Possible Regeneration for Manchester Disc Degeneration
The future: disc re-generation! It is an exciting possibility being studied today. Turning disc degeneration into disc regeneration offers hope for back pain sufferers everywhere. What is the latest suggested process? Distraction. Just what your Manchester chiropractor at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is well-trained to do! Manchester chiropractic spinal manipulation is beneficial. For Manchester back pain associated with disc degeneration, these new disc regeneration reports spread hope for back pain relief.
DISC DEGENERATION AND REGENERATION CONTRIBUTORS
Researchers seem more and more positive about disc regeneration. A new set of researchers described 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 admitted 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 Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries 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 necessary circumstances must come together 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 laboratory study, particularly that 2 to 6 weeks of traction is best to regenerate a degenerated disc. (2) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries 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 on the proteoglycan content of the nucleus pulposus of the spinal intervertebral disc, the very center of the disc, which consists of proteoglycans. The proteoglycan content of the nucleus rose 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 increased numbers of protein-expressing cells. (4) With these exciting papers as support, Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries delivers safe, gentle, low-tension to patient tolerance distraction according to The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management protocols. Manchester back pain sufferers are happy 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 delivers back pain relief of disc degeneration-related pain.
Schedule your next Manchester chiropractic appointment today. If you have back pain related to disc degeneration, disc re-generation as a futuristic concept may not be so futuristic. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is keeping track of the developments that may lead to and support disc regeneration. Our Manchester back pain patients have hope!
