Is Spinal Decompression Therapy for you?

If you are a sufferer of chronic back pain such as disc bulge, disc herniation, sciatica, spinal stenosis, you understand how much your life is thrown into disarray with constant pain and discomfort. When the pain persists and medications only temporarily reduce the problem, it’s time to consider nonsurgical spinal decompression therapy options. This form of therapy has been around since the 1980’s and has become very effective in relieving and reducing chronic back and neck pain.

Here’s what you need to know to help decide whether it might be right for you.

What Is Nonsurgical Spinal Decompression?

Nonsurgical spinal decompression uses a specialized, computerized biofeedback traction table that is specially calibrated by a highly trained specialist to address your body’s needs, in order to relieve your pain and heal your body. This unique system gently stretches your spine by applying a calculated traction force to the discs of the spinal column reducing intradiscal pressure. As a result of this, bulging or herniated discs may retract, relieving pressure on nerves and other structures in your spine. This in turn, helps promote movement of water, oxygen, and nutrient-rich fluids into the discs so they can heal.

Leigh Brain and Spine uses nonsurgical spinal decompression therapy to treat:

• Back pain or neck pain or sciatica; pain, weakness, and tingling that extends down the leg
• Bulging or herniated discs or degenerative disc disease
• Worn spinal joints sometimes called posterior facet syndrome
• Injured or diseased spinal nerve roots

Spinal decompression therapy is very effective for many patients and can supplement or eliminate a regimen of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, physical therapy, acupuncture, or bracing.

How Is Nonsurgical Spinal Decompression Done?

Patients are fully clothed and fitted with a harness around the pelvis and the trunk for lower back pain or around your forehead for neck pain. Patients relax while lying face up on a comfortable, state-of-the-art DRX-9000c Spinal Decompression leather table bed, exclusively at Leigh Brain and Spine. Our doctors then customize the treatment to each patient’s specific needs.

Therapy sessions typically last 20 minutes, 2-3 times a week for 1 month, transitioning to less frequent visits as you respond, with most patients feeling pain relief within as few as 6-10 treatments. Most patients permanently respond to the treatment with healing after 8 weeks.

Does Spinal Decompression Work?

During the initial clinical study more than 86% of patients report relief of back pain after disc decompression. Patient’s outcomes are significantly higher when they implement positive changes in their weight, nutrition and other lifestyle choices as counseled by their doctors.