Manahawkin Pain from Osteoarthritis Helped by Omega-3 PUFA fatty oils
Cartilage degeneration via osteoarthritis often stirs up pain. Manahawkin osteoarthritis sufferers experience this side-effect of osteoarthritis like disc and joint cartilage degeneration due to inflammation. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center cares for back pain, neck pain, arm pain and leg pain patients with osteoarthritis daily. Combining chiropractic treatment with nutrition like omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients like chondroitin/glucosamine often leads to pain relief for our osteoarthritis clients.
OSTEOARTHRITIS (aka OA)
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center typically treats osteoarthritis in patients when pain arises. Makes sense! Pain gets our attention, of both patients and their doctors. Osteoarthritis’s degenerative path 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 20 years old (Canada & US). OA is described as a low grade inflammatory process that disrupts cartilage synthesis, producing degeneration of cartilage in joints. (1) Medical literature reported the presence of OA as being 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 highlighted the possible positive effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on osteoarthritis while omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids were more damaging to cartilage. (1,3) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center presents what these PUFAs are and features their importance to our Manahawkin 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 recognized for their anti-inflammatory properties which may well control pro-inflammatory markers and cartilage loss. (1) In an investigation assessing the impact of carious edible oils with different omega 3 and 6 levels in osteoarthritic mice, the higher omega-3 oils ended up with 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, slowed cartilage loss, and lessened inflammation. (2) Just adjusting dietary intake can improve OA by eating fatty fish (salmon, mackeral, herring, oyster, sardines, etc.), flaxseed, chia seed, and some walnuts. Your cartilage will appreciate it! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center formats Manahawkin chiropractic treatment plans to address inflammation and related pain. Omega PUFAs help as can anti-inflammatory chondroitin/glucosamine supplementation from the nutritional side of the plan.
CONTACT Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how nutrition blends into The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to deal with back pain and the inflammatory process and the immune system that contributes to it.
Make your Manahawkin chiropractic appointment soon. When pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and inflammation are subjects of daily conversations, share them with us! We’ll work together to decrease inflammation and pain.
