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Spinal Decompression Therapy: A Fact-
Based Guide 
 
 
Anti-inflammatory pain medication can be a good and dependable option when back, 
neck, sciatic nerve, or radiating pain first appears, sometimes before most patients 
are even aware that their disease would later become chronic. 
But while medication can be even more successful when combined with other 
therapies like massage and physical therapy, nobody should depend on painkillers 
for continuous, round-the-clock relief.  
And as a chronic pain condition worsens, which it almost always does, many patients 
consider surgery or turning to potent steroid injections. 
Fortunately, current developments in chiropractic medicine have given rise to a 
much more helpful choice: spinal decompression therapy. This cutting-edge 
procedure mechanically extends your spine to relieve pressure while boosting blood 
flow to injured areas.  
This comprehensive treatment not only offers quick pain relief for various problems 
but also encourages healing that results in better mobility, an expanded range of 
motion, and long-lasting relief. What you should know is as follows. 
 
The science of spinal decompression 
 
Based on the same fundamental chiropractic principles that underpin manual spinal 
adjustments, spinal decompression therapy uses a motorized, computer-assisted 
traction table to extend and lengthen your spine mechanically. 
The primary objectives of the therapy are to reduce pain and pressure in the spine 
and to promote a therapeutic environment for spinal discs that are degenerating, 
bulging, slipping, ruptured, or compressed. 
 
How does spinal decompression therapy work? 
 
We consider several treatment-determining variables, such as your body weight, the 
kind of spinal condition, the length of your symptoms, and your general level of 
sensitivity. 
Once on the table, you're fitted with a harness fastened to either the motorized half 
of the table or the portion that softly slides back and forth while cycling through 
precise curved-angle pull forces and intermittent relaxation. 
The therapy's gentle, consistent stretching action relieves strain from your spinal 
discs and creates a small amount of negative pressure that temporarily forces your 
discs to retract. 
The discs themselves experience an influx of nutrient-rich fluids and oxygen due to 
the strong vacuum effect, which promotes and speeds up your body's normal tissue 
repair process. 
 
The benefits of spinal decompression 
 
Spinal decompression therapy is an excellent treatment option for almost any 
disease that results from disc-related pressure and pain since it gradually restores 
damaged, deteriorated, or compromised spinal discs to a healthy, functioning state. 
Spinal decompression is used to treat: 
 
1. Bulging or herniated discs 
Spinal decompression therapy can treat a bulging disc that has protruded beyond 
its natural space or has fallen out of position. Bulging discs cause lower back 
discomfort that doesn't go away and persistent neck pain. 
Herniated discs or those with breaks in their rubbery covering can be treated with 
spinal decompression. A herniated disc can produce persistent, burning agony that 
radiates from your neck into your shoulders or your lower back into your hips and 
legs when it drains its soft internal gel onto surrounding nerves (sciatica). 
 
2. Spinal stenosis 
Your spinal canal narrows over time due to spinal stenosis, a degenerative structural 
condition. Although it can appear anywhere along your spine, the lumbar spine, or 
lower back, is where it most frequently appears. 
Spinal decompression therapy attempts to release tension throughout your spinal 
canal and restore the space to crowded discs to relieve chronic lower back pain, 
lower body weakness, and other crippling symptoms brought on by spinal stenosis. 
 
3. Facet syndrome 
Facet syndrome, or pain at any of the flexible facet joints that connect your vertebrae, 
is typically the result of wear and strain brought on by aging. A weak or damaged 
disc may collapse and cause your bones to rub against one another, or it may happen 
when the joint deteriorates and compresses a spinal disc. 
Spinal decompression therapy is a gentle and efficient approach to stretching 
compressed parts of the spine, restoring function and flexibility to the facet joints, 
and speeding up the healing of discs. 
 
Conclusion 
 
To learn how spinal decompression therapy can help you treat practically any 
condition brought on by pressure or discomfort in the discs, call or schedule an 
appointment with Dr. Cory Stock, DC. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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