Spinal Decompression Therapy

According to the ASDA (American Spinal Decompression Therapy Association,) this highly controversial but useful and nonsurgical spinal treatment helps save thousands of people from suffering lifelong spinal pain and other ailments each year. Studies have proven this treatment is effective in relieving pain from numerous conditions including sciatica, back pain of any type, spinal stenosis, failed low back syndrome and other problems.

Spinal decompression therapy is FDA approved and uses medically sound technological techniques in which the disks of the spine are decompressed while gently stretching the spine itself. This specific method has proven to create a vacuum in between the affected discs, called intradiscal pressure and it effectively separates the discs from one another.

The pressure created using this method of disc separation effectively sucks the bulging discs back into the cavity where it should be, thus relieving the pressure from the nerve causing the pain. While the entire disc will not retreat into its proper place in one session, it does relieve some pain immediately and after about six weeks, the effects are even more profound.

While the nonsurgical option of spinal decompression therapy is an excellent alternative to surgery, a patient should not undergo this procedure in some instances. Some of these instances include specific conditions affecting the spine including tumors of any kind, bone fractures, any type of implant such as a pin or a metal sheet, severe arthritis or an abdominal aortic aneurism or any other condition that may affect the spine, including pregnancy.

Those patients who are candidates and do not have any of the contraindicated conditions should expect therapy to last about 45 minutes each time and the series to last up to six weeks. While each patient’s condition may vary, it is best to seek the advice of the treating spinal doctor before undergoing any procedure, including spinal decompression therapy.

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