{"id":103,"date":"2007-03-02T15:55:07","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T23:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bodyabcs.com\/bwp\/2007\/03\/herniated-disc\/"},"modified":"2007-03-02T15:55:07","modified_gmt":"2007-03-02T23:55:07","slug":"herniated-disc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyabcs.com\/bwp\/2007\/03\/herniated-disc\/","title":{"rendered":"Herniated Disc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people go to the doctor and are diagnosed with herniated or bulging discs. A herniated or bulging disc simply means the gooey center is bulging out, or sticking out a little.<\/p>\n<p>Before you read the below about herniated discs make sure you understand the info in the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodyabcs.com\/WYNTK\/WYNTKHTML\/01.html\"> chiropractic book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A recent discussion with one of my patients led to the following e-mail, which I thought I would post.<br \/>\nThe below is my theory. It is not an absolute truth, but is the best explanation of the data I have studied and observed in the thousands of patients I have treated.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to talk to your chiropractor or medical doctor before doing anything based on the info below. Again it is simply my theory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">MRI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s routinely show  Herniated discs that have no symptoms attached to them.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">It is almost impossible  to tell if a herniated disc is causing the symptoms or not.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">A free floating  fragment is simply a piece of disc that broke off and is floating around. It may  or may not cause symptoms. There is nothing I can do about  those.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">My theory on herniated  discs is as follows.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">The subluxation has as  its basis adhesions between the facet surfaces of the two vertebrae involved.  (facets are the little joints in the back of the vertebrae)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">The disc between the  two vertebrae has a poor blood supply.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">The disc receives its  nourishment through motion of the two vertebrae above and below it squishing the  blood and fluids through the disc.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">If there is a  subluxation, this squishing can not take place.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">Therefore the disc  dries out, and can get cracks in it.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">The center of the disc  is jelly.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">The jelly can start to  work its way out the cracks.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">That is a herniation or  bulge of a disc.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">The first step to fix  it is to get the facet joints unstuck from each other.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">This allows the fluid  to get squished in from the vertebrae.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">The disc then stands a  chance of healing.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">Then you traction the  two vertebrae apart.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">Those moving tables we  use, do just that.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">The traction creates a  negative pressure in the center of the disc.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">The herniation can get  sucked back in.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">If at the moment the  herniated disc is sucked back in, I move the bones, it can re-arange the outer  fibers of the disc, locking the jelly inside.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" color=\"navy\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial\">With people that have  been sent to me for treatment of herniated disc, some of them have comepletely  resolved their symptoms and some of them have only mild  improvements. No one has ever gotten worse that I know of. Quite a few have canceled scheduled  surgeries. I have some amazing stories on that one.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Dr. David Klein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people go to the doctor and are diagnosed with herniated or bulging discs. A herniated or bulging disc simply means the gooey center is bulging out, or sticking out a little. Before you read the below about herniated discs make sure you understand the info in the chiropractic book. 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