Apple Country Chiropractic Sees Disc Disease in Young People
“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 help a loved one coping with its back pain or neck pain complications. Apple Country Chiropractic is here for young and old alike when Williamson 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 starts in the late teens! A study of 18-20 year old healthy air force cadets revealed that 77% had13 disc degeneration or disc herniation. (1) That is a new revelation! It has been documented in other studies that disc degeneration begins at age 20. Now it is shown to rear its head in 18 year olds! In this project MRIs were taken of all cadets. They all reported no spine pain. The MRIs revealed that: 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 predictable in adults. (1) It’s never too early to take care of the spine! Apple Country Chiropractic 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 young? 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 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) Certainly, the whole reason about why a disc degenerates isn’t fully known yet. Apple Country Chiropractic does have ways to restrain and relieve the pain of a Williamson degenerated disc.
INTERRUPTING DISC DEGENERATION, PROMOTING DISC REGENERATION
Researchers explained disc degeneration as a complex connection of mechanical, biochemical, and structural changes at the cellular level, cells that are 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 sensitive time for regeneration of a degenerated disc. The researchers suggest that this could interrupt the above described cascade of changes. (3) Apple Country Chiropractic 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) Apple Country Chiropractic enhances the Cox® Technic system of spinal pain management by adding spinal nutrition (particularly disc nutrition supplementation) and exercise to optimize the relief and clinical outcome for Williamson back pain patients.
CONTACT Apple Country Chiropractic
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 Williamson chiropractic appointment at Apple Country Chiropractic 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 Williamson chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation, nutrition and exercise can be good for all ages of back pain and neck pain sufferers struggling with disc degeneration.
