The spinal joints: Intervertebral joints and their disc structures are dependent on different hydraulic properties of water stored in the disc core, as well as in the end plate cartilage covering the flat surfaces of the spinal vertebrae. In spinal vertebral joints, water is not only a lubricant for the contact surfaces; it is held in the disc core within the intervertebral space and supports the compression weight of the upper part of the body. Seventy-five percent of the weight of the upper part of the body is fully supported by the fibrous materials around the disc. The principle of the design of all joints is for the water to act as a lubricating agent, as well as bearing the force produced by its weight, or tension produced by muscle action on the joint. It is the same type of force.

In most of these joints, the establishment of an intermittent vacuum promotes a silent water circulation into the joint, only to be squeezed out by the pressure borne as a result ofjoint activity. To prevent back pain and other joint problems, sufficient water intake on a daily basis is absolutely necessary.

When you put your body into a dehydration state by not consuming enough water and by drinking other beverages that dehydrate, all parts of the body begin to suffer. First in line, however, are the intervertebral discs and their joints. The fifth lumbar joint is affected in ninety-five percent of cases of lower back pain. Dehydration removes the moisture from the intervertebral joints as well as any joint. With this comes inflammation and pain, then arthritis, and even fusion.

Taking large doses of Multiple Digestive Enzymes helps with pain by breaking up inflammation and putting workers into joints to speed up the healing. However, the workers need water and nutritional supplementation for rebuilding.

Suggested supplements -> Nutritional Essentials, Barley Life, Mega Omega, MSM.

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