WHEREAS, Noted for its clinical efficacy and cost-
effectiveness, conservative care first has been successfully
utilized to treat a diverse patient population, including
injured employees, students, athletes, office workers, laborers,
accident victims and those more commonly presenting lower back
and neck pain problems; and
WHEREAS, In confronting and helping to solve this
Commonwealth's opioid addiction crisis and the associated human,
social and economic tolls, the conservative care first approach
has repeatedly proven its clinical and economic effectiveness
with all-natural, safe and effective methods of healing through
nonpharmaceutical, nonsurgical and noninvasive care; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvanians can clinically and economically
benefit from the primary care and healthy lifestyle-related
services of the more than 4,000 doctors of chiropractic in this
Commonwealth; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of October 2017
as "Chiropractic Conservative Care First Health Month" in
Pennsylvania.
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