Proclamation 2022-16 National Chiropractic Health Month Oct 20223proclatnatiou 2022-16
Tobin of Tropbp Club, Texan
A PROCLAMATION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS, SUPPORTING OCTOBER 2022 AS NATIONAL
CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH.
WHEREAS, The opioid crisis continues to take a toll on the health and lives of millions of
Americans, and has worsened in some communities during the COVID-19 pandemic;
WHEREAS, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as
many as one in four patients who receive prescription opioids long-term for non -cancer
pain, struggles with addiction, and from 1999-2020 more than 260,000 people died in the
U.S. from overdoses involving prescription opioids;
WHEREAS, The interest in and need for greater access to safe and effective non -drug,
noninvasive approaches to pain management has increased;
WHEREAS, The American College of Physicians (ACP) released updated low -back pain
treatment guidelines in 2017 that promote the use of noninvasive, non -drug approaches
such as spinal manipulation as a first line of defense against back pain, before the use of
pain medications and surgery;
WHEREAS, The CDC in its draft 2022 prescribing guidelines also promotes diverse
approaches and varied pain management solutions and specifically encourages use of
non -drug therapies as a first line of treatment for subacute and chronic pain and even
some types of acute pain.
WHEREAS, Doctors of Chiropractic, who focus on the whole person with their non -drug,
noninvasive treatments for pain management — most notably spinal manipulation — can
play an important role in helping patients lessen their reliance on pain medications;
WHEREAS, There is a growing body of research supporting the early use of chiropractic
spinal manipulation in helping patients with chronic low back pain to reduce or eliminate
their need later for prescription opioid pain medications and surgery.
WHEREAS, With the theme "Chiropractic: On the Frontline for Pain," National
Chiropractic Health Month 2022 serves as a reminder to citizens of THE Town of trophy
Club that non -drug treatments for low -back pain such as spinal manipulation provided by
Doctors of Chiropractic can help to lessen or eliminate the need for riskier, potentially
addictive treatments and should be utilized where appropriate before starting prescription
opioid pain medications.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ALICIA L. FLEURY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TROPHY
CLUB TOWN COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM:
OCTOBER 2022 AS NATIONAL CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH MONTH
PASSED AND APPROVED By the Trophy Club To Council this 27th day of September
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Anita Otterson, Town Secretary Ali is . Fleu ,