Memory and back
pain. Cognition and back pain. Is there a link?
Ask any Pensacola back pain sufferer who has had the pain
for some time, and you will hear just how the mind and memory just
do not seem to function like normal when pain is in
play. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center understands. Back pain specialists like yours at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center understand this connection. Pain affects
the brain and its memory function. Chiropractic care works to reduce
the pain, and Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center may suggest some curcumin to aid
in 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 deal with stress because
of their chronic pain and non-pain-related issues
which worsens their symptoms. It is a nasty
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 exacerbated
by stress. (1) To push back against this negative effect on
the nervous system, researchers are researching
nutrients like curcumin. Curcumin eased chronic pain
and improved cognitive impairment and memory deficit associated
with long-term sciatic nerve constriction. Researchers explain that hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity
improvements may be acknowledged, so we will just do
that (and be grateful that researchers understand the
process!) instead of working to totally get them
ourselves. (2) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center cares for many Pensacola
leg pain patients and their pain relief from a compressed and
irritated sciatic nerve. Curcumin may help 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 the like. (3) Current drugs for acute pain (opioids,
NSAIDs, acetaminophen and such) help but come with side-effects
(renal, liver, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal) and hold a
potential for abuse. This prompted a few researchers
to study curcumin more. 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 applicable
for your Pensacola back pain condition, too. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center will explore this with you at your next Pensacola chiropractic appointment.
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
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 Pensacola back pain and sciatica in The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your
Pensacola chiropractic appointment today. Chiropractic
care for sciatic leg pain and chronic-pain-related memory and
cognition issues may be better helped by adding curcumin. Let us discuss it at
your next visit.
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