Baton Rouge Pain from Osteoarthritis Helped by Omega-3 PUFA fatty oils

Cartilage degeneration via osteoarthritis often leads to pain. Baton Rouge osteoarthritis sufferers experience this side-effect of osteoarthritis‘ inflammatory effects on disc and joint cartilage. Spine & Sports Rehab Center manages back pain, neck pain, arm pain and leg pain patients with osteoarthritis every day. Blending chiropractic treatment with nutrition like omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients like chondroitin/glucosamine often leads to pain relief for our osteoarthritis patients.

OSTEOARTHRITIS (aka OA)

Spine & Sports Rehab Center usually treats osteoarthritis in patients when there is pain. Makes sense! Pain gains our attention, of both patients and their doctors. Osteoarthritis’s degenerative history is likely longer than that of pain’s. The most common form of arthritis, osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease reported to affect 13.6% of adults over the age of 20 (Canada & US). OA is described as a low grade inflammatory process that interrupts cartilage synthesis, causing cartilage degeneration in joints. (1) Medical literature reported the presence of OA to be higher in those with osteoporosis. (2) Spinal discs are cartilaginous, too. Research also related that OA’s degenerative effects were articular cartilage and inflammation. (3) Recent studies have centered on the potential beneficial effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on osteoarthritis while omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids were more damaging to cartilage. (1,3) Spine & Sports Rehab Center shares what these PUFAs are and emphasizes their importance to our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients with OA.

OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FOR OA

Omega-3 fatty acids’ benefits are defined in several studies.  Researchers wrote that omega-3 PUFAs are known for their anti-inflammatory properties which may well control pro-inflammatory markers and cartilage loss. (1) In an investigation comparing edible oils of various omega 3 and 6 levels in osteoarthritic mice, the oils with higher omega-3 concentrations resulted in increased cartilage thickness and decreased tumor necrosis factor-A inflammatory markers in serum and cartilage tests. (3) Another such study analyzed the effect of higher to lower proportion of omega 3 to 6 diets and found that lower omega 6 to omega 3 intake diets improved cartilage structure, decelerated cartilage loss, and diminished inflammation. (2) Just adjusting dietary intake can help OA by eating fatty fish (salmon, mackeral, herring, oyster, sardines, etc.), flaxseed, chia seed, and some walnuts. Your cartilage will thank you! Spine & Sports Rehab Center designs Baton Rouge chiropractic treatment plans to tackle inflammation and associated pain. Omega PUFAs help as can anti-inflammatory chondroitin/glucosamine supplementation from the nutritional side of the plan.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates how nutrition fits into The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to manage back pain and the inflammatory process and the immune system that impacts it.

Make your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment soon. When pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and inflammation are topics of daily conversations, share them with us! We will work together to decrease inflammation and pain.

 
Spine & Sports Rehab Center treats pain – back pain, neck pain, extremity pain – often linked to the degenerative processes associated with osteoarthritis for which fatty oils – omega 3 PUFAs – help.  
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