Memory and back
pain. Cognition and back pain. Is there a link?
Ask any Colorado Springs back pain sufferer who has 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 in
play. The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR gets it. Back pain specialists like yours at The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR understand this connection. Pain affects
the brain and its memory function. Chiropractic care works to decrease
the pain, and The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR may suggest some curcumin to foster the pain relief…and memory and cognition improvement.
CURCUMIN FOR MEMORY ISSUES
Chronic pain sufferers recognize
that their pain influences their quality of life. It slows them
down. It holds them back. They also have stress due to their chronic pain and non-pain-related problems
which worsens their symptoms. It is a nasty
cycle. These pain and stress feelings alongside emotions,
learning, and memory are managed by the hippocampus.
Neuropathic pain impacts the nervous system, and hippocampal
neurogenesis, its growth and development of nervous tissue, is exacerbated
by stress. (1) To push back against this negative effect on
the nervous system, researchers are studying
nutrients like curcumin. Curcumin decreased chronic pain
and improved cognitive impairment and memory deficit linked to long-term sciatic nerve constriction. Researchers explain that 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) The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR cares for many Colorado Springs
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 part in the
treatment of pathological pain stemming from sciatic nerve injury,
neuropathy and such. (3) Current drugs for acute pain (opioids,
NSAIDs, acetaminophen and such) help but come with side-effects
(renal, liver, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal) and have a
potential for abuse. This stimulated a few researchers
to study curcumin more. Curcumin is reported
to have anti-inflammatory and analgesic pain-reducing effects…without the
side-effects. (4) Other researchers discovered that nanocurcumin (a
soluble form of curcumin) prevented pain-related behavior, decreased
inflammatory markers and improved memory deficient and spatial
learning in chronically constricted rats. (5) Curcumin may be suitable
for your Colorado Springs back pain condition, too. The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR will delve
into this with you at your next Colorado Springs chiropractic visit.
CONTACT The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes the benefit of nutrition in the care of Colorado Springs back pain and sciatica in The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your
Colorado Springs chiropractic appointment now. Chiropractic
care for sciatica and chronic-pain-related memory and
cognition issues may be better managed with
the addition of curcumin. Let us discuss it at
your next visit.
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