“You’re young! You don’t 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 deal with disc degeneration’s pain at some point in our lives…or take
care of a loved one coping with its back pain or neck pain
ramifications. Vancouver Disc Centers is here for young and
old alike when Vancouver disc degeneration interferes with your life.
DDD STARTS EARLIER THAN ONCE THOUGHT
It is hard to believe, but it is documented
in the medical literature. Disc degeneration starts in the late
teens! A study of 18-20 year old healthy
air force cadets discovered that 77% had13
disc degeneration or disc herniation. (1) That is new news! It has been written
in other studies that disc degeneration begins at
age 20. Now it is found to start
in 18 year olds! In this project MRIs were done on
all cadets. They all reported no spine pain. On MRI, 30% showed at least one disc was
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 expected
in adults. (1) It is never too early to take
care of the spine! Vancouver Disc Centers 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 begin so early? It may be genetic. 80% of patients in a new study had mutations
in their collagen-encoding genes. Collagen is vital to disc and
joint health. Lumbar disc
herniation patients 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 story of why a disc
degenerates isn’t fully defined yet. Vancouver Disc Centers
does have ways to contain and relieve the pain of
a Vancouver 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 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
explained cascade of changes. (3) Vancouver Disc Centers 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 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)
Vancouver Disc Centers 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 Vancouver back pain patients.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
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 Vancouver chiropractic appointment at
Vancouver Disc Centers for your spine’s health. You may not be as young as you
think for back pain, and you are undoubtedly
not too young to look after your spine. A Vancouver
chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation, nutrition and exercise can benefit all ages of back pain and neck pain sufferers due to
disc degeneration.