Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Malverne back pain patient wants to suffer. Malverne Health & Wellness
delivers chiropractic services to decrease back pain
by identifying and addressing any related
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you deduce if there’s
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 exposed an increase. Researchers
have discovered that chronic inflammation raised
cytokine production and triggered 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. Specifically,
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 verified that inflammation
is tied to back pain, Malverne Health & Wellness realizes that
inflammation must be reduced in order to
help reduce Malverne back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers
used lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to simulate
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 avoid 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, Malverne Health & Wellness understands. But follow
this: researchers utilized LPS to create the
degeneration that led to low back pain. They discovered
that procyanidin B3 (PRO-B3) seen 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 – linked to 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’s all this signify
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 bit
of information for those 80% of us adults who are likely
to have 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 utilizing the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s encouraging for the treatment of Malverne 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’s talk about your vitamin D status at your next
Malverne chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Malverne Health & Wellness
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.