Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
McHenry back pain patient desires. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
offers chiropractic services to reduce back pain
by recognizing and dealing with 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 try
to find 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 raised
cytokine production and activated pro-inflammatory
pathways that may lead to 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 and
not in 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, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic realizes that
inflammation must be decreased to help in reducing McHenry 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 figure out what may potentially reduce
the generated back pain that accompanies it
and/or even avoid the degeneration initially
so we humans do not have to be subjected to
low back pain at all! That’s a tough call
though, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic knows. But follow
this: researchers utilized LPS to create the
degeneration that preceded 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 – linked to 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 seeking a way to prevent degenerative
disc degeneration (DDD)? PRO-B3 may be looked at 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 have IVDD, a major cause of low back pain. (3) Another current
paper described that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be a
way to postpone DDD utilizing the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That is hopeful
in the treatment of McHenry 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
us talk about your vitamin D status at your next
McHenry chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
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.