Santa Barbara Chiropractor: ChiropracticTreatment Can Ease The Pain Of Spinal Osteoarthritis (Spondylosis)
May 11th, 2010 | by admin |I’ve always appreciated the old saying, “Growing old isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.” However, it’s no joke if the aging process is causing you pain! As a chiropractor in Santa Barbara, I treat quite a few people suffering from age-related challenges that likely would not have taken place if the primary cause had been treated earlier in life, particularly when it comes to musculoskeletal breakdowns. Pain in the back, neck, hips, knees, and even the feet are often the result of needless stresses due to poor posture, improper gait, and repetitive overuse. But, as another saying goes, “Hindsight is 20-20.” If we only knew then how our aging body would feel now!
back pain is number one on the list as the most common musculoskeletal condition to take place as we get older. Back pain that is age-related is most commonly caused by a degenerative disorder known as Spondylosis (spine osteoarthritis).
Spondylosis is caused by advanced wear and weight-bearing force on the spine that eventually undermines discs, joints, and surrounding ligaments. The specific area(s) and rate of the degenerative process of spondylosis is individual, varying from person to person. The regions likely to be affected are the cervical (neck), thoriacic (mid-back), or lumbar (low back). Spondylosisi symptoms very from person to person and depend on the severity of the degeneration, and can range from minor pain and numbness to gross sensory loss and muscular atrophy.
Repetitive stresses antagonistically affect the cartilage around the joints and can encourage calcium to deposit in the tissues around the vertebrae. Adjacent nerves, blood vessels, and soft tissue can be constricted by these calcific deposits, also called bone spurs. This particular of compression is at the root of Spondylosis.
Even if you are not suffering from spondylosis, regular chiropractic adjustments and overall chiropractic management can noticably decelerate age-related degeneration of your spine. No, “you can’t un-ring a bell” or “turn back the hands of time,” but it isn’t too late to give your spine the good treatment it deserves. Chiropractors are experts when it comes to treatment of the spine. See your chiropractor in Santa Barbara today, for the health of your spine.
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