Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Sitka back pain patient wants to suffer. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
offers chiropractic services to decrease back pain
by identifying and addressing any associated
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you tell if there is
inflammation? Like other issues, researchers search
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 uncovered that chronic inflammation raised
cytokine production and triggered pro-inflammatory
pathways that may lead to non-specific low back pain. (1)
Researchers observed systemic inflammation in chronic LBP and
may influence 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 verified that inflammation
is tied to back pain, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows that
inflammation must be reduced in order to
help reduce Sitka back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, know what inflammation does. Researchers
used lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to simulate
intervertebral disc degeneration in trials. They want
to see what may potentially reduce
the generated back pain that comes with it
and/or even prevent the degeneration in the first place
so we humans do not have to be subjected to
low back pain at all! That is a tough call
though, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows. But consider
this: researchers used LPS to create the
degeneration that led to low back pain. They found
that procyanidin B3 (PRO-B3) found 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 – associated
with 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 get 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 utilizing the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s encouraging for the treatment of Sitka 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’s talk about your vitamin D intake at your next
Sitka chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
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.