San Jose Osteoporosis and the Gut-Bone Axis
The gut-BONE connection? Yes! The gut is tied to a myriad of body functions with the expression “gut-brain” connection likely being the one you’ve heard of more. The gut-bone connection – “gut-bone axis” as one article calls it - is getting attention. Chiropractic Solutions treats San Jose chiropractic patients with bone conditions like osteoporosis, so this topic is quite important.
HOW ARE THE BONE AND GUT CONNECTED?
This issue of gut-bone connection has spread such that Osteoporosis and Bone Research Academy of the Royal Osteoporosis Society met in October 2020. This assembly discussed past, present, and future studies regarding the interplay of diet, medication-use, immune development, health and lifestyle and the function of the human gut microbiota as they affect bone development in youth and bone maintenance and decline in more mature folks. The valuable use of oral probiotics to potentially slow bone turnover and stop bone loss was highlighted, also. (1)
HOW IS THE GUT-BONE CONNECTION RELATED TO OSTEOPOROSIS?
As the most frequent metabolic skeletal disease, osteoporosis impacts many people, men and women, due to its weakening of the skeletal structure giving rise to bone loss. Any distress of the gut microbiota can trigger the bone remodeling balance and affect bone metabolism. (2) Chiropractic Solutions aims to help our San Jose chiropractic patients avoid and/or treat osteoporosis.
TREATING OSTEOPOROSIS
The rate of postmenopausal osteoporosis has grown recently along with the swiftly aging worldwide population. Treating the “gut-bone axis” was described as a balance of hormones, immunity, nutrient metabolism, gut microbiota metabolites, and intestinal permeability. (3) Using traditional Chinese medicine’s Qing’e Pills was shown to regulate intestinal flora to enhance postmenopausal osteoporosis by increasing bone mineral density, changing gut microbiota, and positively influencing inflammatory factors. (4) A polyphenols-rich vinegar extract was noted to be beneficial in controlling blood glucose and lipidemia in diabetic rats as well as reducing inflammation, increasing short chain fatty acid content, and reestablishing gut microbiota. (5) Ask Chiropractic Solutions about the positive effect of treating the vagal nerve origin in the gut to influence the gut. A big topic for another article, the vagus nerve - being the longest cranial nerve in the body that regulates gut function as well as assists in the control of cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, and immune systems – responds to treatment. (6) Fascinating and effective! The choices for attending to the “gut-bone axis” and potentially averting osteoporosis grow! Bone nutrition is important.
CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the interplay of nutrition and chiropractic treatment within The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for spine related conditions.
Make your San Jose chiropractic appointment now. Are they connected? Yes! The more researchers study it, the more real the “gut-bone axis” becomes and the more ways to address its influence grow. Gut problems? Osteoporosis? Back pain? Bring them to Chiropractic Solutions!
