Tonawanda Nutrition Approaches for Degenerated Discs: Broccoli, Aloe and Grapeseed Oil
Who knew? Researchers are a fascinating breed. How they come up things to experiment with is a curiosity! What would prompt them to think “broccoli, aloe vera and grapeseed may help disc degeneration” is a wonder to Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation and surely to our Tonawanda chiropractic patients, but a good wonder! They may be onto something to help degenerated discs which trigger back pain, neck pain, and disturbance of life.
PREVENTING AND POSSIBLY REVERSING DISC DEGENERATION
Tonawanda low back pain is quite closely linked to degeneration of the intervertebral disc in the spine. At its basic level, the Tonawanda degenerated disc is recognized for a reduced number of cells as well as alteration to its tissue and extracellular matrix content. In many studies, rabbit discs are studied as they are similar to human discs. In one rabbit study, researchers studied the degenerated intervertebral disc and its response to the use of broccoli sprout extract. They thought and their study discovered that it had restorative and preventive influences on degenerated discs. (1) In another rabbit study, grapeseed extracts were put on degenerated discs. Due to their being natural flavonoids with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, grapeseed extracts were tested to see how their inhibitory and anabolic effects would be on degenerated discs. They showed to be restorative and preventive in terms of affecting the degraded disc tissues’ collagen fibrils. (2) In a third study, aloe vera gel was utilized. Aloe vera gel halted and reversed disc degeneration. Researchers wrote that there was a statistically significant (a big deal!) gradual reversal of degenerative changes. These changes were seen in the collagen content organization, the nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus cell increase, and degree of disc degeneration. (3) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation will keep following these stimulating studies and see how they will translate into human use. Maybe these findings will inspire Tonawanda chiropractic patients to eat more broccoli, use grapeseed, and find a way to use some aloe vera gel?
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Krause about disc degeneration on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporation of nutrition, exercise, and treatment of the aching degenerated disc.
Make your next Tonawanda chiropractic appointment now. We can chat about if you knew just how beneficial such interventions like grapeseed, aloe vera and broccoli could be on easing Tonawanda back pain by treating the herniated disc.
