Category Archives: Degenerative Disc Disease

When to consider spinal decompression

About 80% of the general population will experience a serious bout of low back pain at some point in their lives.  A certain percentage of these people will develop chronic low back pain…which is back pain that persists for over … Continue reading

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Low Back Pain and Spinal Manipulation: How Does it Work?

For many years, Chiropractic has been at the forefront of treating low back pain (LBP) with both greater patient satisfaction and less lost time at work when compared to other non-surgical treatment approaches. There have been many explanations as to … Continue reading

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Degenerative Disc Disease…What Causes It?

Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) for the most part is the result of abnormal wear and tear of the spinal discs in the lumbar and cervical spine. This is usually the result of misalignment’s in the spine. There is an optimum … Continue reading

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Low Back Pain and Spondylolisthesis

Low back pain can arise from many conditions, one of which is a mouthful: Spondylolisthesis. The term was coined in 1854 from the Greek words, “spondylo” for vertebrae and “olisthesis” for slip. These “slips” most commonly occur in the low … Continue reading

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Scoliosis and Spinal Decompression

We have been providing Spinal Decompression Therapy in San Francisco for over 6 years now, and the results have been outstanding. Some low back pain patients present with  scoliosis and have special concerns so we thought we would address some … Continue reading

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Low Back Pain and Vitamin D

There are many causes of low back pain (LBP).  Most of us can think of the time we bent over to lift a child, the heavy tongue of a trailer, a 5-gallon pail of water, or maybe simply sneezed too … Continue reading

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Is Degenerative Disc Disease Hereditary?

When a back pain patient with degenerative disc disease first sees their own x-rays, they often ask “is that really me…how did that happen?”  The next question is usually “can disc degeneration be hereditary?”  These are both very good questions. … Continue reading

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Can Spinal Decompression Help Degenerative Disc Disease?

Degenerative Disc Disease is fairly common with aging…along with most other degenerative processes. However, it is possible to slow down the progression of spinal disc degeneration and in some cases actually reverse it with nonsurgical spinal decompression. When the bones … Continue reading

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What Causes Low Back Pain?

“Were does the pain come from?” is probably the most commonly asked question we hear as chiropractors and spinal decompression specialists…and frequently, the patient is not told the answer to this simple question. WHY? Here’s the problem…the question is really … Continue reading

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Severe Back Pain Relief Options

If you are suffering with severe back pain, you are not alone.  80% of us, at some point in our lives with suffer an episode of back pain. For the most part, back pain symptoms will go away on their … Continue reading

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