Back pain and Memory. Back pain and cognition. Is there a relationship?
Ask any Richmond back pain sufferer who’s had the pain
for some time, and you will hear just how the mind and memory just
don’t seem to function like normal when pain is on the mind. Johnson Chiropractic gets it. Back pain specialists like yours at Johnson Chiropractic understand this connection. Pain affects
the brain and its memory function. Chiropractic care works to reduce
the pain, and Johnson Chiropractic may suggest some curcumin to aid
in the pain relief…and memory and cognition recovery.
CURCUMIN FOR MEMORY ISSUES
Chronic pain sufferers recognize
that their pain affects their quality of life. It slows them
down. It holds them back. They also deal with stress due to their chronic pain and non-pain-related problems
which exacerbates their symptoms. It is a vicious
cycle. These pain and stress feelings alongside emotions,
learning, and memory are processed by the hippocampus.
Neuropathic pain affects the nervous system, and hippocampal
neurogenesis, its growth and development of nervous tissue, is aggravated
by stress. (1) To combat this negative effect on
the nervous system, researchers are researching
nutrients like curcumin. Curcumin decreased chronic pain
and improved cognitive impairment and memory deficit associated
with long-term sciatic nerve constriction. Researchers describe
how hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity
improvements may be thanked, so we’ll just thank them (and be grateful that researchers understand the
process!) instead of working to fully get them
ourselves. (2) Johnson Chiropractic cares for many Richmond
leg pain patients and their pain relief due to a compressed and
irritated sciatic nerve. Curcumin may improve both memory and
sciatica!
CURCUMIN FOR SCIATICA
There is convincing
evidence that curcumin has an important role in the
treatment of pathological pain due to sciatic nerve injury,
neuropathy and such. (3) Current drugs for acute pain (opioids,
NSAIDs, acetaminophen and such) help but also have side-effects
(renal, liver, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal) and have a
potential for abuse. This stimulated a few researchers
to look at curcumin more closely. Curcumin is said
to have anti-inflammatory and analgesic pain-reducing effects…without the
side-effects. (4) Other researchers found that nanocurcumin (a
soluble form of curcumin) stopped pain-related behavior, reduced
inflammatory markers and enhanced memory deficient and spatial
learning in chronically constricted rats. (5) Curcumin may be appropriate
for your Richmond back pain condition, too. Johnson Chiropractic will delve
into this with you at your next Richmond chiropractic visit.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates the benefit of nutrition in the relieving
treatment of Richmond back pain and sciatica in The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your
Richmond chiropractic appointment soon. Chiropractic
care for sciatica and chronic-pain-related memory and
cognition issues may be better managed by adding curcumin. Let’s talk about it at
your next appointment.
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