Informed Consumers Taking Control with Wellness Health Care

Does it ever seem to you that every time you turn on the TV someone in a commercial is urging you to try a new prescription medicine or over-the-counter drug? The same thing occurs when you flip through the pages of a newspaper or magazine. Bold advertisements for medications promise safe and effective relief. The ads are slick. They’re persuasive. No wonder so many people reach for drugs at the first sign of nearly anything that doesn’t feel quite right!

The push for medications isn’t new, but with expensive media messages dominating print, TV, and radio, the reach is bigger than ever. Fortunately, sources of information, many of them instantly accessible over the Internet, are giving consumers their own ability to do research and learn the difference between hype and health.

The result? Today’s informed consumers increasingly are challenging the notion that suppressing symptoms with drugs — and surgery — is the only answer to improved health. They’re learning that government oversight of the pharmaceutical industry hasn’t gone far enough in preventing some ineffectively researched drugs from actually jeopardizing patients. They’re also smart enough to recognize that the billion-dollar pharmaceutical industry has a self-serving motive in creating and promoting drugs that are intended to be taken long-term.

The more consumers learn, the more they’re saying “enough is enough.” They aren’t rejecting the entire medical and surgical approach altogether; important advances have obviously been made. But they are looking for alternatives to a knee-jerk reliance on medications and surgeries in health care. And, in the process, they’re discovering the powerful impact of wellness care — safe, natural ways to prevent illness and restore health. They’re doing it for themselves and their children, despite little support from the insurance industry.

At Parkland Chiropractic, wellness care is one of the major building blocks in achieving lasting health and keeping pain at bay. We’re not alone in this important goal. Our own patients are part of the consumer group driving the momentum for holistic health. We applaud them, and welcome questions about how we can help you, too, feel your best — the natural way.

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