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

It is all (well, a lot) about inflammation! In Ashburn and Herndon back pain patients - acute or chronic back pain sufferers - there is an imbalance of pro-inflammatory (TNFA, IL-1B, IL-6, IL-2 and IFN) and anti-inflammatory (IL-1 TA, STNFR2, IL-10) components. The pro-inflammatory mediators win. They will be more present in back pain patients than the anti-inflammatory ones. And patients like you notice this discrepancy! 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 seen in their disc’s nucleus pulposus. MicroRNAs modulate neuroinflammatory processes like the one begun when a disc herniates. (2) Inflammation is a piece of the disc herniation occurrence. The body’s inflammatory response to spine pain is real. Your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor knows this and helps reduce the inflammatory as well as mechanical issues influencing your Ashburn and Herndon back pain, neck pain, leg pain and arm pain experience.  

Listen to this discussion about care of the herniated disc 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 known for its healing activity, especially its role in reducing inflammation. (3) Osteoarthritis reacts well to it. In new research, Devil’s Claw reportedly inhibited 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 knows that reducing inflammation is not a one-pronged approach. The addition of Devil’s Claw to the Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic treatment plan may improve the inflammation reduction you want to help you attain the pain reduction you desire.

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Ashburn and Herndon back pain brings on inflammation. Herniating a disc brings on inflammation. Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic care at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn that includes anti-inflammatory Devil’s Claw supplementation may decrease the inflammation and the pain. Schedule your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment today!