Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Paramus back pain patient desires. Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center
delivers chiropractic services to reduce back pain
by recognizing and dealing with any related
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you deduce if there is
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 increased
cytokine production and triggered pro-inflammatory
pathways that may bring about 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 higher in back pain
patients especially in patients with depression. (2) Since
researchers have already documented that inflammation
is tied to back pain, Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center realizes that
inflammation must be reduced to help in reducing Paramus back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers
applied lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to simulate
intervertebral disc degeneration in experiments. They set out
to see what may potentially decrease
the generated back pain that comes with it
and/or even prevent the degeneration initially
so we humans do not have to experience
low back pain at all! That’s a tough call
though, Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center knows. But consider
this: researchers utilized 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 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 mean
to researchers seeking 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 note for those 80% of us adults who are on track
to have IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another current
paper described that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be a
way to delay DDD using the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s encouraging for the treatment of Paramus 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 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
Paramus chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Paramus Medical & Sports Rehabilitation Center
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.