Concord, NC Diabetics with Disc Degeneration Benefit from Vitamin D
The intervertebral disc is an intricate and key part of the spine. It allows pain-free motion of the spine, or not. If the disc degenerates, spinal motion deteriorates, and pain often starts. This is even more likely for patients with diabetes. It is|It’s]5] just one more issue Concord, NC diabetic patients need to tackle. The latest research on diabetes and the disc signifies that vitamin D may help with the health of the disc. Pure Chiropractic is here to do just that for Concord, NC back pain patients as well as Concord, NC diabetic patients who also have Concord, NC back pain.
Diabetes, Vitamin D, and the Disc
Diabetic patients with disc degeneration want to take Vitamin D as it prevents and even treats degenerative changes in their discs. How? By improving the content of TGF-β and IGF-1, two influential growth factor cytokines (proteins released by cells that control specific interactions with other cells). (1) Pure Chiropractic bets you’ll agree that it is amazing how the health of the disc comes down to the very cells that make it up|of which it is comprised! Those cells crave Vitamin D to do their job well. Pure Chiropractic encourages Concord, NC diabetic and non-diabetic patients alike to take care of these cells nutritionally and with Concord, NC chiropractic spinal manipulation with Cox Technic.
Glucose Status and the Disc
The glucose status also alters the oxygen consumption rate of degenerated discs: degenerative discs in low glucose have higher oxygen consumption rates and degenerative discs in high glucose have lower oxygen consumption rates. The glucose status did not influence non-degenerated discs. (2) Concord, NC degenerated discs react in a different way than non-degenerated ones. Of this, Pure Chiropractic is confident because Pure Chiropractic sees it daily in taking care of our Concord, NC back pain patients.
Oxygen Consumption Rates and the Disc
The degenerative intervertebral disc has a significantly higher oxygen consumption rate - 3 to 5 times greater - than the non-degenerative, normal human disc. The degenerative disc is different at the cellular level. This oxygen consumption rate factor modifies the disc’s cellular behavior and even the nutritional state of the disc’s tissue as nutrients are distributed to the disc by the matrix and endplates. This rate of transport of nutrients is influenced by the degenerative state of the disc. (2) So when should Vitamin D be taken to safeguard and care for the Concord, NC degenerative disc? When the disc is healthy and even more so when it’s not.
Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment at Pure Chiropractic to discuss the health status of your Concord, NC spinal discs and how Vitamin D may be of benefit to them whether they are degenerative or not.
