Dr. Good Warns Of The Dangers Of Nicotine & Your Spine

Quite simply put, using nicotine is the worst thing you can do to your spine.  Smoking and vaping kills the little blood vessels that deliver oxygen to your body causing you to age faster.  Smoking kills your discs causing back pain.  Smoking also increases the receptors in your brain that cause you to feel pain.

Yes, smoking is causing your back to hurt you more.

Finally, smoking prevents the body from healing and if people use nicotine around the time of surgery, they have much higher rates of wound infection, failure of fusion, medical complications, and chronic pain.  If you are going to have a spine surgery, you need to do everything you can to make it a success.  NOT using nicotine is absolutely the most important thing you can do to help you spine now and in the future.

As we age, most of us want to continue to feel as good as possible, stay active and enjoy our later years.  Smoking causes people to age faster, hurt more, lose function, and die earlier than they should.

Please, if you are going to do one thing after reading this article, consider quitting.