Decompression Therapy Facts

Decompression is a very gentle distraction of the spine.  This allows for improved blood flow and also allows nutrients to get to the injured area. The machine oscillates back and forth between a maximum pull and a minimum pull.  This process starts out slowly, and comes to a peak over a few minutes.

• Decompression treatments generally last around 20 minutes.  A number of patients feel relief after only 8-10 treatments.  **IMPORTANT**  A decrease in pain DOES NOT mean you are completely healed, it is VERY IMPORTANT that patients follow the FULL treatment the Doctor has prescribed to achieve maximum benefit.
  
  
• Spinal Decompression is a non-surgical, pain-free treatment with a very high success rate for the reduction of back and neck pain.
  
  
• Spinal Decompression treats many problems, such as low back pain, neck pain, sciatica, pinched nerves, bulging discs, and degenerative disc disease.
  
  
• Imbibition is the stretching and relaxing of the spine, this is how normal discs get their nutrition.  By stretching and relaxing, nutrients are taken into the disc
• This is often lost in damaged or degenerative disc conditions.
  
  
• With poor imbibition the disc is much more likely to become painful and injured.  Spinal Decompression mimics normal imbibition and can help restore normal imbibition in the spine.
  
  
• With a bulged disc, spinal decompression creates such a dramatic decrease in pressure on the disc it can actually help pull the bulge back in and help relieve pressure on the pinched nerve.