PAIN MEDICATION USAGE COULD BE CUT BY GETTING A BETTER BED SAY NEW ZEALAND CHIROPRACTORS

New Zealanders could reduce their use of pain relief medication by purchasing a quality bed and taking better care of their spinal health, the country’s chiropractors advised today.  The practitioners at Pure Healthcare Albany join the New Zealand Chiropractic Association in supporting our clients, and the North Shore community in taking simple actions like this to reduce drug use and enhance well being. 

The New Zealand Chiropractors’ Association (NZCA) says mounting research from around the world, including New Zealand, shows that poor quality sleep and spinal issues can lead to chronic pain and other conditions.

Pure Healthcare clinical director, Dr. Cherye Roche, reminds her patients that there are several types of posture; standing posture, sitting posture and sleeping posture. If any or all of these aspects of your posture are under stress from spinal dysfunction that is caused by, or exaggerated by the use of a “bad bed” then one major solution is obvious – get a good quality bed.

Dr Hayden Thomas, chiropractor and spokesperson for the NZCA explains: `Not only can a bad bed worsen your spinal health, the poor quality sleep you get from lying on a bad bed makes you feel any existing pain much more intensely. What can happen is that people rely more and more on painkillers instead of addressing their spine. One of the things a chiropractor will do when a patient presents with chronic pain is look at what is happening with the spine and discuss sleeping habits and conditions.’