Baton Rouge Back Pain May Leave Your Cognition A Bit Foggy Bee Pollen May be of Help
Back pain can leave its sufferer feeling a bit foggy. Cognitive impairment and back pain go together for some. Cognitive impairment isn’t a topic you would think “chiropractic,” but it is an issue your Baton Rouge chiropractor thinks about as it is seen in low back pain patients. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers watchfully observes our Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain patients for their managing the condition. Some are ok; others struggle a bit. We will be sure to help with any issues like this. New studies talk about bee pollen as being beneficial in helping.
COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AND BACK PAIN
Degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine is a growing concern around the world as the world’s population ages. Dementia has been linked to lumbar degenerative disc disease due to physical dysfunction, quality of life, and pain. Specifically, one study reported that 41% of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis had mild cognitive impairment. (1) Short, easy screening tests and questionnaires can efficiently find cognitive impairment. Once detected, cognitive impairment may be confronted by interventions like cognitive stimulation and training, exercise, medications, and supplements which demonstrated some good effects on patients’ physical and cognitive function though not curative. (2) Chiropractic plays a key role in back pain management. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers works to decrease the back pain with our Baton Rouge chiropractic treatment plan in hopes of reducing the cognitive dysfunction triggered by the stress of pain.
BEE POLLEN FOR COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION, ANXIETY
Researchers described chronic stress as a possible problem linked to anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction. (Baton Rouge chiropractic patients know the stress that comes with back pain!) With bee pollen’s therapeutic effects identified to be related to its powerful antioxidant quality, a study of Anatolian bee pollen’s effect on depression and anxiety found that it decreased anxiety-like behavior in the study’s rats. The researchers explained that the bee pollen decreased oxidative damage and neuroinflammation produced by immobilization stress. (3) That’s a new approach Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers hasn’t heard of often!
BEE POLLEN FOR COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
Bee pollen’s use in public health dates back to old, old times. The significant health and medicinal properties make it full of nutrition. Made of plant pollen and honeybee secretions and nectar, bee pollen contains bioactive compounds including proteins, amino acids, lipids, minerals, vitamins, polyphenols, and carbohydrates. Components of bee pollen are reported to enhance various bodily functions and protect against many diseases. (4) One such disease is cognitive dysfunction. A recent report discusses the way by which bee pollen improves cognitive impairment that is brought on by “cholinergic blockade.” How? It gets down to the cellular level which is a little complex and explicable by an alphabet soup of proteins like proBNDF, tPa, ERK-CREB, Akt-GSK-3. Bottomline: The researchers end up suggesting that bee pollen would be a useful agent for managing cognitive dysfunction. (5) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers presents findings like this as spine pain, back pain, neck pain, etc., are complex conditions involving many parts which oftentimes call for just as many different approaches like spinal manipulation, nutrition, exercise, rest, etc.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Michael McMurray on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integration to help with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Make your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment soon. Back pain and the cognitive challenge it often triggers are not unusual. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers offers many ways to fight both. Contact us today!
