Our profession is positioned to play a leading role in helping Americans take advantage of non-pharmacological pain management — and the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP) is empowering YOU and every doctor of chiropractic (DC) to lead the discussion in your states and cities.

Our landmark positioning paper, “Chiropractic: A Safer Strategy Than Opioids,” is now being distributed to national media, F4CP State Association Group Members, individual contributors and business leaders throughout the country. We encourage you to take this message to your legislators, regulators, health care leaders and business decision makers in your communities, and share it with your patients.

The paper articulates the value of chiropractic as a conservative, non-pharmacologic approach — the primary option for pain management — particularly for back, low back and neck pain, headaches, neuro-musculoskeletal and other related conditions.

Yes, we appreciate that chiropractic care is much more than just about pain. In our over medicated society, the chiropractic approach deserves to be in health care conversations. The opioid epidemic is one such serious issue.

This is an evidence-based white paper, with research to validate the positive outcomes, cost effectiveness, high patient satisfaction and other benefits of chiropractic care. It documents the recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which all call for a shift away from opioid use toward non-pharmacologic approaches to address chronic pain.