Concord, NC Exercise and Manipulation May Help Get Water into Disc
Water is essential to the body. The body is composed of around 50% water. The spinal disc is composed of about 80% water. Disc degeneration entails the loss of disc hydration and water. Chiropractic manages disc problems like disc degeneration with various forms of care. Exercise helps with water diffusion into the disc. Spinal manipulation enhances diffusion of water into the disc. Drinking water can’t hurt either! Pure Chiropractic utilizes spinal manipulation to take care of our spine pain patients experiencing Concord, NC back pain and neck pain and related arm and leg pain and recommends exercise to boost the effects of spinal manipulation to take care of the spinal disc.
DIFFUSION OF WATER INTO THE DISC VIA EXERCISE
Can exercise help the intervertebral disc in non-specific low back pain sufferers? Researchers described how muscles, tendons and bone do respond well, so they turned to the disc to see if it would. One new study employed imaging to see. On T2-weighted MRI imaging after six months of exercise in this type of patient, the non-specific low back pain patient, the researchers did not uncover a benefit though at 3 months the imaging showed increased L5S1 diffusion coefficients. They explained that other types of low back pain sufferers may respond differently. (1) That’s noteworthy. The increased 'apparent diffusion coefficients' is promising yet when we look at other articles about diffusion of water into the disc. Wong explained that non-specific low back pain patients who responded with greater than 30% relief to spinal manipulation therapy compared with non-responders demonstrated a higher apparent diffusion coefficient for disc diffusion of water. (2) If exercise can enhance that even a little, it has a place in neck and back pain management. At the very least, a Concord, NC back pain sufferer may well increase the chances of responding to conservative care by maximizing the water content of disc with exercise and spinal manipulation!
Concord, NC SPINAL MANIPULATION AND WATER DIFFUSION INTO THE DISC
Studies of manual therapy and traction effects on the intervertebral disc in back pain patients documented that there is an effect on the physiology (the structure and function) of the disc primarily via water diffusion and molecular transport. Both of these are vital for a healthy disc. (3) Beattie reported that changes in the diffusion of water within the the L1-2, L2-3, and L5S1 discs were observed after just one treatment of spinal manipulation. (4) Pure Chiropractic uses the gentle distraction treatment called Cox Technic spinal manipulation to create a push-pull-pumping effect on the disc and its endplates to encourage imbibition of fluid into the disc help our Concord, NC spine pain patients.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he further describes the process of disc degeneration and how Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction helps in its care via manipulation.
Set up your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment today. Your body survives on water. Degenerated discs lose water. Pure Chiropractic guides Concord, NC chiropractic patients toward healthier discs with spinal manipulation and exercise to coost water content.
