The true enemy to health is not: a sedentary lifestyle gluten, soy,
peanuts, high cholesterol, fats, or carbs or even sugar but the
manifestation these things in the body, especially in certain individuals.
The true enemy to health is Inflammation.
Here are some interesting facts about inflammation:
- There is a link to heart disease with increased inflammation
- Inflammation is a direct cause of pain. Pain leads to immobility.
- In spinal cord injured patients, paralysis is caused by inflammation due the injury rather than direct damage to the spinal cord.
- Stroke caused by bleeds and Spinal cord injured patients have greater return of function when steroids are given early to decrease the effects of inflammation.
- Traumatic brain injured patient’s in the military are kept in a cold room to decrease inflammation.
- People with autoimmune diseases have higher levels of systemic inflammation.
- Allergies cause inflammation.
- For every cubic centimeter of inflammation a muscle shuts down by 1 percent.
Since the muscles that are closest to the joint where
inflammation typically occurs, core muscles will shut down. Instability causes
irritation and further inflammation.
Inflammation causes Instability
We know that a person needs to have
Stability in order to have mobility therefore, patients will lack range of
motion secondary to instability caused by inflammation.
Inflammation causes decreased Range of Motion
Both Instability and a lack of Range of Motion Lead to Falls,
Therefore, Inflammation Leads to Falling
It is imperative that all health care professionals understand the direct and indirect effects of inflammation as well as the direct and indirect causes of it. In addition to other helpful diagnostic tests, we should request information about inflammation that can be detected by testing ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) and CRP (C-reactive protein) in the blood.
Also realize that whenever a patient sustains a trauma, undergoes surgery, has a poor diet and/or food allergies, they will become
inflamed. We need to not only need address the inflammation but also
restore range of motion and stability in the system.
