11/29/2025
For so long I've said about chiropractic, "it's not about your back, it's about your life!". The brain and body are in constant communication. Subluxations (what chiropractors focus on in the spine) disrupts and interferes with said communication. When that communication breaks down the body whispers in a subtle signal or symptom. When we ignore those gentle cues, or numb them with drugs and chemicals, those signals get louder 'til they beg you to stop and repair.
Chiropractic adjustments are necessary to continuously support the body in ease of communication so it can do fully what it was designed for, NOT merely for pain♥️
💥NEW STUDY REVEALS: DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE ISN’T JUST “WEAR & TEAR”… IT’S A SIGNALING FAILURE
A brand-new study titled “D-mannose alleviates intervertebral disc degeneration through glutamine metabolism” just confirmed what almost nobody is talking about: disc degeneration isn’t just “wear and tear” - it’s a metabolic and signaling failure.
Most people are told their spine is falling apart because they “aged wrong,” lifted wrong, or sat wrong.
But what if that wasn’t the real story at all?
What if the deeper problem was this:
Your discs aren’t receiving the molecular signals they need to repair, regenerate, and calm inflammation.
Not a mechanical problem... unless you got run over by a bus.
A communication problem.
The new study showed something wild - inside degenerating discs, the cells aren’t “dead”… they’re confused. Their signaling pathways are disrupted. Their communication networks are scrambled. The body is TRYING to repair, but the signals that control inflammation, hydration, collagen rebuilding, immune defense, and matrix regeneration are misfiring.
Let that sink in:
The body isn’t failing.
The instructions are.
And the spine pays the price -
• chronic inflammation
• loss of hydration
• weakened extracellular matrix
• runaway catabolic pathways
• failed repair cycles
• mechano-immune chaos
This changes everything for millions of people suffering with back pain, sciatica, herniations, stenosis, or severe disc degeneration.
Because now the focus shifts from:
❌ “Your disc is wearing down,”
to
✅ “Your cells aren’t receiving the right biochemical messages.”
Which means the REAL question is:
How do you restore those signaling pathways?
This is where glycobiology enters the picture - the field nobody talks about, yet the field that controls everything from immune surveillance to cell-cell communication to tissue regeneration itself.
If signaling breaks… tissues break.
If signaling restores… tissues recover.
And yes, this applies directly to spine health.
That’s the piece almost nobody sees yet.
✅ Study:
Wang Y, et al. (2024). D-mannose alleviates intervertebral disc degeneration through glutamine metabolism. Military Medical Research, 11 (1), 68. PMID: 38711073.
