Reishi has been shown to reduce NF-kappa B. Studies below talk about how down regulating nf-kappa b in the spine helps it heal faster and reduces amount of damage...
Discs herniation:
INFLAMMATORY AND CATABOLIC SIGNALLING IN INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS: THE ROLES OF NF-ΚB AND MAP KINASES
http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/papers/vol023/pdf/v023a08.pdf
Nuclear factor-kappa B decoy suppresses nerve injury and improves mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia in a rat lumbar disc herniation model
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2899582/
Administration of NF- kappa B inhibitor into intervertebral disc to treat intervertebral disc degeneration, wherein NF- kappa B inhibitor is selected from decoy oligonucleotide capable of binding to and acting on DNA binding site of NF- kappa B, antisense NF- kappa B nucleic acid, and NF- kappa B siRNA
http://www.google.com/patents/US7585848
Spinal Ligaments - Stenosis
Basically - don't do torquing movements for too long... it increases inflammation in the ligaments in the back...
Activation of nuclear factor kappaB at the onset of ossification of the spinal ligaments.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11180921
Hypertrophy of Ligamentum Flavum in Lumbar Spine Stenosis Is Associated with Increased miR-155 Level
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/dm/2014/786543/
So then i searched: Hypertrophy of ligamentum flavum nf-kappa b
Elastin-derived peptides induce inflammatory responses through the activation of NF-κB in human ligamentum flavum cells.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22449139
Inflammatory cytokines induce fibrosis and ossification of human ligamentum flavum cells.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22832553
Centrifugal force induces human ligamentum flavum fibroblasts inflammation through activation of JNK and p38 pathways.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22506718
Here is an example of centrifugal forces
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2013/08/159_88535.html
Spinal Surgery:
Nuclear factor-kappaB-regulated cyclooxygenase-2 expression in surgery-associated paraspinal muscle injury in rats.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12650403
Pathobiology of cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Transcriptional Regulation of Endochondral Ossification by HIF-2α During
Skeletal Growth and Osteoarthritis Development
http://www.dcorthoacademy.com/pdfs/Journals/journals%202011/March_2011_JACO.pdf