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What is degenerative disc disease?

Degenerative disc disease is not technically a disease, but rather a state of disc dehydration and deterioration due to a combination of cumulative trauma, poor dietary and exercise habits, and aging. As disc degenerate they become more prone to failure from physical stress, which may tear disc fibers and result in more complications, such as osteoarthritis, disc bulging, disc herniation, and stenosis. Many spine experts have seen first-hand how the vacuum of negative pressure, created in the disc by VAX-D, can actually help the disc attract moisture from surrounding tissue, rehydrating and revitalizing thinning and torn degenerated disc.

If you don't use it, you'll lose it
Traumatic spinal injuries may cause patients to avoid their normal daily activities. Without proper treatment, pain will progressively worsen, resulting in decreased physical activity and gradual weakening of the supportive spinal muscles, leading to accelerated disc degeneration.

Going, Going...and Finally Gone.
Phase I: Dysfunctional
Phase II: UnstablePhase II: Stabilization
Phase I of degenerative disc disease, is categorized by tears around the outer surface of the annulus. Further damage to the disc and surrounding tissue is exacerbated by the less effective disc. In Phase II, the joint progressively loses strength. Disc changes include further tearing along the horizontal axis of the disc, greater loss of disc height, and cartilage degeneration. Further loss of disc height, disc space narrowing, moderate to severe endplate damage, disc fibrosis, and the formation of osteophytes can eventually cause surrounding vertebrae to fuse together.
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