Repairing spinal problems

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My husband has recently been diagnosed as having some

arthritic changes of the vertebrae in his neck. He's started a

chiropractic regimen to address the underlying cause (chronic

misalignment resulting from scoliosis and one leg being shorter

than the other), but I'm on a quest for info to see if it's possible to

reverse the damage that's been done. He has some abnormal

bone growth and has lost 10% of the range of motion of his neck

- the vertebrae are out of alignment, and bone has started to

grow around the overhanging edges. The chiropractor was

surprised he wasn't in worse shape than he is, considering how

out of whack things are with the rest of his bones. She thinks the

degeneration can be halted by getting the rest of his body back in

alignment, but I want to know if it's possible for his body to repair

the damage.

She's going to be giving him nutritional suggestions, but in case

we think they're horse puckey (i.e. politically correct, no saturated

fat, etc.), I want to find as much as I can about helping this kind of

situation with traditional nutrition, superfoods, and the like. We

don't know her very well yet, but I was slightly encouraged by the

books on the shelf in her office (no NT or WAP, though), and I

know her kids went through Waldorf schools so maybe she

doesn't toe the party line about nutrition. I don't know if the

Wulzen anti-stiffness factor of raw milk helps this kind of

problem, I was under the impression that was helpful

specifically for cartilage lubrication (which is not his problem).

How can bone be encouraged to return to normal? I had a bone

spur on my heel as a teenager, which went away without

surgery, but how that happened I don't know. It just disappeared.

She wants him to take glucosamine/chondroitin, any thoughts or

experiences on that would be appreciated. She says she's seen

dramatic improvements with taking that in high doses for several

months and then switching to a maintenance dose.

Thanks.

Aubin