Your Back Bones
| This progression of photos represents the stages or changes that our tissues go through as we age and/or recover from injury. The top row are the youngest, healthiest tissues and the bottom row is the oldest and most deteriorated tissues. Chiropractic helps keep the joints moving and the tissues therefore continuing to absorb repair materials from surrounding tissues and fluids. Static, or non-moving joints, cannot 'feed' and degeneration is facilitated. |
 Healthy, young tissues, front view. |
 Side View of healthy tissues. |
 As deterioration begins, cartilage discs thin... |
 leaving smaller 'portholes' for the nerves. |
 Cartilage discs get thinner, bone spurs begin to form, and movement is limited. |
 Pressure on nerve causes discomfort and other symptoms. |
 Joint becomes non-moving, even sometimes fused. |
 Nerve begins to atrophy and wither. |