Are All Back/Neck Pain Conditions a Matter of Degeneration and Old Age?
Definition: Degeneration: Progressive decline or breakdown of normal function Study into Aging is barely off the ground. They appear to have come to some conclusions – some of which appear to be pretty good news. Before it is possible to adapt these findings to back and neck pain conditions, it may help to clarify the difference between what we can expect in the way of degeneration from simply getting older, and the degeneration we can expect that results from Premature Aging. While research into the “causes” of normal aging is still in its infancy some aspects of normal age degeneration have been identified. One of those is that, as a species, we are genetically programmed to live to 100 to 120 and beyond. Degenerative processes, in theory, should not result in observable dysfunction of organs and tissue until well past 75 to 80 years of age. One only has to look at many centenarians, and centenarian societies to back this up. Why we do not live to these ages in active, good health as
