Disc degeneration starts young, so too should the supplementation start young to combat it! Aging, mechanical stresses, and the cells affect the spinal discs. It's not just a passive process of "wear and tear" on the spinal discs. Their nutrition is important, especially in this day and age when researchers are writing about being able to slow and even reverse disc degeneration.

Discat Plus has the building blocks of minerals found in the spinal disc as well as glucosamine sulfate, chondroitin sulfate (via perna canaliculus which is also a great anti-flammatory!). Introduced in the 1960's and evolved over the past 40+ years, Discat Plus supports spinal disc and cartilage heath.

Consider the article by Zhao that actually talks about working "to retard or reverse disc degeneration" and "to repair and regenerate the degenerated disc" by addressing the nutrient and biomechanical factors. These researchers recommend "a very early intervention" because "onset of human disc degeneration occurs as early as by adolescence."

Discat Plus supports the spinal discs, their nutrition and potential regeneration. When combined with distraction chiropractic adjusting, disc degeneration may be welled handled!

Contact your chiropractic physician for Discat Plus or contact CTRC for a doctor near you.

Glycosaminoglyan in disc cartilage is well-documented. This set of researchers wanted to find out what happens to the glycosaminoglycan if the disc is damaged.

So, they punctured the lumbar annulus fibrosus.

After 5 weeks, they performed an MRI  to estimate disc volume and glycosaminoglycan distribution.

The results show that the disc volume increased significantly at 4 weeks after the puncture.

The disc’s nucleus pulposus (center) displaced from annulus fibrosus (surrounding rings) increased T1 weighting of disc and glycosaminoglycan significantly decreased. So basically if there is damage to a disc, glycosaminoglycan leaves the damaged disc,  and the disc changes.

Nutritional and chiropractic treatment seems logical to help repair the damage.

Read more about this research, the check out the Discat Plus formulation for disc health and Cox Technic for disc herniation treatment and relief.

Chiropractic and Back Pain. Chiropractic and Neck Pain. Chiropractic and Spine Pain. The public thinks of chiropractic for back pain by and large.

• 33% of 27,810 people chose chiropractors as their treating physician for low back pain in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. (NHANE) [in Deyo R: Spine 12(3)]
• Spine care delivery is 60% by the medical model and 40% by the chiropractic model. [Saal, Spine 22(14)]
• The total number of US adults who went to a chiropractor increased 57% from 2000-2003. [Davis, Health Svcs Research 45(3)]
• Paid costs for back pain care started with a chiropractor were 40% less than care started with a MD. [Liliedahl, JMPT 33(9)]

Chiropractic is reknown for its back pain care. Chiropractic has evidence-based technique to relieve and control back pain like Cox Technic.

The federally funded studies document Cox Technic Flexion-Distraction and Decompression's biomechanical effects on the spine as well as its clinical outcomes:

• intradiscal pressure drops to as low as -192mm Hg in the lumbar spine
• 28% widening of the area of the intervertebral canal
• flexion distraction is superior in relieving pain due to radiculopathy (leg pain) compared to medical care. (Gudavalli, Euro Sp J 2006) 
• 29 days and  12 visits are the averages for relief of low back pain when not taking into account specific conditions of back pain. [Cox, Topics in Clinical Chiropractic 1996, 3(3)]
• 13.2 treatments is the average for relief of neck pain radiculopathy. [Schliesser, Kruse, JMPT 26(9)]

Back pain and chiropractic fit together. The chiropractic physician is skilled in the diagnosis, examination and treatment of back pain as well as its prevention with nutrition, exercise and lifestyle choices. The chiropractic back pain research continues to evolve in support. Chiropractic physicians train specially to keep abreast of the latest research and Cox Technic treatment application in seminars. Back pain patients find Cox Technic physicians for their back pain relief when they search the referral directory of certified Cox Technic physicians.

Research leads the way in evidence-based care and in Cox Technic.

Contact Cox Technic if you have any questions.

Certified doctor, Dr. Joseph D'Angiolillo, is in a feature article about his using Cox Technic in practice - gentle, non-invasive treatment for disc, neck, headache ("no cracking"). Complete with pictures! Nice article. 

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201011090304

MSNBC reports on the statistics of back surgery which aren't all that favorable: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39658423/ns/health-pain_center

1. 600,000 Americans choose back surgery
2. 1450 Ohio Work Comp back pain patients with similar diagnoses:
   • 1/2 had surgery with fusion - At 2 years, 26% returned to work...plus a 41% increase in pain killer use.
   • 1/2 did not have surgery - At 2 years, 67% returned to work.
3. 2007 Agency for Health Care Policy and Reform reports
   • 27 million Americans with back problems
   • $30.3 million spent on back pain.
   • PT, pain management, chiropractic, spine surgeries (which makes up the most)
4. complicated spine surgeries with fusion - 8 times increase in 15 years
5. "Even when the surgery is a success, it rarely dispels 100 percent of back pain."

Conservative options like chiropractic, particularly Cox Technic flexion distraction decompression, is ready to help patients after surgery who still suffer, but is most viable for those patients before surgery who need pain relief.