The
future: disc re-generation! It’s an exciting possibility being considered
today. Converting disc degeneration into disc regeneration holds
hope for back pain sufferers all around. What’s
the latest suggested process? Distraction. Just
what your Severna Park chiropractor at Back And Neck Care Center is well-trained to do! Severna Park
chiropractic spinal manipulation is beneficial. For Severna Park back
pain associated with disc degeneration, these new disc
regeneration reports spread hope for back pain
relief.
DISC DEGENERATION AND REGENERATION FACTORS
Researchers are sounding more and more positive
about disc regeneration. A recent group of researchers defined
the biochemical, mechanical, and structural changes that
must all come together to result in disc degeneration in
the first place. Giving credit to prior studies on
degenerated discs, they acknowledged that
traction/distraction has been shown to enhance disc height
and decrease intervertebral pressure. (Research about biomechanical effects of Cox®
Technic flexion distraction utilized at Back And Neck Care Center has shown
a 17% increase in disc height, a 28% increase in area, and an intradiscal
pressure decrease in lumbar spine discs to as low as -192mmHg pressure.
(1) ) They clarified that not all levels of disc degeneration
can be regenerated as all the right circumstances
must converge for regenerating the disc that did so for its degeneration. They explain that their research
demonstrated that traction interrupted the cycle of disc
degeneration in the experimental study, particularly that
2 to 6 weeks of traction is best to regenerate a degenerated
disc. (2) Back And Neck Care Center follows this research most excitedly.
IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH: LOW TENSION DISTRACTION
Another published paper explained that there is
greater reconstruction and better effectiveness of disc regeneration or repair using low-tension
traction as opposed to high-tension traction. The researchers described
that the lab findings are based upon the proteoglycan content of the spinal
intervertebral disc’s nucleus pulposus, the very center of the disc, which consists of proteoglycans. The proteoglycan content of the nucleus increased
significantly. Both 2 and 4 weeks of traction brought about
change, but 4 weeks’ changes were significantly better to 2
weeks. Other disc changes researchers reported on were the
pores in the bony endplate, their number and diameter that all increased.
(3) A third study on this topic of potential disc regeneration related
that 28 days of compression followed by 28 days of distraction resulted in disc
rehydration, stimulated extracellular matrix gene expression,
and augmented numbers of protein-expressing cells. (4) With
these exciting papers in mind, Back And Neck Care Center delivers
safe, gentle, low-tension to patient tolerance distraction according to The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management protocols. Severna Park back
pain sufferers are thankful we do!
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Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how The
Cox®
Technic System delivers back pain relief of disc degeneration-related
pain.
Schedule your next Severna Park chiropractic visit
today. If you have back pain related to disc degeneration, disc re-generation as a
futuristic concept may not be so futuristic. Back And Neck Care Center is watching the developments that may lead to and support disc
regeneration. Our Severna Park back pain patients have hope!