Possible Regeneration for Fort Wayne Disc Degeneration
The future: disc re-generation! It’s an exciting possibility being examined today. Converting disc degeneration into disc regeneration offers hope for back pain sufferers all around. What’s the latest proposed process? Distraction. Just what your Fort Wayne chiropractor at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is well-trained to do! Fort Wayne chiropractic spinal manipulation is beneficial. For Fort Wayne back pain associated with disc degeneration, these new disc regeneration reports extend hope for back pain relief.
DISC DEGENERATION AND REGENERATION FACTORS
Researchers seem more and more optimistic about disc regeneration. A recent group of researchers defined the biochemical, mechanical, and structural changes that must all come together to lead to disc degeneration in the first place. Giving credit to previous studies on degenerated discs, they conceded that traction/distraction has been shown to increase disc height and decrease intervertebral pressure. (Research about biomechanical effects of Cox® Technic flexion distraction utilized at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic has demonstgrated a 17% increase in disc height, a 28% increase in area, and an intradiscal pressure drop in lumbar spine discs to as low as -192mmHg pressure. (1) ) They clarified that not all levels of disc degeneration can be regenerated as all the right conditions must come together for regenerating the disc that did so for its degeneration. They explain that their research demonstrated that traction interrupted the cycle of disc degeneration in the laboratory study, particularly that 2 to 6 weeks of traction is optimal to regenerate a degenerated disc. (2) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic tracks this research most enthusiastically.
IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH: LOW TENSION DISTRACTION
Another published paper stated that there is greater reconstruction and better effectiveness of disc regeneration or repair using low-tension traction as opposed to high-tension traction. The researchers described that the lab findings are based on the proteoglycan content of the spinal intervertebral disc’s nucleus pulposus, the very center of the disc, which consists of proteoglycans. The proteoglycan content of the nucleus increased significantly. Both 2 and 4 weeks of traction resulted in change, but 4 weeks’ changes were significantly superior to 2 weeks. Other disc changes researchers reported on were the pores in the bony endplate, their number and diameter that all improved. (3) A third study on this topic of potential disc regeneration reported that 28 days of compression followed by 28 days of distraction resulted in disc rehydration, stimulated extracellular matrix gene expression, and augmented numbers of protein-expressing cells. (4) With these exciting papers in mind, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic provides safe, gentle, low-tension to patient tolerance distraction according to The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management protocols. Fort Wayne back pain sufferers are thankful we do!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he relays how The Cox® Technic System is designed for back pain relief of disc degeneration-related pain.
Schedule your next Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment now. If you have disc degeneration- related back pain, disc re-generation as a futuristic concept may not be so far away. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is keeping track of the developments that may lead to and support disc regeneration. Our Fort Wayne back pain patients have hope!
