Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic Treats Back Pain and Its Inflammatory Process
Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no Montreal back pain patient wants to suffer. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic offers chiropractic services to reduce back pain by recognizing and addressing any associated inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you differentiate 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 discovered that chronic inflammation raised 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 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 greater in back pain patients especially in patients with depression. (2) Since researchers have already documented that inflammation is tied to back pain, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic realizes that inflammation must be decreased in order to help reduce Montreal back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers made use of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to create intervertebral disc degeneration in trials. They set out to see what may help decrease the generated back pain that accompanies it and/or even prevent the degeneration in the first place so we humans don’t have to suffer low back pain at all! That’s a tall order though, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic understands. But follow this: researchers utilized LPS to create the degeneration that led to low back pain. They discovered that procyanidin B3 (PRO-B3) found in our diets blocked 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 gelatinous 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 prevent 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 likely 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 utilizing the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That is encouraging for the treatment of Montreal back pain and inflammation.
Vitamin D FOR INFLAMMATION
Research says 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 Montreal 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.
