August 2019 Healthy News: The Role of Inflammation in Back Pain and The Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Devils Claw

It’s all (well, a lot) about inflammation! Fernandina Beach back pain sufferers who have acute or chronic pain have an imbalance of pro-inflammatory (TNFA, IL-1B, IL-6, IL-2 and IFN) and anti-inflammatory (IL-1 TA, STNFR2, IL-10) factors. The pro-inflammatory mediators win. They will be greater in back pain patients than the anti-inflammatory ones. And patients like you see this difference! They will have higher visual analog scale scores for pain. (1)  Even more specifically, the level of lumbar radicular (leg) pain disc herniation patients experience is recently associated with the level of inflammatory marker microRNA-17 found in their disc’s nucleus pulposus. MicroRNAs modulate neuroinflammatory processes like the one started when a disc herniates. (2) Inflammation is a piece of the disc herniation occurrence. The inflammatory response of the body to spine pain is real. Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor recognizes this and helps diminish the inflammatory as well as mechanical factors influencing your Fernandina Beach back pain, neck pain, leg pain and arm pain experience.  

Listen to this discussion on care of the disc herniation with Cox® Technic on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as Dr. Jonathon Cerutti shares the success of pain reduction for his patient.  

Devil’s Claw helps decrease inflammation! Traditional medicine has used it for many years for all types of ailments. The harpagoside compound of Devil’s Claw is noted for its beneficial activity, especially its role in reducing inflammation. (3) Osteoarthritis reacts well to it. In new research, Devil’s Claw reportedly deterred nitric oxide, inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α), and PGE2 and prevented arachidonic acid metabolism and eicosanoid biosynthesis, leading to COX-2 inhibition and decreased inflammation. (4) Your chiropractor understands that reducing inflammation is not a one-pronged approach. The addition of Devil’s Claw to the Fernandina Beach chiropractic treatment plan may improve the inflammation reduction you want to get you to the pain reduction you desire.

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Fernandina Beach back pain brings on inflammation. Herniating a disc brings on inflammation. Fernandina Beach chiropractic care at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic that incorporates anti-inflammatory Devil’s Claw supplementation may decrease the inflammation and the pain. Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment today!