“You’re young! You do not have to worry about
back pain.” Not true! New research shows that young and old alike
must contend 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. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is here for young and
old alike when Groton disc degeneration disrupts your quality of
life.
DDD STARTS EARLIER THAN ONCE THOUGHT
It’s hard to believe, but it’s reported
in the medical literature. Disc degeneration starts 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 recorded
in other studies that disc degeneration starts at
age 20. Now it is shown to appear
in 18 year olds! In this study MRIs were taken of
all cadets. None of the cadets reported spine pain. The
MRIs revealed that: 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 is never too early to start paying attention to the spine! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office takes care of spines at all ages via spinal manipulation, nutrition
and exercise.
WHY?
Researchers (and parents) ask “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. Back pain sufferers with a lumbar disc herniation had 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 reason about why a disc
degenerates isn’t fully defined yet. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
does have methods to contain and relieve the pain of
a Groton 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 exist 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 responsive time for regeneration of a degenerated
disc. The researchers suggest that this could interrupt the above
explained cascade of changes. (3) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office 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 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)
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office bolsters 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 Groton back pain patients.
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
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 Groton chiropractic appointment at
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office 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 look after your spine. A Groton
chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation, nutrition and exercise can benefit all ages of back pain and neck pain sufferers due to
disc degeneration.