Who knew? Researchers are an interesting group
of people. How they think up things to try
is a fascination! What would make them to think “broccoli, aloe vera and grapeseed may help disc degeneration” is a marvel to
Chiropractic Care and surely to our West Palm Beach chiropractic patients, but
a good marvel! They may be onto something to help
discs that are degenerated which cause
back pain, neck pain, and disruption of life.
PREVENTING AND POSSIBLY REVERSING DISC DEGENERATION
West Palm Beach low back pain is very closely
linked to degeneration of the intervertebral disc in the
spine. At its basic level, the West Palm Beach
degenerated disc is defined by a decreased
number of cells and alteration to its tissue and
extracellular matrix content. In several of these studies, rabbit
discs are studied as they are like human discs.
In one rabbit study, researchers studied the degenerated
intervertebral disc and its response to the use of broccoli
sprout extract. They proposed and their study discovered
that this extract had restorative and preventive effects on degenerated discs. (1) In another
rabbit study, grapeseed extracts were put on degenerated
discs. By reason of their having anti-inflammatory and
antioxidant properties as natural flavonoids, 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 stopping the degradation of disc tissues’ collagen fibrils. (2) In a third study, aloe vera
gel was applied to degenerated discs of rabbits. Aloe vera gel halted
and reversed disc degeneration. Researchers stated 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 rise, and degree of disc degeneration. (3) Chiropractic Care
will keep following these interesting studies
and see how they will translate into human use. Maybe these results
will inspire West Palm Beach chiropractic patients to enjoy more
broccoli, use grapeseed, and find a way to use some aloe
vera gel?
CONTACT Chiropractic Care
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Krause about disc degeneration on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he explains The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management integration of nutrition, exercise,
and treatment of the painful degenerated disc.
Schedule your next West Palm Beach
chiropractic appointment soon. We can chat about
if you knew just how effective such interventions
like grapeseed, aloe vera and broccoli might be on relieving West Palm Beach back pain by treating the herniated
disc.
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