Inflammation
Serving the Greater San Bernardino County Area including Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Fontana, Upland, CA
Inflammation is a normal response the body makes, often occurring at the site of an injury or infection. This response helps heal the body, which makes it essential.
Unfortunately, not all inflammation is “good” inflammation. Not to mention, even necessary inflammation can be uncomfortable – leading to swelling, redness, warmth, and localized or widespread pain. There’s also the chance an inflammatory response could be prolonged or exasperated, which may necessitate intervention.
With a series of wellness services at Recovery Lab of Rancho Cucamonga, we’re invested in helping our clients experience relief of their inflammatory symptoms. Calming this response can improve immune system function and ultimately help speed up recovery.
Inflammation
- What Causes Inflammation?
As mentioned, inflammation is normal and even necessary at times. This immune system reaction helps encourage the elimination of bacteria and damaged cells while repairing damaged tissue.
However, when inflammation goes haywire, this is when there’s a problem. Chronic inflammation can be a sign of something more, such as an underlying health problem, long-term stress, or an inadequate diet.
But it not only signifies something is wrong; excess inflammation itself can be damaging. Too much inflammation can potentially lead to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, or Alzheimer’s disease.
- Can Working Out Cause Inflammation?
Working out, too, can be a trigger of inflammation in the body. This temporary inflammation post-workout is common, normal, and even essential to help strengthen the muscles.
Generally, exercise leads to acute inflammation. However, chronic inflammation can be the result of excessive, high-intensity workouts. Regardless of whether exercise-induced inflammation is temporary or long-term, there are some resolutions.
- How Can I Reduce Inflammation?
To start, inflammation can be reduced by getting enough sleep each night, eating a well-balanced diet, and engaging in a proper exercise routine. Proper stress management also plays a critical role in reducing excess inflammation in the body, which may involve going to counseling or therapy, making lifestyle adjustments, or meditating.
Acute and chronic inflammation can also be reduced through several wellness services at Recovery Lab of Rancho Cucamonga.
- Here’s How Recovery Lab Can Help
Curious how Recovery Lab can help reduce inflammation? Whether you have localized inflammation from a recent injury, systematic inflammation from chronic stress, or deal with recurring inflammation from intensive workouts you regularly engage in, we have a wellness service suitable for you and your needs.
Cryotherapy is one service option we offer to aid with inflammation. Brief periods of being in an extremely cold cryotherapy chamber decreases blood flow to inflamed areas and releases anti-inflammatory compounds to calm the immune system response, leading to reduced swelling and discomfort. It can also calm the nerves to reduce pain.
Great for localized inflammation, cupping therapy uses special suctioned cups to boost circulation, help filter waste, and reduce inflammatory compounds in the area where they are applied to.
Normatec therapy or compression therapy is another treatment for inflammation, particularly in the legs. This form of therapy is popular among the elderly population, those with poor circulation or edema, pregnant women, athletes, and those working in sedentary fields.
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