Aaron Chiropractic Clinic Treats Back Pain and Its Inflammatory Process
Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no Fort Wayne back pain patient desires. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic offers chiropractic services to decrease back pain by identifying and addressing any associated inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you tell if there’s inflammation? Like anything else, researchers search for ways to measure it. To measure inflammation, researchers try to find 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 increased cytokine production and activated pro-inflammatory pathways that may cause non-specific low back pain. (1) Researchers detected systemic inflammation in chronic LBP and may influence transition from acute to persistent low back pain. Specifically, CRP was found elevated in acute low back pain patients and not in control patients. TNF was higher in back pain patients especially in patients with depression. (2) Since researchers have already verified that inflammation is linked to back pain, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic realizes that inflammation must be reduced to help in reducing Fort Wayne back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, know what inflammation does. Researchers made use of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to create intervertebral disc degeneration in trials. They want to figure out what may potentially decrease the generated back pain that accompanies it and/or even prevent the degeneration initially so we humans do not have to experience low back pain at all! That’s a tall order though, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic understands. But follow this: researchers utilized LPS to establish the degeneration that preceded low back pain. They found that procyanidin B3 (PRO-B3) found in our diets blocked 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 gelatinous 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 considered as a treatment agent for intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). This is a welcome note for those 80% of us adults who are likely to get IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another recent paper explained that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be a way to postpone DDD utilizing the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That is encouraging for the treatment of Fort Wayne back pain and inflammation.
Vitamin D FOR INFLAMMATION
Research says 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’s talk about your vitamin D status at your next Fort Wayne 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.
