September 2019 Healthy News: Chiropractic Help for Extruded Discs and Degenerated Discs & Knees

Name: Johnson Chiropractic
Address: USA

Degenerated discs and degenerated knees are not such unlikely companions. They are seen to be related. Richmond patients with a loss of disc height due to disc degeneration often also have knee pain related to degeneration.

DEGENERATED DISCS AND KNEE PAIN REDUCE QUALITY OF LIFE; CHIROPRACTIC IMPROVES IT

Degenerated discs and degenerated knees aren’t such unlikely companions. They are cases of musculoskeletal diseases and spinal disorders that are related to poorer quality of life for older folks. Issues like low back pain, lumbar spinal stenosis, knee pain due to osteoarthritis, decreased lumbar lordosis (as seen on xray), and enlarged sagittal vertical alignment (visible on xray) influence a person’s quality of life. Lumbar spinal stenosis and knee osteoarthritis are the most influential issues for patients having a lower quality of life. (1) Another report links the disc height of the L1/L2, L2/L3, and L3/L4 to knee pain with L2/L3 being the most strongly correlated. (2) The old “Dem Bones” song holds true! Everything is connected! A degenerated knee may be connected to a degenerated disc. Johnson Chiropractic understands the connection and is here to help.

Richmond chiropractic care of extruded discs may help them regress and improve your quality of life.

Richmond CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Extruded Discs May Regress!

Extruded discs - discs whose jellylike centers leak out – tend to be a bit scarier than disc bulges to their sufferers, but in a recent study they regressed with conservative, non-surgical care! At about 17 months of care, 75% of extrusions completely resolved, 15% partially regressed, and 10% did show any resolution. 90% did! Additionally, those patients whose discs resolved also reported significantly improved NRS pain scores, symptoms and disability issues. (3) Johnson Chiropractic relieves pain from extruded discs! They don’t scare us!

Listen to this discussion on care of the disc extrusion with Cox® Technic on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as Dr. Ted Siciliano shares this case of a disc extrusion in a weight lifter he successfully helped.

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Schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment now! We have helpful chiropractic treatment for disc extrusion, disc degeneration, and knee degeneration to improve your quality of life!