Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Plainville back pain patient desires. Layden Chiropractic
offers chiropractic services to reduce back pain
by identifying and dealing with any related
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you deduce if there’s
inflammation? Like other issues, researchers look
for ways 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 increased
cytokine production and stimulated pro-inflammatory
pathways that may bring about 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 higher in back pain
patients particularly in patients with depression. (2) Since
researchers have already recorded that inflammation
is tied to back pain, Layden Chiropractic realizes that
inflammation must be decreased to help in reducing Plainville back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, know what inflammation does. Researchers
made use of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to create
intervertebral disc degeneration in trials. They set out
to figure out what might potentially reduce
the generated back pain that comes with it
and/or even prevent the degeneration initially
so we humans don’t have to suffer
low back pain at all! That’s a tall order
though, Layden Chiropractic knows. But consider
this: researchers utilized LPS to establish the
degeneration that led to 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 – associated
with disc degeneration. It also stopped 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 prevent degenerative
disc degeneration (DDD)? PRO-B3 may be looked at as a
treatment agent for intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). This is a welcome note for those 80% of us adults who are likely
to have IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another current
paper explained that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be a
way to delay DDD utilizing the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That is encouraging for the treatment of Plainville 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 status at your next
Plainville chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Layden 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.