Frequently Asked Questions About Spinal Decompression in Henderson, NV

Spinal decompression is a revolutionary computer-aided technology that treats low back and neck pain from herniated, bulging, degenerated and slipped discs. Spinal decompression is FDA-cleared and has been around for more than twenty years. Even when physical therapy, chiropractic, acupuncture, pain pills and shots have failed, most patients still receive dramatic pain relief in 4 to 6 weeks of spinal decompression.

FDA-cleared spinal decompression technology treats symptoms of back pain due to the following:

• Herniated Discs
• Bulging Discs
• Pinched Nerves
• Sciatica (leg pain)
• Degenerative Discs
• Spinal Stenosis
• Post-Surgical Pain and more...

While traction, physical therapy, inversion tables and manipulation may reduce disc pressures to as low as 40 mm Hg, only spinal decompression has been shown to achieve negative pressures within the spine. It has been clinically proven that spinal decompression creates negative pressures as low as -110 mm Hg within the injured disc during the treatment session. Normally, pulls exerted on the spine trigger sensory receptors in the back to tighten the muscles surrounding the vertebrae and discs to protect them from injury – a mechanism known as the proprioceptor response. Spinal decompression gradually pulls on the spine and relaxes the back, allowing discs to reposition without triggering muscle guarding or spasms.

Candidates for spinal decompression therapy include the following:

• Diagnosis of a herniated, bulging or degenerated disc
• Back pain persisting for more than three weeks
• Recurrent pain from a failed back surgery that is more than six months old
• Persistent pain from arthritis
• Patient at least 18 years of age

Candidates that may not qualify include:

• Hardware in the spine such as screws and rods
• Pregnancy
• Prior lumbar fusion less than six months old
• Metastatic cancer (cancer that has spread to the bones)
• Grade 3 and 4 spondylolisthesis (Grade 1 or Grade 2 spondylolisthesis is treatable)
• Recent compression fracture of lumbar spine
• Pathologic aortic aneurysm
• Pelvic or abdominal cancer
• Disc space infections

Most patients do not experience any major side effects. The most common side effect is a dull, achy soreness for the first week or two as the body becomes accustomed to being stretched and decompressed. Spinal decompression stretches muscles in a lengthening direction which the body is generally not used to. Because of these factors, patients may experience a dull, achy soreness that they often describe as "It feels like I just worked out for the first time in a long time." Very rarely do patients have an increase in the pain that they came in with. Overall spinal decompression therapy is considered safe and comfortable. The system has emergency stop switches for both the patient and the operator.