The
future: disc re-generation! It’s an exciting possibility being
today. Converting disc degeneration into disc regeneration offers
hope for back pain sufferers all around. What is
the most recent suggested process? Distraction. Just
what your Pflugerville chiropractor at Pflugerville Wellness Center is well-trained to do! Pflugerville
chiropractic spinal manipulation is beneficial. For Pflugerville back
pain related to disc degeneration, these new disc
regeneration studies spread hope for back pain
relief.
DISC DEGENERATION AND REGENERATION CONTRIBUTORS
Researchers seem more and more positive
about disc regeneration. A new group of researchers described
the biochemical, mechanical, and structural modifications that
must all come together to result in disc degeneration in
the first place. Giving credit to prior studies on
degenerated discs, they acknowledged that
traction/distraction has been shown to increase disc height
and reduce intervertebral pressure. (Research about biomechanical effects of Cox®
Technic flexion distraction used at Pflugerville Wellness Center has shown
a 17% increase in disc height, a 28% increase in area, and an intradiscal
pressure drop in lumbar spine discs to as low as -192mmHg pressure.
(1) ) They clarified that not all levels of disc degeneration
can be regenerated as all the necessary circumstances
must come together for regenerating the disc that did so for its degeneration. They report that their research
showed that traction interrupted the cycle of disc
degeneration in the laboratory study, particularly that
2 to 6 weeks of traction is optimal to regenerate a degenerated
disc. (2) Pflugerville Wellness Center follows this research most enthusiastically.
IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH: LOW TENSION DISTRACTION
Another published paper stated that there is
greater reconstruction and better effectiveness of disc regeneration or repair using low-tension
traction as opposed to high-tension traction. The researchers explained
that the lab findings are based on the proteoglycan content of the spinal
intervertebral disc’s nucleus pulposus, the very center of the disc, which is made
up of proteoglycans. The proteoglycan content of the nucleus increased
significantly. Both 2 and 4 weeks of traction brought about
change, but 4 weeks’ changes were significantly better to 2
weeks. Other disc changes researchers reported on were the
pores in the bony endplate, their number and diameter that all improved.
(3) A third study on this topic of potential disc regeneration related
that 28 days of compression followed by 28 days of distraction resulted in disc
rehydration, stimulated extracellular matrix gene expression,
and increased numbers of protein-expressing cells. (4) With
these exciting papers in mind, Pflugerville Wellness Center delivers
safe, gentle, low-tension to patient tolerance distraction according to The Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management protocols. Pflugerville back
pain sufferers are glad we do!
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he relays how The
Cox®
Technic System is designed for back pain relief of disc degeneration-related
pain.
Schedule your next Pflugerville chiropractic appointment
today. If you have disc degeneration- related
back pain, disc re-generation as a
futuristic concept may not be so futuristic. Pflugerville Wellness Center is keeping
track of the developments that may lead to and support disc
regeneration. Our Pflugerville back pain patients have hope!