Fort Wayne Inflammations Foe: Curcumin

Curcumin – the enemy of inflammation? Quite possibly! Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc chats with our Fort Wayne chiropractic clients every day about inflammation and pain, particularly back pain and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica. Chiropractic care via an anti-inflammatory nutrition approach is beneficial especially when adding curcumin into the mix, an addition supported by several recent research papers!

 

 

A recent scoping review (from 8 databases with 389 citations) of evidence about the use of curcumin for inflammation-related condition found a lot of support of the clinical benefit of curcumin for diseases in which inflammation plays a key role like osteoarthritis, metabolic disorders, etc. (1) A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (65 of them) that examined the impact of turmeric/curcumin on inflammation and oxidation balance found that supplementation significantly decreased inflammatory markers (CRP and IL-6) and improved anti-oxidant activity, boosting the body’s inflammation/oxidation balance.  (2) Another analysis of randomized controlled trials (29 of them centered on 5 types of arthritis – ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and gout/hyperuricemia) divulged the safety of using curcumin in addition to the improvement in terms of pain and inflammation’s severity. (3) An additional analysis of 15 randomized controlled trials expressly focused on the effects of curcumin on osteoarthritis concluded that curcumin and curcuma longa extract may be safer and more valuable supplements for osteoarthritis than NSAIDs and placebo. Moreover, the adverse effects of curcumin were akin to those of placebo, making it a safer option. In fact, when measured against NSAIDs, another commonly utilized treatment for osteoarthritis, curcumin compared with NSAIDs was observed to have comparable effects on joint pain, function, and stiffness but with a lesser incidence of adverse events. (4) So are you ready to give this natural option a shot? Let’s talk about it at your next Fort Wayne chiropractic visit.

 

 

 

Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment now. If inflammation is your enemy, let’s talk about including curcumin to your supplement nutrition plan! Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is here to help get rid of inflammation and pain!