Keeping Spinal Discs Healthy

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hey guys Dr carpenter here with Lexon
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Spinal Care um just like to talk to you
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a little bit about a disc and and a lot
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of people have disc issues whether
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you’ve had an MRI to know that um but
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when we actually have a disc or a disc
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herniation um when we look at the the
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annular fibers of the disc if we tear
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enough of these fibers the disc starts
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to bulge out and when the disc bulges it
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hits the nerve one of the most important
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things for a disc is actually water a
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disc is 86% water so air is to the tire
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as water is to a disc so if if a tire is
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going flat obviously it needs water but
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if your disc is going flat it needs
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water one of the most important things
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is to make sure that you are hydrated a
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good rule of thumb for your hydrations
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kind of have half your body weight in
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ounces a day um we personally like to
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see um that you get a little bit of uh
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sea salt maybe just a pinch between your
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thumb and your forefinger dropped into
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your first bottle of water uh a day will
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make sure that you’re getting enough
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sodium because sodium is how you retain
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the water and and when I say retain I
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don’t mean like water retention is like
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bloating I mean cellular water retention
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um so very very very highly effective
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and something we want to make sure that
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if you are having disc issues that you
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are hydrated um now in terms of the care
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and the stuff we do here that’s part of
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the care if you’re having a disc
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herniation we have um actual modalities
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and treatments that will allow us to
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hydrate the disc and even get more water
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into the disc so we kind of speed that
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healing process up um if you’ve been
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diagnosed with a disc issue or if you’re
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concerned that you might have a disc
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issue um please contact our office click
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on the special it’s a great way to get
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introduced to us um we’ll prom we
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promise we’ll do a very thorough
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evaluation of you and your spine and uh
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to see if it’s something that we can
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help you with um so please give us a
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call have a great day and we’ll see you
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on the next