What is Decompression Therapy?

Spinal decompression is a treatment that helps to relieve back pain without the use of surgery. It works by gently stretching out the spine to relieve the pressure on the spinal discs and change its position. This method is useful for disc herniation, facet syndromes, sciatica, degenerative disc disease, SI joint strain and other related problems. The spine is crucial to supporting and maintaining your body’s functionality as pain in the spine can ripple throughout the whole body. Decompression therapy is a great first step to relieving some of the pressure on the spine and alleviating pain.

Spinal Decompression Therapy is an advanced form of non-surgical disc repair used for conditions such as: 

• Neck & Back Pain

• Bulging Disc

• Sciatica / Stenosis

• Herniated Disc

• Degenerative Disc

• Facet Syndrome

• Failed Back Surgery

• Numbness / Tingling

• Leg / Arm Pain

Spinal Decompression has been used in the treatment of thousands of patients who before were looking only at surgical intervention as their only form of pain relief. Now under conservative decompression therapy, people suffering with pain and radiculopathies associated with these conditions can now be treated without surgery. This means little or no loss of time or wage from work, no nasty surgical scarring or post rehabilitative therapy and quicker recovery back to activities of daily life.

Who is a candidate for Decompression Therapy?

People with acute and chronic lower back pain or neck pain can benefit from spinal decompression therapy. The procedure will provide relief to anyone that has pain associated with disc herniation, disc protrusions, degenerative disc disease, arthritis, posterior facet syndrome, sciatica and generalized back pain.

Spinal Decompression therapy utilizes a computer-controlled logarithmic contraction sequence of variable weight and tensions, which can create up to 200 mm of negative intradiscal pressure, retracting the disc herniation to promote tissue healing. During therapy sessions, specific spinal segments are put through a series of these controlled tractions. This is all under the supervision of one of our trained chiropractors.