Water is essential to the body. Water makes up about half of the body. The
spinal disc has around 80% water. Disc
degeneration entails the loss of disc
hydration and water. Chiropractic takes care of disc problems
like disc degeneration with various approaches.
Exercise helps with water diffusion into the disc. Spinal manipulation
enhances diffusion of water into the disc. Drinking water can’t
hurt either! Johnson Chiropractic implements
spinal manipulation to take care of our spine pain patients suffering
with Richmond back pain and neck pain and related leg and arm pain and suggests exercise to increase
the effects of spinal manipulation to take care 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 turned to the disc to see if it would. One new study made use of
imaging to see. On T2-weighted MRI imaging after six
months of exercise in the patient with non specific low back pain, the researchers did
not uncover a benefit; however, at
3 months the imaging showed increased L5S1
diffusion coefficients. They explained that other
types of low back pain sufferers may respond differently. (1) Interesting. The increased 'apparent diffusion coefficients' is
promising yet when we read 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 demonstrated
a higher apparent diffusion coefficient for diffusion of water into the disc. (2) If exercise can enhance that even a bit,
it has a spot in neck and back pain management.
At the very least, a Richmond back pain
sufferer may well increase the chances of responding
to conservative care by maximizing the water content of disc with
exercise and spinal manipulation!
Richmond 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 important for a healthy disc. (3)
Beattie stated that changes in the water
diffusion within the the L1-2, L2-3, and
L5S1 discs were appreciated after just one
treatment of spinal manipulation. (4) Johnson Chiropractic uses the
gentle distraction treatment called Cox Technic spinal manipulation to make a push-pull-pumping effect on the disc and its endplates to encourage the disc to imbibe fluid into the disc help our
Richmond spine pain patients.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
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.
Schedule your Richmond
chiropractic appointment soon. Your body survives on water. Degenerated discs lose water. Johnson Chiropractic
guides Richmond chiropractic back pain sufferers toward
healthier discs with spinal manipulation and exercise to enhance water content.
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