Ashburn and Herndon Diabetics with Disc Degeneration Benefit from Vitamin D
The intervertebral disc is an intricate and important part of the spine. It allows pain-free motion of the spine, or not. If the disc degenerates, spinal motion deteriorates, and pain often starts. This is even more probable for patients with diabetes. It is|It’s]5] just one more issue Ashburn and Herndon diabetic patients need to address. The latest research on diabetes and the disc indicates that vitamin D may help with the health of the disc. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is prepared to do just that for Ashburn and Herndon back pain patients as well as Ashburn and Herndon diabetic patients who also have Ashburn and Herndon back pain.
Diabetes, Vitamin D, and the Disc
Diabetic patients with disc degeneration want to take Vitamin D as it prevents and even treats degenerative changes in their discs. How? By improving the content of TGF-β and IGF-1, two influential growth factor cytokines (proteins released by cells that control specific interactions with other cells). (1) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn bets you will agree that it is astonishing how the health of the disc comes down to the very cells that make it up|of which it is comprised! Those cells crave Vitamin D to do their job well. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn urges Ashburn and Herndon diabetic and non-diabetic patients similarly to care for these cells nutritionally and with Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic spinal manipulation with Cox Technic.
Glucose Status and the Disc
The glucose status also alters the oxygen consumption rate of degenerated discs: degenerative discs in low glucose have higher oxygen consumption rates and degenerative discs in high glucose have lower oxygen consumption rates. The glucose status did not influence non-degenerated discs. (2) Ashburn and Herndon degenerated discs react differently than non-degenerated ones. Of this, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is sure because Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn sees it daily in caring for our Ashburn and Herndon back pain patients.
Oxygen Consumption Rates and the Disc
The degenerative intervertebral disc has a notably higher oxygen consumption rate - 3 to 5 times greater - than the non-degenerative, normal human disc. The degenerative disc is different at the cellular level. This oxygen consumption rate factor influences the behavior of the disc’s cells and even its tissue’s nutritional status as nutrients are distributed to the disc via the matrix and endplates. This rate of transport of nutrients is affected by the degenerative state of the disc. (2) So when should Vitamin D be consumed to safeguard and care for the Ashburn and Herndon degenerative disc? When the disc is healthy and even more so when it’s not.
Schedule your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn to discuss the health status of your Ashburn and Herndon spinal discs and how Vitamin D may benefit them whether they are degenerative or not.
