What do you know about the nutrition of the discs in your
spine? Your Largo chiropractor knows a lot about them! Not a day goes by that your Largo chiropractor isn’t 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 escape
degenerative change. Let us consider how Largo
chiropractic guided nutrition can stabilize and improve
the health of the human disc. Its nutritional balance is delicate
and quite responsive to nutrition and Largo
chiropractic treatment.
HOW DISC DEGENERATION PLAYS A ROLE
The depletion of chondroitin sulfate within the
intervertebral disc during Largo degenerative disc disease
creates a reduction 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 experiences a significant drop
in chondroitin sulfate (called glycosaminoglycan) in the disc
structure. This degeneration takes place throughout the whole
disc. These changes offer an appreciation of the potential
impact of chondroitin sulfate on the disc biology and
the development of therapeutic methods
for disc regeneration and repair. (1) Hollstrom & Associates Inc passes this information along to
Largo chiropractic disc degeneration patients.
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
Not only is chondroitin sulfate vital for
the health of your Largo disc and its capability to resist
degeneration, but chondroitin sulfate is a slow-acting anti-inflammatory drug
for treating osteoarthritis and low back pain. Largo
inflammation plays a role in disc health status. Chondroitin
sulfate does not have the unfavorable 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 shown to restore the degenerative disc cells when disc cells are placed
in this umbilical fluid called Wharton’s Jelly. Captivatingly
this disc cell restorative fluid contains chondroitin
sulfate which is the chemical forming 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) Hollstrom & Associates Inc makes available a
high-quality disc nutritional supplement that specifically has
chondroitin sulfate and a daily multivitamin, amino acid, enzyme, and herb
formula containing the B vitamins to reduce
inflammation. Largo chiropractic patients find this valuable addition
to their Largo chiropractic care.
SPINAL MANIPULATION PLUS NUTRITION
The value of Largo chiropractic nutrition
is further revealed when coupled
with Largo chiropractic spinal manipulation. The physiological
effects of spinal manipulation showed that it guided
disc physiology primarily through water flow via
water diffusion and molecular transport into the disc, which are important for
the health of the disc. (5) Hollstrom & Associates Inc understands the combined
importance of providing the nutrients of a good disc supplement
and daily multivitamin with Largo spinal manipulation to affect
dispersement of water and molecular chemicals into the disc. Hollstrom & Associates Inc
is well skilled with spinal manipulation to do this!
This study highlights the role of Cox Technic protocols
in the treatment and prevention of Largo disc degeneration and its
ensuing disc herniation in good perspective. The
effects of Largo chiropractic on intervertebral disk matrix and
metabolic enzymes in rats with cervical disc degeneration and arthritis showed
that chiropractic may enhance the degeneration in rats
with cervical disc degeneration and arthritis by adjusting
the intervertebral disc matrix system and relevant metabolic
enzymes. (6)
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Schedule a Largo chiropractic visit at
Hollstrom & Associates Inc today. As you can see, it is the
combination of Largo chiropractic Cox Technic and nutrition that shows
promise in the relief of pain and prevention of Largo disc
degeneration. Now you know a lot about spinal disc nutrition!