Have you heard of tooth decay affecting just one tooth? Or diabetes affecting just blood sugar levels?
Degenerative disc disease is a faulty systemic metabolism in the disc. (1) The disc doesn’t process nutrients and keep itself properly healthy! And there are discs throughout the spine from the head down to the tailbone! Not just one disc gets to enjoy such degeneration. As a matter of fact, researchers note that healthy volunteers whose MRI imaging shows a lumbar spine disc herniation also shows a higher prevalence of disc protrusion in cervical spine imaging. This is just more support that disc disease is systemic. (2) Johnson Chiropractic isn’t surprised at all! Richmond chiropractic patients with low back pain and/or neck pain show us every day!
Now, this last study may make you wonder “Well, that was in healthy volunteers. They didn’t have any pain, but they have disc herniations?” Yes, fortunately, 76% of us have disc herniations that don’t hurt! But they do show up on MRI. If we hurt and do an MRI, 96% of us will see a herniation. (3) Let Johnson Chiropractic assure you that we don’t order MRIs for patients without symptoms, but researchers do!
Johnson Chiropractic sets an individualized treatment plan for its patients. Spinal manipulation, exercise and nutrition may be good for you. Using Cox Technic, Johnson Chiropractic gently and safely relieves painful symptoms of spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease no matter where it emanates from your spine. Contact Johnson Chiropractic today to set your Richmond chiropractic appointment.