Have you heard of tooth decay affecting just one tooth? Or diabetes affecting just blood sugar levels?
Disease doesn’t always isolate itself to just one part of the body. And
degenerative disc disease is the same. Fortunately, Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is well aware of this fact. In school, we chiropractic students learned about it, but clinical experience teaches the lesson over and over every day in practice! Your Groton chiropractic physician sees it every day. For example, a Groton
lower back pain patient will come for a visit. A visit or two later, when he is feeling better, he’ll mention that
“Oh, you know my neck hurts, too. Can you help that?” It’s not uncommon at all! (And,
yes, we can help relieve
neck pain, too!)
Degenerative disc disease is a faulty systemic metabolism in the disc. (1) The disc doesn’t process nutrients and keep itself properly healthy! And there are discs throughout the spine from the head down to the tailbone! Not just one disc gets to enjoy such degeneration. As a matter of fact, researchers note that healthy volunteers whose MRI imaging shows a lumbar spine disc herniation also shows a higher prevalence of disc protrusion in cervical spine imaging. This is just more support that disc disease is systemic. (2) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office isn’t surprised at all! Groton chiropractic patients with low back pain and/or neck pain show us every day!
Now, this last study may make you wonder “Well, that was in healthy volunteers. They didn’t have any pain, but they have disc herniations?” Yes, fortunately, 76% of us have disc herniations that don’t hurt! But they do show up on MRI. If we hurt and do an MRI, 96% of us will see a herniation. (3) Let Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office assure you that we don’t order MRIs for patients without symptoms, but researchers do!
Another such study shows older, male patients with multi-level lumbar spine spinal stenosis are more likely to develop cervical spine cord compression. (4) So Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office watches for this phenomenon in our Groton older male patients. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office sets an individualized treatment plan for its patients. Spinal manipulation, exercise and nutrition may be good for you. Using Cox Technic, Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office gently and safely relieves painful symptoms of spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease no matter where it emanates from your spine. Contact Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office today to set your Groton chiropractic appointment.
"This information and website content is not intended to diagnose, guarantee results, or recommend specific treatment or activity. It is designed to educate and inform only. Please consult your physician for a thorough examination leading to a diagnosis and well-planned treatment strategy. See more details on the
DISCLAIMER page. Content is reviewed by
Dr. James M. Cox I."