Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no
Oxford back pain patient desires. Satterwhite Chiropractic
delivers chiropractic services to reduce back pain
by recognizing and dealing with any associated
inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you tell if there’s
inflammation? Like anything else, 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 uncovered that chronic inflammation increased
cytokine production and triggered pro-inflammatory
pathways that may bring about non-specific low back pain. (1)
Researchers detected systemic inflammation in chronic LBP and
may affect transition from acute to persistent low back pain. Particularly,
CRP was found elevated in acute low back pain patients and
not in control patients. TNF was greater in back pain
patients especially in patients with depression. (2) Since
researchers have already documented that inflammation
is linked to back pain, Satterwhite Chiropractic realizes that
inflammation must be decreased in order to
help reduce Oxford back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, know what inflammation does. Researchers
made use of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to simulate
intervertebral disc degeneration in experiments. They want
to figure out what might potentially decrease
the produced back pain that accompanies it
and/or even avoid the degeneration initially
so we humans don’t have to suffer
low back pain at all! That is a tall order
though, Satterwhite Chiropractic understands. But consider
this: researchers used LPS to create the
degeneration that preceded low back pain. They found
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 – 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’s all this mean
to researchers looking for a way to stop 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 likely
to have 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 hopeful
in the treatment of Oxford back pain and inflammation.
Vitamin D FOR INFLAMMATION
Research states 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 connected 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
Oxford chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Satterwhite 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.