Plainville Osteoporosis and the Gut-Bone Axis
The gut-BONE connection? Yes! The gut is connected to a myriad of body functions with the term “gut-brain” connection likely being the one you’ve heard of more. The gut-bone connection – “gut-bone axis” as one article refers to it - is getting attention. Layden Chiropractic sees Plainville chiropractic patients with bone conditions like osteoporosis, so this topic is quite important.
HOW ARE THE BONE AND GUT CONNECTED?
This issue of gut-bone connection has spread such that Osteoporosis and Bone Research Academy of the Royal Osteoporosis Society met in October 2020. This assembly discussed past, present, and future research projects regarding the interplay of diet, medication-use, immune development, health and lifestyle and the function of the human gut microbiota as they affect bone development in youth and bone maintenance and decrease in older age. The beneficial use of oral probiotics to potentially reduce bone turnover and avert bone loss was highlighted, also. (1)
HOW IS THE GUT-BONE CONNECTION RELATED TO OSTEOPOROSIS?
As the most frequent metabolic skeletal disease, osteoporosis impacts many people, men and women, because of its weakening of the skeletal structure giving rise to bone loss. Any distress of the gut microbiota can trigger the bone remodeling balance and influence bone metabolism. (2) Layden Chiropractic aims to help our Plainville chiropractic patients avoid and/or treat osteoporosis.
TREATING OSTEOPOROSIS
The occurrence of postmenopausal osteoporosis has increased recently along with the swiftly aging global population. Addressing the “gut-bone axis” was described as a balance of hormones, immunity, nutrient metabolism, gut microbiota metabolites, and intestinal permeability. (3) Using traditional Chinese medicine’s Qing’e Pills was demonstrated as a way to regulate intestinal flora to enhance postmenopausal osteoporosis by enhancing bone mineral density, changing gut microbiota, and positively affecting inflammatory factors. (4) A polyphenols-rich vinegar extract was noted to be helpful in controlling blood glucose and lipidemia in diabetic rats as well as decreaing inflammation, increasing short chain fatty acid content, and reestablishing gut microbiota. (5) Ask Layden Chiropractic about the positive effect of treating the vagal nerve origin in the gut to have an effect on the gut. A substantial topic for another article, the vagus nerve - being the longest cranial nerve in the body that regulates gut function as well as helps in the control of cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, and immune systems – responds to treatment. (6) Fascinating and effective! The options for attending to the “gut-bone axis” and potentially averting osteoporosis expand! Bone nutrition is important.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the interplay of nutrition and chiropractic treatment within The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for spine related conditions.
Schedule your Plainville chiropractic appointment now. Are they connected? They sure are! The more researchers study it, the more real the “gut-bone axis” becomes and the more options to influence it grow. Gut problems? Osteoporosis? Back pain? Bring them to Layden Chiropractic!
