Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Minster back pain patient wants to suffer. Minster Chiropractic Center
offers chiropractic services to reduce back pain
by identifying and dealing with any related
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you differentiate if there is
inflammation? Like anything else, researchers look
for ways to measure it. To measure inflammation, researchers look for inflammatory biomarkers, biological markers like tumor
necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), C-reactive protein (CRP), and interleukin-6,
interleukin-1β, that exposed an increase. Researchers
have uncovered that chronic inflammation raised
cytokine production and stimulated pro-inflammatory
pathways that may lead to non-specific low back pain. (1)
Researchers observed systemic inflammation in chronic LBP and
may influence transition from acute to persistent low back pain. Specifically,
CRP was discovered to be elevated in acute low back pain patients and
not in control patients. TNF was greater in back pain
patients especially in patients with depression. (2) Since
researchers have already recorded that inflammation
is linked to back pain, Minster Chiropractic Center realizes that
inflammation must be reduced to help in reducing Minster back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers
made use of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to create
intervertebral disc degeneration in experiments. They want
to figure out what might help decrease
the generated back pain that comes with it
and/or even avoid the degeneration in the first place
so we humans do not have to be subjected to
low back pain at all! That is a tall order
though, Minster Chiropractic Center knows. But follow
this: researchers utilized LPS to establish the
degeneration that led to low back pain. They discovered
that procyanidin B3 (PRO-B3) found in our diets prevented
the production of inflammatory markers - tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-Α),
interleukin-6 (IL-6), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and nitric oxide – linked to disc degeneration. It also prevented the loss of the
disc’s gelatin nucleus pulposus cells and structural damage of
its anulus fibrosus (outer rings of disc). What does all this signify
to researchers seeking a way to stop degenerative
disc degeneration (DDD)? PRO-B3 may be looked at as a
treatment agent for intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). This is a welcome bit
of information for those 80% of us adults who are likely
to have IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another recent
paper explained that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be able to delay DDD utilizing the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s encouraging for the treatment of Minster back pain and inflammation.
Vitamin D FOR INFLAMMATION
Research states that vitamin D deficiency is associated
with low back pain that is stronger in younger women and in those with more
severe deficiency. (5) Vitamin D deficiency is connected to lumbar
disc disease and more severe low back pain in postmenopausal women. (6) Let
us talk about your vitamin D intake at your next
Minster chiropractic appointment.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Sarah Murrow on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. In this episode, Dr. Murrow and her patient present how the Cox® Technic System alleviated back pain due to disc bulges.