“You’re young! You don’t have to worry about
back pain.” Not true! New research confirms young and old alike
must deal with disc degeneration. Most of us will personally have
to face disc degeneration’s pain at some point in our lives…or take
care of a loved one coping with its back pain or neck pain
ramifications. The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR is here for young and
old alike when Colorado Springs disc degeneration interferes with your life.
DDD STARTS EARLIER THAN ONCE THOUGHT
It’s hard to believe, but it is documented
in the medical literature. Disc degeneration begins in the late
teens! A study of 18-20 year old healthy
air force cadets uncovered that 77% had13
disc degeneration or disc herniation. (1) That is a new
discovery! It’s been recorded
in other studies that disc degeneration starts at
age 20. Now it is found to appear
in 18 year olds! In this study MRIs were done on
all cadets. None of the cadets reported spine pain. On MRI, 30% showed at least one disc’s
dehydrating, 13% disc narrowing, 49% disc bulging, 18% disc protruding, 8% disc
extruding, 13% with spondylolisthesis, and less than 1% even showed
asymptomatic vertebral fractures. These results in young,
seemingly healthy people are similar to what would be expected
in adults. (1) It’s never too early to take
care of the spine! The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR pays
attention to everyone’s spinal issues via spinal manipulation, nutrition
and exercise.
WHY?
Researchers (and parents) ask “why?” Why does
lumbar spine disc degeneration or cervical spine disc degeneration start so early? It may be genetic. 80% of patients in a recent study had mutations
in their collagen-encoding genes. Collagen is vital to disc and
joint health. Back pain sufferers with a lumbar disc herniation showed two variants in their gene encoding
for aggrecan, a protein that the end plate depends on for load-bearing. Such a mutation
affects the nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus and end plates.
(2) Certainly, the whole reason about why a disc
degenerates isn’t fully defined yet. The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR
does have methods to restrain and relieve the pain of
a Colorado Springs degenerated disc.
INTERRUPTING DISC DEGENERATION, PROMOTING DISC REGENERATION
Researchers described disc degeneration as a
complex connection of mechanical, biochemical, and structural alterations
at the cellular level, cells that exist in an abnormal mechanical environment.
Regeneration of such cells would demand very specific conditions and
would not always be possible. However, traction of 2 to 6 weeks was
found to be a sensitive time for regeneration of a degenerated
disc. The researchers propose that this could interrupt the above
explained cascade of changes. (3) The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR uses Cox® Technic
to gently produce a positive environment for the healing of degenerated
discs by enhancing the area of the spinal canal by 28%,
increasing the height of the disc by 17%, and dropping
intradiscal pressures to as low as -192mmHg in the low back and dropping
pressures in the cervical spine by a mean pressure as much as 1265 mmHg. (4,5)
The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR bolsters the Cox® Technic
system of spinal pain management by adding spinal nutrition (particularly
disc nutrition supplementation) and exercise to optimize the relief
and clinical outcome for Colorado Springs back pain patients.
CONTACT The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Paxton Schofield on The Back Doctors’ Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson who discussed his care of arthritis and
degeneration with Cox® Technic.
Schedule your Colorado Springs chiropractic appointment at
The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR for your spine’s health. You may not be too young for back pain, and you are undoubtedly
not too young to take care of your spine. A Colorado Springs
chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation, nutrition and exercise can be
good for all ages of back pain and neck pain sufferers due to
disc degeneration.