Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka Cares for Spinal Discs with Nutrition and Knowledge
What do you know about the nutrition of the discs in your spine? Your Sitka chiropractor is well acquainted with them! Not less than daily is it that your Sitka chiropractor is not working with spinal discs. The discs in the spine have a high metabolism that requires oxygen, glucose, chondroitin sulfate and minerals for its ability to evade degenerative change. Let us consider how Sitka chiropractic guided nutrition can ease and improve the health of the human disc. Its nutritional balance is sensitive and quite receptive to nutrition and Sitka chiropractic treatment.
THE ROLE OF DISC DEGENERATION
The reduction of chondroitin sulfate within the intervertebral disc during Sitka degenerative disc disease results in a decrease in tissue hydration, a loss of fluid movement, cell death (also called apoptosis), a loss of nerve growth inhibition and ultimately, the loss of disc function. Aging sees a significant drop in chondroitin sulfate (called glycosaminoglycan) in the disc structure. This degeneration takes place throughout the entire disc. These changes give an appreciation of the possible impact of chondroitin sulfate on the disc biology and the expansion of therapeutic methods for disc regeneration and repair. (1) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka passes this information along to Sitka chiropractic disc degeneration patients.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
Not only is chondroitin sulfate vital for the health of your Sitka disc and its ability to fight degeneration, but chondroitin sulfate is a slow-acting anti-inflammatory drug for doctoring osteoarthritis and low back pain. Sitka inflammation plays a role in disc health status. Chondroitin sulfate doesn’t have the adverse side effects of non–steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that can injure organs such as the liver, heart and kidneys. (2) A source of chondroitin sulfate is from human umbilical cord which is revealed to restore the degenerative disc cells when disc cells are placed in this umbilical fluid known as Wharton’s Jelly. Captivatingly this disc cell restorative fluid contains chondroitin sulfate which is the chemical creating the intervertebral disc. (3) Also of interest is a study showing positive outcomes using vitamins B12, 1, and 6 in treating arm and leg pain due to intervertebral disc degeneration and herniation. (4) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka offers a high-quality disc nutritional supplement that specifically contains chondroitin sulfate and a daily multivitamin, amino acid, enzyme, and herb formula incorporating the B vitamins to lower inflammation. Sitka chiropractic patients find this valuable adjunct to their Sitka chiropractic care.
SPINAL MANIPULATION PLUS NUTRITION
The value of Sitka chiropractic nutrition is further shown when joined with Sitka chiropractic spinal manipulation. The physiological effects of spinal manipulation showed that it affected disc physiology mostly through water flow via water diffusion and molecular transport into the disc, which are important for the health of the disc. (5) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka comprehends the joint importance of providing the nutrients of a good disc supplement and daily multivitamin with Sitka spinal manipulation to influence dispersement of water and molecular chemicals into the disc. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is well experienced with spinal manipulation to do this!
This study puts in perspective the role of Cox Technic protocols in the treatment and prevention of Sitka disc degeneration and its resultant disc herniation. The effects of Sitka chiropractic on intervertebral disk matrix and metabolic enzymes in rats with cervical disc degeneration and arthritis showed that chiropractic may better the degeneration in rats with cervical disc degeneration and arthritis by adjusting the intervertebral disc matrix system and related metabolic enzymes. (6)
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Schedule a Sitka chiropractic visit at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka today. As you can see, it is the combination of Sitka chiropractic Cox Technic and nutrition that demonstrates promise in the relief of pain and prevention of Sitka disc degeneration. Now you know a lot about spinal disc nutrition!
