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Dr. Michael Chaplin  
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 More options Jan 6 2003, 1:36 pm
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From: "Dr. Michael Chaplin" <d...@drchaplin.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 12:38:04 -0600
Local: Mon, Jan 6 2003 1:38 pm
Subject: Re: chronic neck/back pain (fibro?)
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I hope that everyone has gotten through the holidays with a minimum of
discomfort and/or trials and tribulations.  I wish each and everyone of you
a good new year.

Having said that:

Knuckle cracking and/or spinal adjustments DO NOT cause arthritis! Nor is it
an early sign of DJD (degenerative joint disease).

Self adjusting is NOT recommended because you are not adjusting the area
that needs the adjustment but rather a motion unit
(vertebrae-disc-vertebrae) that is hyper-mobile.

The reason that the self-adjustment feels good is the release of endorphins
(body's natural opiates) into the area.

Nitrogen is NOT stored as bubbles in the synovial fluid (fluid in the
joints) this would cause the "bends" in everyone if it were so.  Nitrogen
and Carbon Dioxide are saturated in the fluid and precipitate out of the
fluid when the pressure is suddenly dropped (think of a bottle of soda that
is opened suddenly and the CO2 is suddenly released).  The "popping" you
hear is the gas precipitating out of the fluid and is visible on an x-ray.
The gas is reabsorbed into the fluid within 30 minutes.

--
"You can't make someone else's choices.
You shouldn't let someone else make yours."
Gen. Colin Powell

Michael A. Chaplin, D.C., CCSP
Home/Office  (936) 522 7965
Good Health Is No Accident
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"Deirdre Saoirse Moen" <deir...@deirdre.net> wrote in message
news:deirdre-0201031001350001@10.0.1.2...

> In article <20030102013010.02198.00000...@mb-cn.aol.com>,
> kat...@aol.comnojunk (Katka3) wrote:

> > >And is it bad to crack your own back everyday by
> > >twisting your upperbody left/right?

> > If it feels good do it!

> Some people have said that they believe this kind of back cracking (or
> finger cracking) causes arthritis.

> I'm of the opinion that it's the reverse: a very early sign of possible
> arthritis.

> As far as I'm aware, there's no scientific evidence of that. If I were
> infinitely wealthy, I'd fund some research. :)

> --
> _Deirdre                                             http://deirdre.net
> "Ideally pacing should look like the stock market for the year 1999, up
> and up and up, but with lots of little dips downwards...."
>                                      -- Wen Spencer on plotting a novel


 
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