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The average human, both men and women shrink up to three inches over the course of their entire life. These facts are being revealed by chiropractors in San Diego. You can begin losing height slowly some time in your late twenties. This process then accelerates as you age. So, if you are in your thirties you are shrinking right at this moment! And the worst part is that some people shrink more quickly than others. The results can be a devastating “hunchback” appearance over time. It can also lead to limited mobility and constant pain. The good news is that there are simple and easy things you can do right now at this moment to minimize the aging and shrinking process. You can do things to make sure you stay strong and tall and don’t end up looking like the hunchback of Notre Dame! It’s not an appealing look.

First let’s talk about why you shrink. Although there are several factors that lead to shrinking, the one that has by far the biggest impact is your spine. How? The disc has several important functions: 1. It helps to “glue” the vertebrae together…keeping them in place. 2. It acts like a shock absorber, allowing the spine to compress and rebound when stress is applied. Sort of like a spring. 3. It maintains proper spacing between the bones. Proper spacing is needed so each bone can move completely. This space allows nerves to pass through their opening without getting pinched. What does all this have to do with you shrinking? Simple. The disc is like a week old jelly donut. It has a tough outer layer and a soft, gel-like center. That center is normally 88% water. So guess what? Your disc makes up 33% of the height of your spine. So, if your disc somehow loses water, dries out so-to-speak, you lose height!

How does that happen? Simple once again: You see, your discs only have ONE WAY to keep their water content… MOTION! And, not just motion…but…proper motion! Proper motion serves as a natural pump that brings water and other nutrition in and out of the disc. As soon as that motion is stopped or altered, the disc literally begins to shrink up and die. If your spinal bones misalign or malfunction (what Chiropractors call a subluxation) the discs cannot move through their normal range of motion causing its water content to be lost and the disc height to decrease.

And here’s an amazing fact that you need to understand. An estimated two inches of vertical height of the spine may be lost if the water content of the discs are lowered by only sixteen percent or more! What’s worse is that his sets off a vicious cycle of spinal and body degeneration. As your disc shrinks, it compresses joints and causes inflammation or swelling due to friction in the area. Swelling and more friction reduce mobility even more in the long run. As more motion is lost, the disc loses more fluid, shrinking even more, causing compression and the cycle keeps going and going until your spinal discs look like a slice of pepperoni on a pizza! What’s more, your spine can even become deformed, making it more difficult to maintain balance and upright posture. That’s one reason you see people with terrible looking hunchbacks or using a walker to stay somewhat upright. During this process, nerves can get pinched and compressed. This can cause severe pain and other chronic health problems.

That was a heck of a lot of bad news… wasn’t it? Well, here’s the good news: Even though you can’t completely stop the aging process of your spine, you can drastically slow it down-reducing the amount of height you lose and all the chronic pain and health problems that go along with it. How do you do that? By simply going to your Chiropractor and having your spine routinely checked for misalignments… ALIGNED and malfunctioning spinal bones (subluxations). Through quick and easy methods, we can determine if you have a problem that can cause spinal degeneration and all the problems we spoke about above if a subluxation is found, proper steps can be taken to correct it before serious, permanent damage is done. Then Chiropractic adjustments (combined with rehabilitation procedures and nutritional advice) can restore proper motion to malfunctioning spinal segments, decreasing friction and swelling, and allowing fluid back into the disc…stopping the vicious cycle of pain, degeneration and shrinking!!!

You need to ask yourself some questions. Does it make more sense to routinely see your dentist for check-ups for your teeth even though your teeth don’t hurt or, should you wait until your teeth are in ache and falling out? I don’t know how you answered that question, but I think it makes more sense to see my tooth doctor prior to waking up in unbearable pain and needing a root canal. It does make sense to come see a doctor of chiropractic prior to being in agonizing pain. By that time, it may be too late and your only option may be surgery. The worst thing is that waiting until you are in pain means harm has already been done. Some harm can be corrected, but some cannot. Over time, this harm adds up. This leads to troubles and pain that may not be able to be corrected.

I’m sure you heard the phrase an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Seeing a chiropractor that specializes in these conditions can mean the difference of suffering in agony or living a pain free life. The chiropractors in San Diego’s New Century Spine Centers are at the top of their profession. To learn more about the chiropractors in San Diego at New Century Spine Centers, call them at their San Diego office at 619-630-9153.

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