Manchester Exercise and Manipulation May Help Get Water into Disc
Water is central to the body. The body is composed of around 50% water. The spinal disc has about 80% water. Disc degeneration involves the loss of disc hydration and water. Chiropractic manages disc problems like disc degeneration with various forms of care. Exercise assists water diffusion into the disc. Spinal manipulation enhances diffusion of water into the disc. Drinking water can’t but help! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries uses spinal manipulation to help our spine pain patients experiencing Manchester back pain and neck pain and related arm and leg pain and suggests exercise to support the effects of spinal manipulation to improve the health of the spinal disc.
DIFFUSION OF WATER INTO THE DISC VIA EXERCISE
Can exercise benefit the intervertebral disc in non-specific low back pain sufferers? Researchers reported that muscles, tendons and bone do respond well, so they turned to the disc to see if it does. One new study used imaging to see. On T2-weighted MRI imaging after six months of exercise in the patient with non specific low back pain, the researchers didn’t discover a benefit though at 3 months the imaging showed increased L5S1 diffusion coefficients. They stated 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 consider other articles about diffusion of water into the disc. Wong described 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 diffusion of water into the disc. (2) If exercise can enhance that even a little, it has a place in neck and back pain management. If nothing else, a Manchester back pain sufferer may well improve the odds of responding to conservative care by maximizing the water content of disc with exercise and spinal manipulation!
Manchester 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 impact 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 stated that changes in the diffusion of water within the the L1-2, L2-3, and L5S1 discs were appreciated after only one treatment of spinal manipulation. (4) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries utlilizes the gentle distraction treatment called Cox Technic spinal manipulation to create a push-pull-pumping effect on the disc and its endplates to encourage the disc to imbibe fluid into the disc help our Manchester 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.
Make your Manchester chiropractic appointment soon. Your body survives on water. Degenerated discs lose water. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries guides Manchester chiropractic patients toward healthier discs with spinal manipulation and exercise to coost water content.
