“You’re young! You do not 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. Palmer Chiropractic Center is here for young and
old alike when Lynchburg disc degeneration disrupts your quality of
life.
DDD STARTS EARLIER THAN ONCE THOUGHT
It’s hard to believe, but it’s reported
in the medical literature. Disc degeneration starts in the late
teens! A study of 18-20 year old healthy
air force cadets revealed that 77% showed
disc degeneration or disc herniation. (1) That’s a new revelation! It has been recorded
elsewhere that disc degeneration begins at
age 20. Now it’s found to start
in 18 year olds! In this project MRIs were done on
all cadets. None of the cadets reported spine pain. On MRI, 30% showed at least one disc was
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 start paying attention to the spine! Palmer Chiropractic Center takes care of spines at all ages 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? Genetics
may play a role. 80% of patients in a recent study had mutations
in their collagen-encoding genes. Collagen is vital to disc and
joint health. Lumbar disc
herniation patients showed two variants in their gene encoding
for aggrecan, a protein that the end plate depends on for load-bearing. Such a mutation
influences the nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus and end plates.
(2) Certainly, the whole reason about why a disc
degenerates isn’t fully known yet. Palmer Chiropractic Center
does have methods to restrain and relieve the pain of
a Lynchburg degenerated disc.
INTERRUPTING DISC DEGENERATION, PROMOTING DISC REGENERATION
Researchers explained disc degeneration as a
complex connection of mechanical, biochemical, and structural changes
at the cellular level, cells that are 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 suggest that this could interrupt the above
explained cascade of changes. (3) Palmer Chiropractic Center 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)
Palmer Chiropractic Center enhances the Cox® Technic
system of spinal pain management by adding spinal nutrition (particularly
disc nutrition supplementation) and exercise to boost the relief
and clinical outcome for Lynchburg back pain patients.
CONTACT Palmer Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Paxton Schofield on The Back Doctors’ Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson who presented his care of arthritis and
degeneration with Cox® Technic.
Schedule your Lynchburg chiropractic appointment at
Palmer Chiropractic Center for your spine’s health. You may not be too young for back pain, and you are undoubtedly
not too young to look after your spine. A Lynchburg
chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation, nutrition and exercise can be
good for all ages of back pain and neck pain sufferers struggling with
disc degeneration.