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The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or sed rate) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are among the oldest laboratory tests still in use. 1-3 Both bloods tests are used to detect inflammation in the body. 4-6 Inflammation can present as either acute (ie, from injury or infection) or chronic. Multiple cells are involved in the release of inflammatory mediators, which combine to generate pain in joints, muscle, discs, ligaments, tendons, fascia, etc. Since pain and inflammation are often intertwined, it is my opinion that these two tests can be indicators that pain and inflammation are present, as well as be markers of treatment effectiveness.

7 I have found a high prevalence of elevated ESR and CRP levels in my intractable pain patients, which generally return to normal when appropriate pain treatment is initiated or enhanced.8 In my experience, the ESR and CRP tests are very inexpensive and are essentially always covered by insurance plans. Both tests can be part of a complete blood count or ordered separately. Some in-office test kits are available.

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This article has been inspired due to the fact that inflammatory biomarkers are not routine, but should be in pain practice as inflammation and pain are so intertwined. This article will review the basics of ESR and CRP tests and how they may be helpful to the busy pain practitioner. Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate The ESR rate increases as a result of any cause or focus of inflammation. When an inflammatory process is present, fibrinogen enters the blood in high amounts and causes red cells to stick to each other, which raises the ESR. 1 Moderate elevations are common in active inflammatory diseases. 1,6 But because the test is often normal in patients with neoplasm, connective tissue disease, and infection, a normal ESR cannot be used to exclude these diagnostic possibilities. The ESR has been profoundly useful in diagnosing and monitoring polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis, for example, where the elevation is typically 3 to 4 times above normal.

1 In my opinion, ESRs also can be very helpful in diagnosing and monitoring chronic pain patients. I have found that about 20% of chronic pain patients referred for medical management have elevated ESRs. After 3 months of opioid stabilization, however, only about 5% to 6% of patients continue to have an elevated ESR.

8 It must be emphasized that an elevated ESR in a pain patient poses a diagnostic challenge because the practitioner likely will not know the focus of inflammation—is it in a peripheral pain site or within the central nervous system (CNS, central sensitization)? Even though the mechanism may be unclear, a patient with an elevated ESR should be assumed to have a chronic, inflammatory focus. An attempt should be made to diagnose the focus of the inflammation, which then should be eliminated as part of a pain treatment regimen. C-Reactive Protein CRP is a protein that was first isolated from the plasma of patients with pneumococcal pneumonia in 1930. 2 The protein was so named because it binds to the C-polysaccharide of the pneumococcus. It was later found that the protein appeared in plasma during many infectious or inflammatory conditions.