October 2019 Healthy News: Vitamin C for Collagen & Chiropractic for Opioid Use Reduction
Opioid use is a much-discussed topic these days. “Epidemic” is often linked to it. Attempts to curtail this epidemic are commonly. One possibly effective way to do this is to urge low back pain sufferers to begin care with a conservative healthcare provider (instead of a primary care provider) like a chiropractor, physical therapist or acupuncturist. When this occurred in a study of 216,504 US adults with a new low back pain episode, the early and long-term use of opioids was substantially reduced. (1) In an attempt to restrain opioid use after spine surgery, new prescribing limits have been established which seem to reduce the 30-day post-operative opioid use and not raise refills for prescriptions, visits to the ER, or unplanned hospital readmissions or reoperations for pain. (2) Another study explains that opioid use before spine surgery raised the time of opioid use after surgery and was related to poorer short-term and long-term outcomes for cervical spine fusion. (3) Since most general practitioners in France (57.3%) admitted not being confident in diagnosing and managing patients with lumbar spinal stenosis back pain - They asked for imaging (98.8%) and corticoid spinal injections (71.4%) and referred to another specialist (100%). – conservative care with practitioners like your Plainville chiropractor is understandable. (4) Your Plainville chiropractor is confident in diagnosing and treating back pain of many types! Your Plainville chiropractor at Layden Chiropractic is pleased to deliver care that adds to the potential resolution of the opioid crisis rather than contributing to it.
Listen to this podcast with Dr. George Joachim about the conservative care of Plainville back pain due to spinal stenosis with the Cox® Technic System on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains the path of care for a patient with lumbar spinal stenosis.
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VITAMIN C ENHANCES COLLAGEN PRODUCTION
With a goal of improving connective tissue, researchers are seeking assorted nutritional interventions. Adding vitamin C enriched gelatin or hydrolyzed collagen supplementation one hour before exercise is found to potentially improve collagen synthesis. (5) A review of recent literature on vitamin C efficacy reported that it has the potential to accelerate bone healing after a fracture, enhances type I collagen synthesis, and decreases oxidative stress in an antioxidative role…with no adverse effects! (6) When it comes to benefits for musculoskeletal issues, information like this on vitamin C excites your Plainville chiropractor!
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