Chondroitin sulfate is important for the health
of the spinal disc. The intervertebral disc requires chondroitin
sulfate. A degenerated disc lacks chondroitin sulfate when it falls
with age. Vancouver Spine Care Centre presents
to our Vancouver back pain patients that back pain due to a degenerated
disc profits from the combination of chiropractic treatment and nutritional
supplementation with chondroitin sulfate from perna canaliculus (a green
lipped mussel).
DISC DEGENERATION AND CHONDROITIN
SULFATE
Disc degeneration is a deficiency of chondroitin
sulfate in the disc which leads to a loss of water and reduction
of the disc. Glycosaminoglycan draws water into the disc’s nucleus
pulposus. Decreased glycosaminoglycan levels in the disc are an
indicator of early degeneration leading to functional
changes of the disc via different stress and strain. (1) Incredibly,
disc degeneration is documented to arise as
early as adolescence, a seemingly very early stage in the aging
process! Aging and degeneration influence the disc’s cells. It
is a complicated process of interactions from the
cellular level to the outer fibrous matrix that holds the disc
together. (2) Vancouver Spine Care Centre gets rid of pain from disc degeneration
for many Vancouver chiropractic patients with a mixed
approach of spinal manipulation, exercise and often nutrition for the disc with
chondroitin sulfate.
BENEFIT OF CHONDROITIN SULFATE SUPPLEMENTATION
Chondroitin sulfate is a primer of glycosaminoglycan.
As such, it’s quite important to the health of a disc. Chondroitin
sulfate is essential to develop glycosaminoglycan
and support its presence in the disc’s nucleus pulposus
(the middle of the disc). Aging influences the
structure and amount of chondroitin sulfate in the system and how its
sulfation acts for the disc’s health. To appreciate
the relationship of chondroitin sulfate, glycosaminoglycan and aging enhances
treatment of the degenerated disc and its potential regeneration
and repair. (3) One study reported that repeated oral
administration of chondroitin sulfate significantly decreased
pain sensation. (4) Vancouver back pain patients with disc degeneration
value feeling less
pain!
CONTACT Vancouver Spine Care Centre
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Dean Greenwood on the Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. He shares two cases
of cervical spine issues resulting in arm pain and weakness. Disc
degeneration isn’t picky. It will influence
the cervical spine, too! Dr. Greenwood shares the disc anatomy, disc
degeneration and its difficulty for neck patients and how spinal
nutrition with chondroitin sulfate supplementation along with Cox® Technic helped.
Schedule a Vancouver chiropractic appointment now
for your back pain relief. Vancouver Spine Care Centre will establish a
treatment plan especially for you to likely
include spinal manipulation as well as chondroitin sulfate supplementation.
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