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 recognizing and addressing any associated
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you tell if there is
inflammation? Like anything else, researchers look
for a means 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 showed an increase. Researchers
have discovered that chronic inflammation increased
cytokine production and triggered pro-inflammatory
pathways that may cause non-specific low back pain. (1)
Researchers detected systemic inflammation in chronic LBP and
may affect transition from acute to persistent low back pain. Particularly,
CRP was discovered to be elevated in acute low back pain patients versus control patients. TNF was greater in back pain
patients particularly 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 decreased in order to
help reduce Fort Wayne back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers
applied lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to simulate
intervertebral disc degeneration in trials. They set out
to see what might potentially reduce
the produced back pain that comes with it
and/or even avert the degeneration initially
so we humans don’t have to be subjected to
low back pain at all! That is a tough call
though, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic knows. But follow
this: researchers used LPS to establish the
degeneration that led to low back pain. They discovered
that procyanidin B3 (PRO-B3) seen in our diets inhibited
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’s all this indicate
to researchers looking for 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 bit
of information for those 80% of us adults who are likely
to experience IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another current
paper explained that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be a
way to postpone DDD using the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s 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 linked to lumbar
disc disease and more severe low back pain in postmenopausal women. (6) Let’s talk about your vitamin D intake at your next
Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
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.