What is Spinal Decompression?

Spinal Decompression is a specialized mechanical therapy used to unpinch nerves.  It works by slowly increasing the spacing between vertebrae.  The increasing spacing creates vacuum pressures within the bulged disc, moving it off the nerve, and retracting it into its pre-pressured border. 

What have thousands of patients discovered about non-surgical spinal decompression therapy?

They have found relief from low back or neck conditions like disc herniation, bulges, and degenerative joint disease.  In most cases these symptoms can be eliminated with this effective therapy.

Achieving successful pain relief with Spinal Decompression Therapy requires proper patient selection. Each patient must be carefully and individually assessed to determine if they are candidates for this therapy.

What does Decompression Therapy Do?

Decompression therapy increases vertebral spacing using a gentle and soothing spinal elongation process. The goal of this process is to in aid in reducing bulging discs.

The gentle elongation creates a soothing inner disc vacuum. This vacuum draws nourishing fluids into and around the perimeter of the disc to hydrate the disc and improve healing of an injured disc.  

It is virtually impossible for a disc to properly heal while it is squeezed and under pressure. Irritating compression forces must first be removed. Decompression therapy helps by gently alleviating abnormal spinal pressures and enables the compressed disc and irritated nerve tissues to heal.  

What makes spinal decompression different than traction?

Spinal decompression is advanced. It can control multiple aspects of the pulling to effect spinal tissues differently. Traditional intermittent traction cycles the pull forces back and forth to produce a repetitive "pull-release" pumping. By controlling the "spinal pumping action" decompression therapy can focus on the vertebral joints or the muscles and tendons or the disc.

What are the typical conditions treated using decompression therapy?

If you are suffering from degenerative disc disease, a herniated disc or other spinal problems, and your physician is considering surgery, you should think about spinal decompression therapy.

Spinal decompression therapy has been shown effective in:

• Back Pain
• Pins and Needles
• Disc Herniations
• Failed Spine Surgery
• Sciatica/Hip/Leg Pain
• Spinal Compression Injury
• Disc Bulges
• Pinched Nerves
• Neck Pain, Headache

Effetiveness of Spinal Decompression Therapy

Spinal decompression therapy usually takes approximately one hour to perform. Patients usually have therapy treatment three times a week, though some patients will have it five times a week. Most patients find relief within a dozen or so sessions.

Spinal decompression therapy is not recommended for patients with severe osteoporosis, obesity, severe nerve damage, or pregnant women. In addition, elderly individuals are not good candidates.  Each patient must be individually evaluated to see if he or she would make a good candidate.

Achieving successful pain relief with spinal decompression therapy requires proper patient selection. Each patient must be carefully and individually assessed to determine if they are candidates for this therapy. Proper patient diagnosis and selection is the key to success.