“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 help a loved one dealing with its back pain or neck pain
effects. Cross Chiropractic Center is here for young and
old alike when Sandy Springs disc degeneration disrupts your quality of
life.
DDD STARTS EARLIER THAN ONCE THOUGHT
It’s hard to believe, but it is reported
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 a new revelation! It has been documented
in other studies that disc degeneration starts at
age 20. Now it’s found to rear its head
in 18 year olds! In this study MRIs were done on
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 showed
asymptomatic vertebral fractures. These findings in young,
seemingly healthy people are similar to what would be predictable
in adults. (1) It’s never too early to start paying attention to the spine! Cross 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? 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 had 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 story of why a disc
degenerates isn’t fully known yet. Cross Chiropractic Center
does have methods to restrain and relieve the pain of
a Sandy Springs degenerated disc.
INTERRUPTING DISC DEGENERATION, PROMOTING DISC REGENERATION
Researchers explained disc degeneration as a
cascade 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 responsive time for regeneration of a degenerated
disc. The researchers propose that this could interrupt the above
explained cascade of changes. (3) Cross 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)
Cross Chiropractic Center enhances the Cox® Technic
system of spinal pain management by adding spinal nutrition (especially
disc nutrition supplementation) and exercise to boost the relief
and clinical outcome for Sandy Springs back pain patients.
CONTACT Cross 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 Sandy Springs chiropractic appointment at
Cross Chiropractic Center for your spine’s health. You may not be too young for back pain, and you are surely
not too young to look after your spine. A Sandy Springs
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.