Have you ever been informed to drink more water? What would you say if you were told drinking water could ease your lower back pain?

Well, at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC, we understand that the discs in your spine are 80% water when they are young and healthy. With age and injury, the discs lose water and that progresses to the condition called disc degeneration.

To highlight this aspect, a study chronicles that lower back pain disturbs up to 85% of all persons at some time in life. Additionally, lower back pain is a condition for which spinal manipulation has been shown to be beneficial. Researchers study actions that can recuperate the efficiency of spinal manipulation. One such step, hydration status, was investigated: The spinal discs of 8 women and 11 men with lower back pain of 1 to 12 months’ duration were normal or underhydrated and then hypohydrated for 36 hours before receiving spinal manipulation. (1) All they did was increase water intake for the 36 hours prior to their spinal manipulation sessions (which we know our La Grande chiropractic patients could easily do!).

The participants received 2 sessions of spinal manipulation with a 1-week washout cycle in between. The result was improvements in total and severe lower back pain in the hydrated (water-content increased) patients vs. the hypohydrated (water-content decreased) patients. Researchers conclude that there is greater improvement for patients in a hydrated state over those in an under-hydrated state. It is then understandable for healthcare practitioners like your La Grande chiropractor to recommend that lower back pain patients increase their hydration to optimize treatment outcomes for lower back pain relief. (1)

So, at your La Grande chiropractic clinic, Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC, details such as hydration of the whole patient with spine pain are considered and advised to address the issue if needed.

Contact Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC for all your La Grande lower back pain nutritional and treatment needs!