St Peters Back Pain May Leave Your Cognition A Bit Fuzzy Bee Pollen May be of Help
Back pain can leave its sufferer feeling a bit fuzzy headed. Cognitive impairment and back pain come hand in hand for some. Cognitive impairment isn’t an issue you’d think “chiropractic,” but it is an issue your St Peters chiropractor thinks about as it is seen in low back pain patients. Old Mill Chiropractic carefully observes our St Peters back pain and neck pain patients for their handling of the condition. Some are fine; others struggle a bit. We’ll be sure to help with any issues like this. Recent studies talk about bee pollen as being beneficial in controlling.
COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AND BACK PAIN
Lumbar spine degenerated disc disease is a growing concern around the world as the world’s population grows older. Dementia has been associated with lumbar degenerative disc disease due to physical dysfunction, quality of life, and pain. Particularly, one study reported that 41% of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis were found to also experience mild cognitive impairment. (1) Brief, easy screening tests and questionnaires can efficiently find cognitive impairment. Once detected, cognitive impairment may be challenged 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 plays a key role in back pain management. Old Mill Chiropractic works to reduce the back pain with our St Peters chiropractic treatment plan in hopes of reducing the cognitive dysfunction brought on by the stress of pain.
BEE POLLEN FOR COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION, ANXIETY
Researchers explained chronic stress as a potential problem linked to anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction. (St Peters chiropractic patients know the stress that comes with spine-related 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 reduced oxidative damage and neuroinflammation produced by immobilization stress. (3) That’s a new approach Old Mill Chiropractic hasn’t heard of often!
BEE POLLEN FOR COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
Bee pollen’s use in public health goes back into old, old times. The significant health and medicinal properties make it a treasure trove 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 described as enhancing a variety of bodily functions and protect against many diseases. (4) One such disease is cognitive dysfunction. A recent report describes the way by which bee pollen enhances cognitive impairment that is brought on by “cholinergic blockade.” How? It gets down to the cellular level which is a bit 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) Old Mill Chiropractic shares 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 illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integration to help with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Schedule your St Peters chiropractic appointment soon. Back pain and the cognitive challenge it often triggers are not odd. Old Mill Chiropractic offers many ways to combat both. Contact us today!
