Self Sabotage After Spinal Injury

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ing in the regression process of herniated disc fragments.”</p><p id="241f">In other words, smokers take longer to heal after a disc injury. Smokers also experience more pain than non-smokers. Anyone who has had a cervical or lumbar disc herniation can tell you, they can be extremely painful and debilitating.</p><div id="6f97" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/30-day-challenge-stop-complaining-for-30-days-in-november-7a3d6b5b27f8"> <div> <div> <h2>30 Day Challenge — Stop Complaining For 30 Days In November</h2> <div><h3>Try this 30 day challenge and watch your life dramatically improve.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*XZF1xOnuOuBx_HXe)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="5422">Therefore, you should give yourself every advantage when you are trying to heal after such an injury to your spine. If you are a smoker, be aware that continuing to smoke during the healing process has been demonstrated to slow recovery, increase pain i

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ntensity, and result in poor outcomes.</p><p id="4997">In sharing this study and the information in it, it is my hope that if you are a smoker experiencing back pain, but especially back pain due to trauma or disc injury, you seriously consider quitting immediately.</p><p id="898a">I know you’ve heard it before about the negative health consequences of smoking, but this study makes the connection between smoking and back pain in a way most people are still unaware.</p><p id="fd6d"><i>If you are enjoying Medium please consider signing up using my referral link:</i></p><div id="d367" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/@ErikReich/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link - Erik Reich, DC</h2> <div><h3>As a Medium member, a portion of your membership fee goes to writers you read, and you get full access to every story…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*jNpnxBOmfhJjIaS4)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Self Sabotage After Spinal Injury

If you want to optimize your chances for the best possible recovery, avoid this activity.

It’s no surprise that smoking is bad for you. If you are a smoker, you’ve most likely been told by friends, family members, and your doctor to quit the habit already a million times.

However, let me be perhaps the first to state it this way: smoking is especially terrible for your health after a spine injury.

In this study by Tsarouhas A et al. the authors state, “Smoking habits were found to have a negative dose-dependent effect on the transcript levels of MMP-3 and MMP-13 and a positive correlation with pain intensity, suggesting an unfavorable role for smoking in the regression process of herniated disc fragments.”

In other words, smokers take longer to heal after a disc injury. Smokers also experience more pain than non-smokers. Anyone who has had a cervical or lumbar disc herniation can tell you, they can be extremely painful and debilitating.

Therefore, you should give yourself every advantage when you are trying to heal after such an injury to your spine. If you are a smoker, be aware that continuing to smoke during the healing process has been demonstrated to slow recovery, increase pain intensity, and result in poor outcomes.

In sharing this study and the information in it, it is my hope that if you are a smoker experiencing back pain, but especially back pain due to trauma or disc injury, you seriously consider quitting immediately.

I know you’ve heard it before about the negative health consequences of smoking, but this study makes the connection between smoking and back pain in a way most people are still unaware.

If you are enjoying Medium please consider signing up using my referral link:

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Self Sabotage After Spinal Injury

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