Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Pensacola back pain patient wants to suffer. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
offers chiropractic services to decrease back pain
by recognizing and addressing any related
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you deduce if there’s
inflammation? Like anything else, researchers search
for a means 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 exposed an increase. Researchers
have discovered that chronic inflammation increased
cytokine production and activated pro-inflammatory
pathways that may lead to 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 found 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, Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center knows that
inflammation must be reduced in order to
help reduce Pensacola back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers
used lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to create
intervertebral disc degeneration in trials. They set out
to see what may potentially decrease
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 experience
low back pain at all! That’s a tough call
though, Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center knows. But consider
this: researchers utilized LPS to create the
degeneration that preceded 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 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 signify
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 note for those 80% of us adults who are on track
to experience IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another current
paper described that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be able to delay DDD using the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That is hopeful
in the treatment of Pensacola back pain and inflammation.
Vitamin D FOR INFLAMMATION
Research says 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
us talk about your vitamin D intake at your next
Pensacola chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab 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.