Fort Wayne Pain and Inflammation Helped by Spinal Manipulation

Pain and inflammation are known partners. Spinal manipulation has been used to decrease spine pain, back pain, neck pain, arm pain, and leg pain. New studies describe how the effect of spinal manipulation may extend beyond the spine to possibly control inflammation and its influence on spine pain. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic sees improvement in our spine pain patients in several ways: pain reduction, function improvement, etc. The functions of inflammation in back pain and of spinal manipulation in decreasing that pain is key to the Fort Wayne chiropractic treatment plan.

BIOMARKERS

Biomarkers are measurable indicators of body function via tests like blood pressure, urine testing, blood testing, imaging, etc. Biomarkers can signify normal and abnormal processes occurring in the body. In the area of back pain, researchers have been scrutinizing blood testable biomarkers like tumor necrosis factor (TNFα), interleukin-1 β (IL-1β), IL-6, IL-2, interferon (IFN), IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA), TNF soluble receptor type 2 (sTNFR2) and IL-10 to tell the story.  A newer biomarker test is brain imaging. What makes brain imaging interesting? Researchers realize that chronic back pain certainly alters the spine and believe that it changes the brain structure. Imaging of the brain is a non-invasive biomarker capable of producing brain resting-state functional connectivity to analyze such variations. (1) Researchers continue thinking up new tests! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is observing these biomarker findings carefully.

BIOMARKER TESTING FOR BACK PAIN

As low back pain keeps dominating healthcare as one of the most significant contributors to disability around the globe, researchers are researching biomarkers and their role in low back pain. Researchers wanted to know if there was a contrast in the inflammatory profiles of nonspecific acute and chronic low back pain sufferers. They found a distinct difference in that there was a disparity between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory mediator levels noting an overproduction of proinflammatory components in both types of patients. (2) Another study revealed that C-reactive protein in patients with acute non-specific low back pain and TNF-α in chronic non-specific low back pain patients were elevated. (3) These types of tests may help your Fort Wayne chiropractor observe your back pain in a new way.

BIOMARKER TESTING OF BACK PAIN RESPONSE TO SPINAL MANIPULATION

The chiropractic treatment plan at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic currently heavily relies on gentle spinal manipulation to ease pain. A blood test study for biomarkers taken at the beginning of and 2 weeks after such spinal manipulative treatment documented significant (though limited and diverse) changes in the production of several biomarkers in acute and chronic back pain patients. Pain and disability scores dropped as well. (4) These are beneficial findings for the use of spinal manipulation for back pain. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is excited to learn more about biomarker-level changes with Fort Wayne spinal manipulation!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses how use of chiropractic spinal manipulation and Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction may well surpass pain relief.

Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment soon. Daily, pain and inflammation come to our clinic together. Our treatment helps decrease their impact on the lives of our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients.

 
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic shares encouraging news about the influence of spinal manipulation may be shown via blood test biomarkers. 
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