I came across a very interesting article today talking about using Vitamin C to help the neuropathic pain condition, postherpetic neuralgia. Postherpetic neuralgia is also known as shingles. Shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus attacking the nerves causing pain usually in the intercostal nerves of the chest. What I found interesting was in the recent study by Chen et al. was that they helped to reduce the patients pain significantly using the anti-oxidant, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). They found that a sign of poor nutrition is testing to see if you have low plasma levels of Vitamin C in your blood. But why Vitamin C? Well I had a look further into the role of nutrition particularly vitamin c in helping trapped nerve pain
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Sportron UK
Sportron is a wellness company making nutrition and supplements products using FoodState™ technology. Having vitamins and minerals supplements in a more natural food-like state increases the bodies ability to absorb and use them better. Sportron has a wide product range to which they apply the FoodState™ technology to improve absorption.
Nutrition and Back Ache
Back and joint ache is looked at from not only a mechanical viewpoint by your chiropractor, but also nutritionally. Poor nutrition can increase pain and severity of conditions of your body like osteo-arthritis, gout, high blood pressure and more. Chiropractors may recommend you consider improving your diet to improve your spinal health and if you
Vitamin D Role In Chronic Low Back Pain
Vitamin D has been linked in a recent article¹ to playing an important role in contributing to people suffering pain from chronic lower back pain. What is vitamin D and why is it so important for keeping our spines healthy? I wanted to look into the role Vit D plays in keeping our spines healthy….