Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC Treats Back Pain and Its Inflammatory Process
Red. Swollen. Hot. Painful. Signs of inflammation that no La Grande back pain patient desires. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC offers chiropractic services to reduce back pain by identifying and dealing with any related inflammation.
INFLAMMATION AND BACK PAIN RELATED
How can you differentiate if there is inflammation? Like anything else, researchers search 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 exposed an increase. Researchers have discovered that chronic inflammation raised 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 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 higher in back pain patients particularly in patients with depression. (2) Since researchers have already recorded that inflammation is tied to back pain, Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows that inflammation must be reduced to help in reducing La Grande back pain.
HOW TO STOP INFLAMMATION
Well, first, understand what inflammation does. Researchers made use of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to create intervertebral disc degeneration in trials. They want to see what might potentially reduce the produced back pain that comes with it and/or even avoid the degeneration initially so we humans don’t have to be subjected to low back pain at all! That’s a tall order though, Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC understands. But consider this: researchers utilized LPS to establish the degeneration that led to 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 – 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 signify to researchers seeking 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 note 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 delay DDD using the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, Genistein. (4) That’s encouraging for the treatment of La Grande 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’s talk about your vitamin D status at your next La Grande chiropractic appointment.
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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.
