enjoy and we hope they spark a little bit of joy and help you achieve your health goals. Each program contains - Information about the conditions - things to do and things to avoid - nutrition advice - all the stretches that are needed to help The following conditions are now available for online sessions

  • migraine

  • cervicogenic headaches

  • cervical facet neck pain

  • tension headaches

  • cervical radiculopathy (pins and needles in the arm originating from the neck)

  • shoulder impingement relief

  • thoracic outlet syndrome

  • frozen shoulder

  • rotator cuff

  • chronic lumbar (Low Back) disc pain

  • acute Lumbar(low back) disc pain

  • Lumbar facet pain

  • sciatica and piriformis syndrome

  • meniscus (knee pain)

  • Plantar fasciitis (Foot Pain)

  • Shin Splints

  • Tennis Elbow/Golfers elbow

  • Carpal tunnel Syndrome

  • Upper Crossed Syndrome( Poor Posture)

  • Lower Crossed Syndrome ( Poor Posture)

  • Dizziness-Vertigo

  • Arthritis

  • Welcome To Chiropractic

  • TMJ (Jaw Pain)

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