“You’re young! You do not have to worry about
back pain.” Not true! New research shows that 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 help a loved one dealing with its back pain or neck pain
ramifications. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is here for young and
old alike when Manahawkin 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 revealed that 77% showed
disc degeneration or disc herniation. (1) That is new news! It has been written
elsewhere that disc degeneration begins at
age 20. Now it’s found to appear
in 18 year olds! In this project MRIs were taken of
all cadets. They all reported no 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 is never too early to take
care of the spine! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center takes care of spines at all ages 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 young? Genetics
may play a role. 80% of patients in a recent 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) Of course, the whole reason about why a disc
degenerates isn’t fully known yet. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
does have methods to contain and relieve the pain of
a Manahawkin 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 are in an abnormal mechanical environment.
Regeneration of such cells would demand very specific conditions and
wouldn’t 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
described cascade of changes. (3) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center 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)
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center bolsters 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 Manahawkin back pain patients.
CONTACT Manahawkin 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 Manahawkin chiropractic appointment at
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center 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 Manahawkin
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.