Groton 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 likely for patients with diabetes. It is|It’s]5] just one more issue Groton diabetic patients need to tackle. The latest research on diabetes and the disc signifies that vitamin D may be of help in the health of the disc. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is ready to do just that for Groton back pain patients as well as Groton diabetic patients who also have Groton 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) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office bets you’ll agree that it is astonishing how the health of the disc gets down to the very cells that make it up|of which it is comprised! Those cells need Vitamin D to do their job properly. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office urges Groton diabetic and non-diabetic patients alike to take care of these cells nutritionally and with Groton chiropractic spinal manipulation with Cox Technic.  

Glucose Status and the Disc

The glucose status also affects 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) Groton degenerated discs react differently than non-degenerated ones. Of this, Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is certain because Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office sees it every day in caring for our Groton back pain patients.

Oxygen Consumption Rates and the Disc

The degenerative intervertebral disc has a substantially higher oxygen consumption rate - 3 to 5 times greater - than the non-degenerative, normal human disc.  The degenerative disc is cellularly different. This oxygen consumption rate factor influences the disc’s cellular behavior and even its tissue’s nutritional status as nutrients are distributed to the disc by 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 Groton degenerative disc? When the disc is healthy and even more so when it is not.

Schedule your Groton chiropractic appointment at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office to review the health status of your Groton spinal discs and how Vitamin D may benefit them whether they are degenerated or not.