Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Millville back pain patient wants to suffer. Wilson Family Chiropractic
delivers chiropractic services to decrease back pain
by identifying and addressing any related
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you tell if there is
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 revealed an increase. Researchers
have discovered that chronic inflammation raised
cytokine production and stimulated pro-inflammatory
pathways that may cause non-specific low back pain. (1)
Researchers observed 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, Wilson Family Chiropractic knows that
inflammation must be reduced in order to
help reduce Millville back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers
used lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to simulate
intervertebral disc degeneration in trials. They want
to figure out what may help reduce
the produced back pain that comes with it
and/or even avert the degeneration in the first place
so we humans do not have to suffer
low back pain at all! That’s a tall order
though, Wilson Family Chiropractic understands. But consider
this: researchers used LPS to establish the
degeneration that preceded low back pain. They found
that procyanidin B3 (PRO-B3) found in our diets prevented
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 stopped 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 mean
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 on track
to experience IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another current
paper explained that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be able to postpone DDD utilizing the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s hopeful
in the treatment of Millville 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 linked 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
Millville chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
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.