Richmond Back Pain May Leave Your Cognition A Bit Foggy Bee Pollen May be of Help
Back pain can leave its sufferer feeling somewhat fuzzy headed. Cognitive impairment and back pain go hand in hand for some. Cognitive impairment is not an issue you would think “chiropractic,” but it is a topic your Richmond chiropractor thinks about as it’s seen in low back pain patients. Johnson Chiropractic carefully observes our Richmond 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. Recent studies discuss how bee pollen may be beneficial in helping.
COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AND BACK PAIN
Lumbar spine degenerated disc disease is a growing concern around the world as the world’s population ages. Dementia has been associated with lumbar degenerative disc disease as a result of physical dysfunction, quality of life, and pain. Particularly, one study stated that 41% of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis experienced mild cognitive impairment. (1) Brief, simple screening tests and questionnaires can efficiently find cognitive impairment. Once found, cognitive impairment may be confronted by interventions like cognitive stimulation and training, exercise, medications, and supplements which showed some beneficial effects on patients’ physical and cognitive function though not curative. (2) Chiropractic is ready to play a key role in back pain management. Johnson Chiropractic works to reduce the back pain with our Richmond chiropractic treatment plan in hopes of reducing the cognitive dysfunction exacerbated by the stress of pain.
BEE POLLEN FOR COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION, ANXIETY
Researchers described chronic stress as a possible issue associated with anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction. (Richmond chiropractic patients know the stress that comes with back pain!) With bee pollen’s therapeutic effects reported to be related to its powerful antioxidant quality, an analysis of Anatolian bee pollen’s effect on depression and anxiety found that it lessened anxiety-like behavior in the study’s rats. The researchers clarified that the bee pollen decreased oxidative damage and neuroinflammation caused by immobilization stress. (3) That’s a novel approach Johnson Chiropractic has not heard of often!
BEE POLLEN FOR COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
Bee pollen’s use in public health goes back into ancient times. The important health and medicinal properties make it full of nutrition. Made of plant pollen and honeybee secretions and nectar, bee pollen has 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 ameliorates cognitive impairment that is brought on by “cholinergic blockade.” How? It gets down to the cellular level which is a little complex and explainable 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) Johnson Chiropractic presents findings like this as spine pain, back pain, neck pain, etc., are complex conditions involving many factors which frequently 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 describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integration to deal with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment today. Back pain and the cognitive challenge it often triggers are not unusual. Johnson Chiropractic offers many ways to fight both. Contact us today!
