October 2019 Healthy News: Vitamin C for Collagen and Chiropractic for Opioid Use Reduction
Opioid use is a much-discussed topic today. “Epidemic” is often linked to it. Efforts to curtail this epidemic are widely debated. One possibly effective way to do this is to get low back pain patients to begin care with a conservative healthcare provider (in place 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 decreased. (1) In an effort to curb opioid use after spine surgery, new prescribing limits have been established which seem to reduce the 30-day post-operative opioid use and not increase refills for prescriptions, emergency room visits, or unexpected hospital readmissions or reoperations for pain. (2) Another study points out that opioid use before spine surgery increased 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 the diagnosis and management of 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 Juneau chiropractor is understandable. (4) Your Juneau chiropractor is confident in diagnosing and treating back pain of many kinds! Your Juneau chiropractor at Aurora Chiropractic Center is pleased to extend care that contributes to resolving the issue of the opioid epidemic rather than contributing to it.
Listen to this podcast with Dr. George Joachim about the conservative care of Juneau back pain due to spinal stenosis with the Cox® Technic System on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the treatment plan for a patient with lumbar spinal stenosis.
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VITAMIN C ENHANCES COLLAGEN PRODUCTION
Wanting to improve connective tissue, researchers are seeking assorted nutritional interventions. Adding vitamin C enriched gelatin or hydrolyzed collagen supplementation one hour before exercise potentially improves collagen synthesis. (5) A review of recent literature on vitamin C efficacy reported that it potentially accelerates bone healing after a fracture, boosts type I collagen synthesis, and lessens 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 Juneau chiropractor!
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