Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Fort Wayne back pain patient wants to suffer. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
offers chiropractic services to decrease back pain
by recognizing and dealing with any related
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you deduce if there’s
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 showed an increase. Researchers
have uncovered that chronic inflammation raised
cytokine production and activated 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 particularly in patients with depression. (2) Since
researchers have already documented that inflammation
is tied to back pain, Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc knows that
inflammation must be decreased to help in reducing Fort Wayne back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, know what inflammation does. Researchers
used lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to create
intervertebral disc degeneration in experiments. They want
to see what may potentially reduce
the generated back pain that comes with it
and/or even avert the degeneration initially
so we humans do not have to suffer
low back pain at all! That’s a tough call
though, Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc understands. But follow
this: researchers used LPS to create the
degeneration that preceded low back pain. They discovered
that procyanidin B3 (PRO-B3) seen 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 looking for a way to prevent degenerative
disc degeneration (DDD)? PRO-B3 may be considered as a
treatment agent for intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). This is a welcome bit
of information for those 80% of us adults who are on track
to get IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another recent
paper described that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be able to postpone DDD using the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That is encouraging for the treatment of Fort Wayne 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 status at your next
Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
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.