Sitka Exercise and Manipulation May Help Get Water into Disc
Water is central to the body. Water makes up about half of the body. The spinal disc is composed of about 80% water. Disc degeneration involves the loss of water and disc hydration. Chiropractic manages disc problems like disc degeneration with various forms of care. Exercise helps with water diffusion into the disc. Spinal manipulation boosts diffusion of water into the disc. Drinking water can’t but help! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka uses spinal manipulation to take care of our spine pain patients suffering with Sitka back pain and neck pain and related leg and arm pain and recommends exercise to boost the effects of spinal manipulation to improve the health of the spinal disc.
DIFFUSION OF WATER INTO THE DISC VIA EXERCISE
Can exercise help the intervertebral disc in non-specific low back pain sufferers? Researchers reported that muscles, tendons and bone do respond well, so they looked at the disc to see if it does. One new study employed imaging to find out. On T2-weighted MRI imaging after 6 months of exercise in this type of patient, the non-specific low back pain patient, the researchers did not discover a benefit; however, at 3 months the imaging exhibited higher 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 explained that non-specific low back pain patients who responded with greater than 30% relief to spinal manipulation therapy compared with non-responders showed a higher apparent diffusion coefficient for diffusion of water into the disc. (2) If exercise can boost that even a little, it has a place in back and neck pain management. If nothing else, a Sitka back pain sufferer may well improve the odds of responding to conservative care by raising the water content of disc with exercise and spinal manipulation!
Sitka 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 reported that changes in the diffusion of water within the discs at L1-2, L2-3, and L5S1 were appreciated after only one treatment of spinal manipulation. (4) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka 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 Sitka 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 discusses the process of disc degeneration and how Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction helps in its care via manipulation.
Set up your Sitka chiropractic appointment now. Your body survives on water. Disc degeneration is a loss of water. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka guides Sitka chiropractic back pain sufferers toward healthier discs with spinal manipulation and exercise to coost water content.
