Orchard Park, NY Nutrition Approaches for Degenerated Discs: Broccoli, Aloe and Grapeseed Oil

Who knew? Researchers are a fascinating breed. How they think up things to try is a curiosity! What would prompt them to think “broccoli, aloe vera and grapeseed may help disc degeneration” is a wonder to Novelli Wellness Center and surely to our Orchard Park, NY chiropractic patients, but a good wonder! They just might be onto something to help degenerated discs which trigger back pain, neck pain, and disruption of life.

PREVENTING AND POSSIBLY REVERSING DISC DEGENERATION

Orchard Park, NY low back pain is very closely linked to degeneration of the intervertebral disc in the spine.  At its basic level, the Orchard Park, NY degenerated disc is defined by a decreased number of cells as well as change to its tissue and extracellular matrix content. In many studies, rabbit discs are examined 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 proposed and their study discovered that this extract had restorative and preventive effects on degenerated discs. (1) In second rabbit study, grapeseed extracts were applied to degenerated discs. By reason of their being natural flavonoids with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, grapeseed extracts were tried to find out how their inhibitory and anabolic effects would be on degenerated discs. They proved to be preventive and restorative 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 wrote that there was a statistically significant (a big deal!) gradual reversal of degenerative changes. These changes were noted in the collagen content organization, the nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus cell increase, and degree of disc degeneration. (3) Novelli Wellness Center will keep following these interesting studies and see how they will translate into human use. Maybe these findings will inspire Orchard Park, NY 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.

Schedule your next Orchard Park, NY chiropractic appointment now. We can discuss if you knew just how beneficial such interventions like grapeseed, aloe vera and broccoli could be on easing Orchard Park, NY back pain by treating the herniated disc.