“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 deal with 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. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is here for young and
old alike when Fort Wayne disc degeneration disrupts your quality of
life.
DDD STARTS EARLIER THAN ONCE THOUGHT
It is hard to believe, but it is documented
in the medical literature. Disc degeneration starts in the late
teens! A study of 18-20 year old healthy
air force cadets discovered that 77% showed
disc degeneration or disc herniation. (1) That is a new
discovery! It has been documented
elsewhere that disc degeneration begins at
age 20. Now it is shown to appear
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 is never too early to take
care of the spine! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic pays
attention to everyone’s spinal issues via spinal manipulation, nutrition
and exercise.
WHY?
Researchers (and parents) wonder “why?” Why does
lumbar spine disc degeneration or cervical spine disc degeneration start so early? It may be genetic. 80% of patients in a new study had mutations
in their collagen-encoding genes. Collagen is important 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) Of course, the whole story of why a disc
degenerates is not fully defined yet. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
does have ways to contain and relieve the pain of
a Fort Wayne 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 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) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic uses Cox® Technic
to gently create 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 decreasing
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)
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic enhances the Cox® Technic
system of spinal pain management by adding spinal nutrition (especially
disc nutrition supplementation) and exercise to optimize the relief
and clinical outcome for Fort Wayne back pain patients.
CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
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 Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment at
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic for your spine’s health. You may not be as young as you
think for back pain, and you are surely
not too young to take care of your spine. A Fort Wayne
chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation, nutrition and exercise can benefit all ages of back pain and neck pain sufferers due to
disc degeneration.