Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Pflugerville back pain patient wants to suffer. Pflugerville Wellness Center
delivers chiropractic services to reduce back pain
by identifying and addressing any related
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 showed an increase. Researchers
have discovered that chronic inflammation increased
cytokine production and activated pro-inflammatory
pathways that may cause non-specific low back pain. (1)
Researchers detected 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 versus control patients. TNF was higher in back pain
patients particularly in patients with depression. (2) Since
researchers have already recorded that inflammation
is linked to back pain, Pflugerville Wellness Center realizes that
inflammation must be reduced to help in reducing Pflugerville 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 may potentially decrease
the produced back pain that accompanies it
and/or even prevent the degeneration initially
so we humans don’t have to be subjected to
low back pain at all! That is a tough call
though, Pflugerville Wellness Center knows. But follow
this: researchers utilized LPS to establish the
degeneration that led to low back pain. They discovered
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 gelatinous nucleus pulposus cells and structural damage of
its anulus fibrosus (outer rings of disc). What does 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 on track
to experience IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another recent
paper described that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be a
way to postpone DDD using the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s encouraging for the treatment of Pflugerville 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 linked 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
Pflugerville chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness 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.