Modic Type II changes, Back Pain & Slipped Disc Treatment Options.

Modic Type II is the progression of Modic Type I changes. Also, it’s the painful one! Contact our award-winning chiropractic & physiotherapy center today to get more information about treatments we offer for Modic Type II endplate changes & their related disorders (facet hypertrophy, slipped disc & arthritis).

Diagnosis & Treatment Options For Modic Type II Changes 

Modic Type II Changes are relatively common in patients with chronic neck or back conditions. Modic Type II leads to degenerative disc disease and spinal disc disorders such as bulging discs and herniated discs (Slipped Disc or Slip-Disc). Patients presenting with Modic Type changes required accurate diagnosis and targeted non-surgical treatment. This section of our website will familiarize you with Modic Type II Changes and the best means of targeted therapy without injections or spine surgery.

Modic type I, II and III

Modic Type I, Modic Type II, and Modic Type III are three types of Modic changes discussed in the literature. Each of these Modic changes represents a different underlying structural lesion at the adjacent endplates of the vertebrae.

Modic Type I changes are commonly associated with lower back pain as an acute inflammatory process and bone marrow swelling. Whereas the fatty replacement of the healthy red bone marrow is the cause of Modic Type II changes! Modic Type II changes are the result of reduced blood flow to the affected bone marrow.

The Modic Type III changes are not commonly seen, but they represent increased bone formation adjacent to the affected spinal segment’s cartilage or subchondral sclerosis.

Modic Type I, II Changes & Degenerative Disc Disease

MRI images of Modic endplate types and changes

Most of the Modic Type I changes will progress into Modic Type II changes over a period. Modic Type II changes lead to degenerative disc disease. Degenerative Disc Disease includes a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms and radiological features such as disc protrusion, disc herniation, reduced disc height, and Hypertrophy of Ligamentum Flavum. However, there is some evidence showing the relationship between reduced disc height and Type II Modic changes.

Slipped discs that accompany Modic Type II, III, or I require targeted treatments through advanced spine technology. Visit a Chiropractic Specialty Center® for comprehensive spine care today. Call us now for an appointment!

These Modic changes are in the adjacent vertebrae of the lower lumbar spine, and sometimes they may affect the average disc height of the lumbar spine. The Intervertebral disc is made up of fibrocartilage with very little or no direct blood supply. The fatty replacement of the healthy bone marrow at the adjacent vertebrae’s endplates may reduce the intervertebral disc’s nutrients. The lack of the inward flow of the needed nutrients will, in turn, lead to early-onset degeneration of the spinal disc, and as such, led to reduced disc height.

Modic Type III changes

Type III Modic changes are relatively rare as compared to Type I and Type II Modic changes. Modic Type III changes normally appear as decreased signal intensity at the vertebral endplates. The type III Modic endplate changes commonly occur with new bone growth, adjacent to the endplates known as marginal endplate osteophytes or bone spurs.

Extensive subchondral bony sclerosis or bone formation results from additional pressure applied to the affected region due to degenerative changes. Therefore, the type III Modic changes are the result of years of neglect. Avoid complicating spine issues like the Modic Type III; let our clinical experts help you recover from spinal problems at the onset of pain.

What Are The Causes Of Modic Endplate Changes?

Reduced disc height is a proposed theory that may explain the association of Modic endplate changes and the development of moderate to severe back pain. A reduction in disc height (degenerated spinal discs) leads to losing the intervertebral disc’s expected cushioning effect. As a result, the vertebral end-plates are under excessive stress. These stresses are critical in developing back pain, slipped disc, and Modic endplate changes in the spine.

The associated axial compression load will be redistributed to the adjacent vertebrae and lead to Modic endplate changes. However, there is no evidence to show whether the reduced disc height is a cause or result of Modic endplate changes. Nonetheless, those with back pain are strongly encouraged to obtain targeted treatments to avoid damaging spinal discs, spinal end-plates, or the subchondral bone. As such, early-targeted therapies can prevent the formation of Modic endplate changes.

impact of spinal decompression therapy on slipped disc and modi changes shown

Avoid Modic Endplate Changes

Modic Type I and lead to Modic Types II and III. Therefore, the best treatment method is through a holistic approach that minimizes a Modic Type I’s impacts. As we have mentioned, Modic Type I are inflammatory processes that have influenced the vertebral end-late and the subchondral bony attachment of the given end-plate. Therefore, the most effective means of avoiding or hopes for recovery are treatments that target the causes of Modic changes.

To date, published literature points to disc degenerations as the culprit in Modic Types I, II, and III. In other words, the reason you got Modic endplate changes in your spine is likely due to neglected chronic back issues. Therefore, to avoid or correct them. Let our experts help heal your back pain today. We offer the best comprehensive treatments for the spine. Best of all, the care we provide is non-invasive. In other words, you don’t have to have spine surgery to get better.

Disc Degeneration & Modic Changes

In the lumbar spine, degenerative disc disease or disc degeneration is the leading cause of pain in the back or legs. Spinal discs are soft but firm rubber structures that bear our weight, provide shock absorbance and allow mobility. The lumbar disc is the most susceptible of all discs to degeneration and Modic changes in the spine. Modic changes in the bones of the spine or the end-plates occur in response to degenerative changes in the discs, pathology, or infections.

Degenerative changes within the disc are the most common cause of Modic changes diagnosed through magnetic resonance imaging. Modic changes and disc degenerations of the lumbar disc (low back) are directly related to low back pain. As mentioned, the two primary forms of Modic changes are types I and II.

Type I Modic changes are linked to longstanding degenerative changes. Modic type I (phase one of Modic changes), swelling, and inflammatory changes in spinal bone and endplate are common findings. A neglected Modic type I can progress to type II, where fatty changes occur in the red bone marrow. Neglected Modic type II and I will lead to remodeling and degenerative changes in the vertebral discs. Therefore, we urge every patient with degenerative disc changes and slipped discs to initiate a targeted treatment to repairs the damage within discs and endplates. NSD Therapy® is your best option.

Modic Changes (Type I, II And III), Degenerative Disc Disease & NSD Therapy®

methods of NSD Therapy shown

Chiropractic SPecialty Center® is the best chiropractic center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our advanced methodology and integrative therapy solutions provide better outcomes than competing centers. We treat degenerated discs, slipped discs, and those present with Modic Types I, II, and II through the collaborative and advanced chiropractic method, targeted physiotherapy, and therapy devices as the RxDecom®. This combined method of care is known as NSD Therapy®.

Our centers provide collaborative nonsurgical treatment targeting the potential causes of disc degeneration and Modic changes, call or visit us today. Contact your nearest CSC for Modic type II changes, back pain & slipped disc treatment options through NSD Therapy® methods today. 

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