Dr. Dalton's Blog-Chiropractic's Role in Supporting Patients Diagnosed with Cancer
When individuals are diagnosed with cancer, it is often an extremely negative experience and the treatment options for cancer itself are not vast and they can be daunting and intimidating. Most require radation and chemotherapy depending on the severity and progression of the cancer, but most people are not aware that there are other safe options of care that cannot directly treat the cancer, but help manage some of the symptoms that accompany the radiation and chemotherapy. One option is chiropractic care. Doctors of Chiropractic are trained to assess and treat various musculoskeletal conditions and symptoms, and in terms of co-treatment of cancer, chiropractic can help with musculoskeletal pain and soreness, sleep quality, quality of life, and emotional stress.
Chiropractors can often find certain types of cancer via X-Ray imaging and are trained to refer out to an oncologist for further evaluation. Chiropractors do not adjust the spine until the cancer is diagnosed and determined that the type and severity of the cancer is safe to co-treat. This is good news for anyone dealing with cancer because chemotherapy and radiation are not the only options of helping you feel as good as possible. Of course, during that grueling process, joint pain, fatigue, trouble sleeping and other symptoms are almost inevitable. However, there are treatment options that can help to manage some of those symptoms giving these patients hope, peace of mind, and resilience to continue the treatment to eliminate their cancer.
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