Is Chiropractic Addictive?

One of the greatest fears of potential patients and new patients alike is whether or not chiropractic adjustments are addictive. The fear of an eternal desire, an insatiable need to have a chiropractor adjust your spine, sometimes prevents people from getting help in the first place.

Now research shows that prescription drugs are often highly addictive. Some say BIG PHARMA creates medications on purpose that must be taken forever.

Research has shown the addictive nature of sugar, carbohydrates (which turn to sugar in the body). Exercise, to many, is addictive. Being kind is addictive to some who dedicate their lives to helping others.

Addiction carries a negative connotation. Some things that are potentially addictive are good things, like exercise, like stretching, like sleep, like eating healthy. Some people are addicted to reading, to love, to water, to things that make them feel good.

Chiropractic is no more addictive than exercise. Exercise triggers the production of chemicals in our body that make us feel good. “Natural drugs” if you will. Chiropractic has been shown to do the same. If chiropractic can lower blood pressure, which it’s been shown to do, it can trigger the production of feel good chemicals and make your brain want more.

 

You see, there’s often nothing wrong with being “addicted” to healthy behavior. If you start feeling and functioning better and become addicted to this feeling, is that bad?

Chiropractic makes you feel and function better. It changes your life, your chemistry, your adaptability, your response to the environment around you. It makes life better and there’s a good chance you’ll want more, the same way you want more vacation. If you’re not afraid of becoming addicted to vacation, you shouldn’t be worried about becoming addicted to chiropractic. It’s not addictive but it feels good, and it improves total body health by removing pressure on nerve that leads to decreased nerve and brain control. Life is better with chiropractic and life is better if you are able to enjoy it to it’s fullest. Don’t settle for anything less than a 100% life experience!

 

Dr. Lou will help you by answering your questions on twitter at @drloujacobs.