Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
San Jose back pain patient desires. Chiropractic Solutions
delivers chiropractic services to decrease back pain
by identifying and addressing any associated
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you tell if there’s
inflammation? Like other issues, 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 revealed an increase. Researchers
have uncovered that chronic inflammation raised
cytokine production and stimulated 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. Specifically,
CRP was discovered to be elevated in acute low back pain patients versus control patients. TNF was higher in back pain
patients especially in patients with depression. (2) Since
researchers have already documented that inflammation
is tied to back pain, Chiropractic Solutions realizes that
inflammation must be decreased to help in reducing San Jose 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 figure out what might help reduce
the generated back pain that accompanies it
and/or even avert the degeneration in the first place
so we humans don’t have to experience
low back pain at all! That’s a tough call
though, Chiropractic Solutions understands. But follow
this: researchers utilized LPS to create the
degeneration that preceded low back pain. They found
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 – associated
with disc degeneration. It also prevented the loss of the
disc’s gelatin nucleus pulposus cells and structural damage of
its anulus fibrosus (outer rings of disc). What does all this indicate
to researchers looking for a way to stop degenerative
disc degeneration (DDD)? PRO-B3 may be looked at 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 have IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another recent
paper described 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 San Jose back pain and inflammation.
Vitamin D FOR INFLAMMATION
Research states that vitamin D deficiency is linked
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’s talk about your vitamin D intake at your next
San Jose chiropractic appointment.
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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.