Relieve Your Pain and Inflammation With Proper Nutrition
Does chronic pain limit your daily life? Have you wondered if inflammation is the source of your pain? At Comber Physical Therapy, our integrated team of physical therapists and chiropractors understand the importance of a nutritious diet, especially if experiencing chronic pain. Our team looks at the whole person to ensure you’re the healthiest version of yourself!
Everything you consume fuels your body, so eating the right foods can aid in a quicker recovery from painful conditions. There are proven strategies, like exercising regularly, managing your stress, and eating nutritious meals, that can help significantly reduce the pain and inflammation you are feeling.
If you have been living with pain, dealing with inflammation, and want relief, contact Comber Physical Therapy in Williamsburg today to schedule a consultation. Learn more about how our chiropractors can help you manage your nutrition and work with you to prevent rehabilitation injuries.
How inflammation leads to pain and disease
Inflammation is the normal response from your immune system to respond to injury, ailment naturally, or other harm. If you have an infection, wound, tissue damage, or buildup of toxins in your body, your immune system will respond and be triggered to deal with it. Without inflammation, your injuries wouldn’t be able to heal.
Chronic inflammation occurs if this process goes on for too long, making it more difficult for the body to heal, and often this leads to chronic pain. There are other health conditions related to chronic inflammation, including:
- Arthritis (Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis)
- Diabetes
- Heart disease (High blood pressure, coronary heart disease, peripheral artery disease)
- Some cancers (i.e., colon, pancreatic, and liver cancers)
If you experience persistent chronic pain, it is wise to contact Comber Physical Therapy in Williamsburg as soon as possible. Our therapists are skilled at assessing the whole body and identifying the contributing factors, including chronic inflammation.
Benefits of nutrition for pain and inflammation
Traditional medical protocols used to treat chronic inflammation have been with rest and/or medication. Neither of these is very effective. Avoiding movement and exercise can make inflammation worse, and medications come with side effects that are dangerous or habit-forming. Fortunately, we can treat pain and inflammation more straightforwardly and healthier, including proper nutrition.
Nutrition can help you turn around your symptoms by adopting an anti-inflammatory diet. An anti-inflammatory diet consists of the following components:
Plant-based emphasis: This means adding in more fruits and vegetables.
Foods containing omega-3 fatty acids:
- Fish and other seafood (especially cold-water fatty fish such as salmon, mackerel, tuna, herring, and sardines)
- Nuts and seeds (such as flaxseed, chia seeds, and walnuts)
Whole grains:
- Whole Oats
- Whole Wheat
- Whole-Grain Rye
- Buckwheat
- Bulgur Wheat (Cracked Wheat)
- Millet
- Whole Barley
- Spelt
Lean protein:
- White-Fleshed Fish
- Plain Greek Yogurt
- Beans, Peas, and Lentils
- Skinless, White Meat (i.e., chicken, turkey, and pork)
Healthful fats:
- Avocado
- Nuts
- Olive Oil
- Flaxseed
To strengthen your body’s immune response, you’ll want to avoid simple carbohydrates and sugars, like those found in foods in a box located in the middle aisles of a grocery store (i.e., processed foods). Anti-inflammatory diets discourage or limit the consumption of processed foods, red meats, and alcohol. In addition, reduce your sugar consumption and dairy intake. Unfortunately, that means no donuts, no pastries, and white bread.
What to expect at your Comber Physical Therapysessions
By maintaining a nutritious dietary plan with the help of our chiropractic team, you should quickly begin to notice a decrease in your pain and inflammation symptoms. In addition to this, you can also help manage your pain and inflammation through:
- Daily exercise: Exercise can alleviate pain or stiffness and stop the inflammation from becoming worse. Regular aerobic exercise like swimming and a brisk walk or an activity like Yoga is particularly effective for reducing inflammation.
- Stress management: Stress can influence the body’s inflammation and lead to a longer recovery. Taking time to relax or meditate can allow you to heal more quickly.
- Weight loss: Getting to your ideal body weight will help with your pain and inflammation if you have some unwanted weight.
Our chiropractors will perform a whole-body evaluation that includes a nutritional assessment to identify all the factors contributing to your pain and chronic inflammation. We need to understand how nutrition and other factors affect your overall health status.
We will use this information to develop a comprehensive program that includes targeted manual techniques, mobility work, strengthening, and appropriate pain relief techniques. In addition, we will educate you and support you through changes you need to make to your lifestyle to ensure optimal results!
Request an appointment today!
Schedule your consultation with our integrated team at Comber Physical Therapy today to discuss nutrition plans with one of our chiropractors and gain additional advice on other ways you can help manage your pain!
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