Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Vancouver back pain patient desires. Vancouver Disc Centers
offers chiropractic services to decrease back pain
by recognizing and dealing with any associated
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you tell if there is
inflammation? Like anything else, researchers look
for a means 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 revealed an increase. Researchers
have uncovered that chronic inflammation increased
cytokine production and triggered 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. Specifically,
CRP was discovered to be elevated in acute low back pain patients versus control patients. TNF was greater in back pain
patients particularly in patients with depression. (2) Since
researchers have already documented that inflammation
is tied to back pain, Vancouver Disc Centers realizes that
inflammation must be decreased to help in reducing Vancouver back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers
used lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to create
intervertebral disc degeneration in experiments. They set out
to figure out what might potentially decrease
the produced back pain that comes with it
and/or even avert the degeneration in the first place
so we humans don’t have to experience
low back pain at all! That is a tall order
though, Vancouver Disc Centers knows. But follow
this: researchers utilized LPS to establish the
degeneration that preceded low back pain. They discovered
that procyanidin B3 (PRO-B3) seen 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 gelatin nucleus pulposus cells and structural damage of
its anulus fibrosus (outer rings of disc). What’s all this mean
to researchers looking for 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 current
paper described that the p38 MAPK inflammatory pathway may be a
way to defer DDD utilizing the tyrosine
kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s encouraging for the treatment of Vancouver 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 status at your next
Vancouver chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
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.