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OrthoIllinois Chiropractic Encourages Healthy Diet to Avoid Pain and Inflammation

The S.A.D. is sad for many reasons. Inflammation. Obesity. Pain. S.A.D. being the Standard American Diet may be fixed by concentrating on and exchanging from a S.A.D. diet to a more anti-inflammatory diet. Back pain may improve as a result of an anti-inflammatory diet, so OrthoIllinois Chiropractic encourages an anti-inflammatory diet for pain relief and even neurological recovery when spinal nerves hurt and are inflamed which results in McHenry back pain and neck pain, etc. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic oversees the relief of back pain and neck pain with a complete chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation, Cox® Technic, exercise and nutritional diet. McHenry chiropractic patients team up with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic for the relief of McHenry chronic pain, back pain, and neck pain.

McHenry DIET AND INFLAMMATION

Diet may influence obesity and chronic pain, not just in weight-bearing joints but other parts of the body, too. Poor diet often adds to obesity, influences the immune system adversely, and prolongs recovery from inflammatory injury. An anti-inflammatory diet instead of a pharmacological intervention after injury may well help with these issues when replaced for the Standard American Diet. (1) McHenry chiropractic patients with chronic pain frequently find some relief with better eating selections.

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOODS

A review of 172 studies suggests that consequences of certain foods are comparable to drug management therapy for chronic pain. Natural compounds like the phenolic compounds in extra virgin olive oil are examples. Carbohydrates with low glycemic indices eaten 3 times a day alongside fruits and vegetables, yogurt, red wine are good on a daily basis. Fish and legumes, white meat, eggs and cheese and red meats can be mixed in weekly. It is not bad to have sweets on occasion! (2) Such a treat makes it more palatable to achieve a diet change! Eating like this facilitates inflammation/oxidative stress that brings about pain relief.  

DIET CHANGE FOR NEUROLOGICAL REPAIR

A fashionable diet called the ketogenic diet may have a good effect on decreasing inflammation and advancing neuroprotection, protection of the nerves and even neurological recovery of spinal cord injury if started early after the injury. (3) Protecting and regenerating damaged, inflamed nerves is significant in the treatment of chronic pain and McHenry back pain at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is eager to disclose that  anti-inflammatory diets foster patients’ healing from disc herniations and other spine related injuries.

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Listen to this Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as Dr. Vincent Pankonin discusses a patient with chronic back pain helped with Cox® Technic protocols.

Schedule a McHenry chiropractic visit with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic soon to begin adding a variety of anti-inflammatory foods into your diet – S.A.D. or not - for relief of McHenry chronic pain, back pain, nerve pain and even joint pain. 

McHenry chiropractic patients do well to avoid the S.A.D. diet to decrease inflammation and pain.
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