Degenerative Disc Disease, abbreviated DDD, can be an extremely painful disease and can highly affect the quality of a person's life. Degenerative discs occur when vertebral discs experience trauma, dehydrate or dry out, and when they dry out they lose their ability to absorb shock between vertebrae. Minimal blood supply to the discs makes them unable to heal or repair themselves, and the result is relentless hip and lower back pain, pain in the buttocks and thighs while walking, and sporadic tingling or weakness throughout the knees. These sensations can occur while sitting, bending, lifting, and twisting, and thus can cause chronic pain.
Degenerative Disc Disease, or DDD, can often be treated successfully without surgery. Chiropractic Manipulative Therapy (CMT) is often recommended for low back pain relief, and research has proven chiropractic medicine to be considerably efficient in that area.
Chiropractic medicine uses spinal adjustments to correct vertebral subluxations, vertebrae that have slid out of place, which can surely be more noticeable with degenerative discs. The doctor applies pressure to a bone and "unlocks" the bone from its improper position. From there, the body's "Innate Intelligence" puts the vertebrae back into the appropriate position.
If you live in the New York area and are suffering from Degenerative Disc Disease or any variation of hard tissue problem, Lexington Chiropractic Associates would love to be of service. At Lexington Chiropractic Associates, we employ the assimilation of traditional and modern day methods of treatment to relieve hip and lower back pain, as well as pain in other areas of the body that is caused by subluxations. Dr. Darren K. Pollack and Dr. John Calabria are incredibly qualified, and have both the intelligence and the wisdom to aid you.
We invite you to read some of our testimonials from patients who have experienced low back pain relief after visiting Lexington Chiropractic Associates. For more information, browse LexingtonChiro.com, or call us today to schedule an appointment. Our mission is to help you.