StrangeCaptain
Jedi Council Member
Hello all,
I have question to ask but first a will describe the context of the question.
Context: I was talking to an old friend from my days when I was going to drug addiction support groups. My friend shared with me that he had several herniated discs in his upper spinal cord over the course of a few months. During this time, he came to rely on pain medication more and more to the point that he thinks he is addicted to it. He is in the process of getting off of these medications.
In a few more days or weeks, if he is serious about finding a long-term, healthy approach to his pain issues, then he will need to explore avenues for controlling the pain and the inflammation in his body. As he is cleaning strong painkillers out of his body and still having back pain all the while, I imagine his thought processes are pretty darn foggy. I am looking for 1 or 2 articles of reasonable length that would serve as a good introduction to inflammation control. I don't want to give an encyclopedic list of resources just a couple of concentrated introductions to the topic. I think that is about all his mind could focus on right now.
I have read a good bit of the suggested materials about diet here in this forum and applied enough of it that I am convinced of the utility of these ideas, but I am not very conversant in them. So...
Question: Could someone suggest from one to three article-length pieces that would serve as introductions to inflammation control via diet, supplementation, etc? I am currently searching the SOTT archives, but some of you are so fluent in these topics that you might know just the gem I am looking for.
I have question to ask but first a will describe the context of the question.
Context: I was talking to an old friend from my days when I was going to drug addiction support groups. My friend shared with me that he had several herniated discs in his upper spinal cord over the course of a few months. During this time, he came to rely on pain medication more and more to the point that he thinks he is addicted to it. He is in the process of getting off of these medications.
In a few more days or weeks, if he is serious about finding a long-term, healthy approach to his pain issues, then he will need to explore avenues for controlling the pain and the inflammation in his body. As he is cleaning strong painkillers out of his body and still having back pain all the while, I imagine his thought processes are pretty darn foggy. I am looking for 1 or 2 articles of reasonable length that would serve as a good introduction to inflammation control. I don't want to give an encyclopedic list of resources just a couple of concentrated introductions to the topic. I think that is about all his mind could focus on right now.
I have read a good bit of the suggested materials about diet here in this forum and applied enough of it that I am convinced of the utility of these ideas, but I am not very conversant in them. So...
Question: Could someone suggest from one to three article-length pieces that would serve as introductions to inflammation control via diet, supplementation, etc? I am currently searching the SOTT archives, but some of you are so fluent in these topics that you might know just the gem I am looking for.
