The
future: disc re-generation! It’s an exciting possibility being
today. Turning disc degeneration into disc regeneration offers
hope for back pain sufferers all around. What’s
the most recent proposed process? Distraction. Just
what your Brooks chiropractor at Soft Health and Healing Clinic is quite
experienced in delivering! Brooks
chiropractic spinal manipulation is beneficial. For Brooks back
pain related to 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 new set of researchers defined
the biochemical, mechanical, and structural modifications that
must all come together to lead to disc degeneration in
the first place. Giving credit to previous studies on
degenerated discs, they conceded that
traction/distraction has been shown to enhance disc height
and reduce intervertebral pressure. (Research regarding biomechanical effects of Cox®
Technic flexion distraction utilized at Soft Health and Healing Clinic has demonstgrated
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 explained 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
showed 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) Soft Health and Healing Clinic tracks this research most enthusiastically.
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 when
low-tension traction instead of high tension traction is used. 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 resulted in
change, but 4 weeks’ changes were significantly better to 2
weeks. Other disc changes researchers described were the
pores in the bony endplate, their number and diameter that all improved.
(3) A third study on this topic of potential disc regeneration reported
that 28 days of compression followed by 28 days of distraction resulted in disc
rehydration, accelerated extracellular matrix gene expression,
and augmented numbers of protein-expressing cells. (4) With
these exciting papers as support, Soft Health and Healing Clinic provides
safe, gentle, low-tension to patient tolerance distraction according to The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management protocols. Brooks back
pain sufferers are glad 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 relays how The
Cox®
Technic System is designed for back pain relief of disc degeneration-related
pain.
Schedule your next Brooks chiropractic visit
today. If you suffer with disc degeneration- related
back pain, disc re-generation as a
futuristic concept may not be so far away. Soft Health and Healing Clinic is keeping
track of the developments that may lead to and support disc
regeneration. Our Brooks back pain patients have hope!