Murfreesboro Diabetics with Disc Degeneration Benefit from Vitamin D

The intervertebral disc is a complex and key part of the spine. It allows pain-free motion of the spine, or not. If the disc degenerates, spinal motion deteriorates, and pain often occurs. This is even more likely for patients with diabetes. It is|It’s]5] just one more concern Murfreesboro diabetic patients need to deal with. The latest research on diabetes and the disc points out that vitamin D may help with the health of the disc. Most Chiropractic Clinic is prepared to do just that for Murfreesboro back pain patients in additional to Murfreesboro diabetic patients who also have Murfreesboro 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 circulated by cells that control specific interactions with other cells). (1) Most Chiropractic Clinic bets you’ll agree that it is amazing how the health of the disc gets down to the very cells that make it up|of which it is composed! Those cells want Vitamin D to do their job well. Most Chiropractic Clinic encourages Murfreesboro diabetic and non-diabetic patients alike to care for these cells nutritionally and with Murfreesboro chiropractic spinal manipulation with Cox Technic.  

Glucose Status and the Disc

The glucose status also influences 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 affect non-degenerated discs. (2) Murfreesboro degenerated discs react in a different way than non-degenerated ones. Of this, Most Chiropractic Clinic is confident because Most Chiropractic Clinic sees it every day in taking care of our Murfreesboro back pain patients.

Oxygen Consumption Rates and the Disc

The degenerative intervertebral disc has a significantly 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 taken to protect and care for the Murfreesboro degenerative disc? When the disc is healthy and even more so when it is not.

Schedule your Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment at Most Chiropractic Clinic to discuss the health status of your Murfreesboro spinal discs and how Vitamin D may benefit them whether they are degenerated or not.