Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn Treats Back Pain and Its Inflammatory Process
Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no Ashburn and Herndon back pain patient wants to suffer. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn delivers chiropractic services to reduce back pain by identifying and addressing any related inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you deduce if there is inflammation? Like other issues, researchers look 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 stimulated pro-inflammatory pathways that may cause non-specific low back pain. (1) Researchers observed systemic inflammation in chronic LBP and may influence transition from acute to persistent low back pain. Particularly, CRP was discovered to be elevated in acute low back pain patients and not in 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, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn knows that inflammation must be reduced to help in reducing Ashburn and Herndon back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers applied lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to create intervertebral disc degeneration in experiments. They want to see what might potentially reduce the produced back pain that comes with it and/or even prevent the degeneration initially so we humans don’t have to experience low back pain at all! That is a tall order though, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn understands. But follow this: researchers used LPS to create the degeneration that led to low back pain. They discovered 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 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 seeking 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 current paper explained that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be able to delay DDD using the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s encouraging for the treatment of Ashburn and Herndon 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 us talk about your vitamin D status at your next Ashburn and Herndon 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.
