“You’re young! You do not have to worry about
back pain.” Not true! New research confirms young and old alike
must contend 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 dealing with its back pain or neck pain
effects. Wilson Family Chiropractic is here for young and
old alike when Millville disc degeneration disrupts your quality of
life.
DDD STARTS EARLIER THAN ONCE THOUGHT
It is hard to believe, but it’s documented
in the medical literature. Disc degeneration starts in the late
teens! A study of 18-20 year old healthy
air force cadets uncovered that 77% showed
disc degeneration or disc herniation. (1) That’s a new
discovery! It’s been recorded
elsewhere that disc degeneration begins at
age 20. Now it is shown 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’s
dehydrating, 13% disc narrowing, 49% disc bulging, 18% disc protruding, 8% disc
extruding, 13% with spondylolisthesis, and less than 1% even had
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! Wilson Family Chiropractic 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 begin so young? Genetics
may play a role. 80% of patients in a new study had mutations
in their collagen-encoding genes. Collagen is important 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 known yet. Wilson Family Chiropractic
does have methods to restrain and relieve the pain of
a Millville degenerated disc.
INTERRUPTING DISC DEGENERATION, PROMOTING DISC REGENERATION
Researchers explained disc degeneration as a
complex connection of mechanical, biochemical, and structural alterations
at the cellular level, cells that are in an abnormal mechanical environment.
Regeneration of such cells would require 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
described cascade of changes. (3) Wilson Family Chiropractic uses Cox® Technic
to gently create a positive environment for the healing of degenerated
discs by increasing 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)
Wilson Family Chiropractic bolsters 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 Millville back pain patients.
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
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 Millville chiropractic appointment at
Wilson Family Chiropractic for your spine’s health. You may not be as young as you
think for back pain, and you are certainly
not too young to take care of your spine. A Millville
chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation, nutrition and exercise can benefit all ages of back pain and neck pain sufferers due to
disc degeneration.