“You’re young! You do not have to worry about
back pain.” Not true! New research confirms young and old alike
must deal with disc degeneration. Most of us will personally have
to deal with disc degeneration’s pain at some point in our lives…or help a loved one dealing with its back pain or neck pain
effects. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is here for young and
old alike when La Grande disc degeneration disrupts your quality of
life.
DDD STARTS EARLIER THAN ONCE THOUGHT
It is hard to believe, but it’s reported
in the medical literature. Disc degeneration begins in the late
teens! A study of 18-20 year old healthy
air force cadets uncovered that 77% showed
disc degeneration or disc herniation. (1) That’s a new revelation! It has been recorded
in other studies that disc degeneration begins at
age 20. Now it is shown to rear its head
in 18 year olds! In this project MRIs were done on
all cadets. None of the cadets reported spine pain. The
MRIs revealed that: 30% showed at least one disc was
dehydrating, 13% disc narrowing, 49% disc bulging, 18% disc protruding, 8% disc
extruding, 13% with spondylolisthesis, and less than 1% even had
asymptomatic vertebral fractures. These results in young,
seemingly healthy people are similar to what would be predictable
in adults. (1) It is never too early to take
care of the spine! Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC pays
attention to everyone’s spinal issues via spinal manipulation, nutrition
and exercise.
WHY?
Researchers (and parents) wonder “why?” Why does
lumbar spine disc degeneration or cervical spine disc degeneration begin so young? Genetics
may play a role. 80% of patients in a new study had mutations
in their collagen-encoding genes. Collagen is important to disc and
joint health. Lumbar disc
herniation patients showed two variants in their gene encoding
for aggrecan, a protein that the end plate depends on for load-bearing. Such a mutation
influences the nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus and end plates.
(2) Certainly, the whole story of why a disc
degenerates isn’t fully defined yet. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
does have ways to contain and relieve the pain of
a La Grande degenerated disc.
INTERRUPTING DISC DEGENERATION, PROMOTING DISC REGENERATION
Researchers described disc degeneration as a
complex connection of mechanical, biochemical, and structural alterations
at the cellular level, cells that are in an abnormal mechanical environment.
Regeneration of such cells would require very specific conditions and
would not always be possible. However, traction of 2 to 6 weeks was
found to be a sensitive time for regeneration of a degenerated
disc. The researchers suggest that this could interrupt the above
explained cascade of changes. (3) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC uses Cox® Technic
to gently produce a positive environment for the healing of degenerated
discs by enhancing the area of the spinal canal by 28%,
increasing the height of the disc by 17%, and dropping
intradiscal pressures to as low as -192mmHg in the low back and dropping
pressures in the cervical spine by a mean pressure as much as 1265 mmHg. (4,5)
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC takes it one more step with the Cox® Technic
system of spinal pain management by adding spinal nutrition (particularly
disc nutrition supplementation) and exercise to optimize the relief
and clinical outcome for La Grande back pain patients.
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Paxton Schofield on The Back Doctors’ Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson who presented his care of arthritis and
degeneration with Cox® Technic.
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment at
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC for your spine’s health. You may not be too young for back pain, and you are surely
not too young to look after your spine. A La Grande
chiropractic treatment plan of spinal manipulation, nutrition and exercise can benefit all ages of back pain and neck pain sufferers struggling with
disc degeneration.