Manchester Nutrition Approaches for Degenerated Discs: Broccoli, Aloe and Grapeseed Oil
Who knew? Researchers are an interesting group of people. How they come up things to experiment with is a curiosity! What would prompt them to think “broccoli, aloe vera and grapeseed may help disc degeneration” is a marvel to Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries and surely to our Manchester chiropractic patients, but a good marvel! They just might be onto something to deal with discs that are degenerated which cause back pain, neck pain, and disruption of life.
PREVENTING AND POSSIBLY REVERSING DISC DEGENERATION
Manchester low back pain is quite closely associated with degeneration of the intervertebral disc in the spine. At its basic level, the Manchester degenerated disc is defined by a reduced number of cells and alteration to its tissue and extracellular matrix content. In many studies, rabbit discs are studied as they are like human discs. In one rabbit study, researchers studied the degenerated intervertebral disc and its response to the use of broccoli sprout extract. They proposed and their study found that it had preventive and restorative effects on degenerated discs. (1) In another rabbit study, grapeseed extracts were put on degenerated discs. By reason of their having anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties as natural flavonoids, grapeseed extracts were tested to see how their inhibitory and anabolic effects would be on degenerated discs. They proved to be restorative and preventive in terms of stopping the degradation of disc tissues’ collagen fibrils. (2) In a third study, aloe vera gel was applied to degenerated discs of rabbits. Aloe vera gel stopped and reversed disc degeneration. Researchers noted statistically significant (a big deal!) gradual reversal of degenerative changes. These modifications were noted in the collagen content organization, the nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus cell rise, and degree of disc degeneration. (3) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries will follow these interesting studies and see how they will translate into human use. Maybe these results will inspire Manchester chiropractic patients to enjoy more broccoli, use grapeseed, and find a way to use some aloe vera gel?
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Krause about disc degeneration on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integration of nutrition, exercise, and treatment of the painful degenerated disc.
Make your next Manchester chiropractic appointment now. We can chat about if you knew just how influential such interventions like grapeseed, aloe vera and broccoli could be on relieving Manchester back pain by treating the herniated disc.
