Spinal Decompression for treating neck and back pain due to herniated disc is a non-surgical, non-invasive, and cost efficient treatment. There are no needles, drugs or surgery. The treatments are perfomed quickly and you do not get unclothed.
Individuals who suffer from neck and back torture commonly experience numbness, tingling, weakness, pain, and diminished function of the upper or extremitiesmities. These symptoms can be so incapacitating that it impact sleep, work, and common daily activities.
Limbs symptoms appear as the central disc material (Nucleus Pulposus) breaks through the shielding outer disc rings (Annular Fibers) of the disc and move into the place inhabited by a nerve or nerves that travel from the neck to the arm to the hand, or, from the back and down the leg to the foot or to the groin area. If you have a disc problem, you probably know how painful these sypmtoms can be.
So what is Non-Spinal Decompression?
Does Spinal Decompression genuinely work? Can Spinal Decompression really keep you from having an intrusive, agonizing, and expensive spinal surgery? The answer is yes, yes, and yes...But results do vary.
Spinal Decompression is the end result of traction when negative pressure is formed in the disc for the duration of traction. There are assorted types of traction. One ordinary type of traction is Intersegmental Traction Table (IST). This is a common modality used by chiropractors and physical therapists. However, the initial point you ought to know is that "Spinal Decompression" is technically not a therapy. Spinal Decompression is a effect of traction.
With Intersegmental Traction, the patient is placed on their back, on a table. The table has a "roller bar" with the purpose of gently rolls up and down the spine, passively stretching the spinal joints and surrounding soft tissues. While this type of traction is benefical and feels good, it does not produce spinal decompression as it does not creat a negative pressure inside the disc. Other slang names for IST are "roller table" or "traction table."
The type of traction that creates Spinal Decompression (the kind that may prevent spine surgery) cannot be confused with Intersegmental Traction, or a "roller table." The mechanisms are totally separate and deliver completely another outcomes. To attain Spinal Decompression, this type of traction requires to be applied in long axis of extension. In other words, the spinal sections need to be gently pulled part, consistently and continuously, by a extremely technological computerized traction system.
As this procedure is applied, negative pressure is produced within the disc allowing for the disc material that has stirred away from the central part of the disc, andapproachinga nerve, to be "sucked back in" and drawn back inside the disc, which takes the pressure off the nerve.Afterwardthis results in decreased neck and back pain, reduced arm and leg pain, as well as supports true healing of the disc. So, for lack of a better name, this type of traction is also referred to as "Spinal Decompression" - although it's the "traction" that causes the spine to decompress.
This calls for the question - does Spinal Decompression really work?
The respond is yes. The substitute may be surgery, drugs, PT, chiropracic. If these types of treatments have failed then you could be a candidate for Spinal Decompression.
If you are taking into account surgery, the part of the disc that has moved out from the nucleus of the disc and hindering with a nerve,
is relieved by "severing" or shaving part of the disc away or removing part of the vertbra to produce room for the visiting part of the disc
(Nucleus Pulposus of NP). A laminectomy or discetomy is performed and does cost a significant amount of money. Often times, a patient is left
with their own portion of the bill, in excess of $10,000-$15,000, and sometimes more, even after insurance pays their portion. Be informed that there
are occasions where surgery is the only acceptable medicine available. If a patient has tried chiropractic (not spinal decompression via traction, but
manipulation), physical therapy, muscle stim, ultrasound,anti-inflam's, pain killers, and sypmtoms have not gotten better with conservative measures,
then often times, surgery may perhaps be the only answer. A good orthopedic surgeon or neurosurgeon will not cut a patient open if it is a medical necessity and/or PT, chiropractic have not worked. On the opposite side, a competent chiropractic physician will not do Spinal Decompression (Traction) on a patient if it is not clinically indicated or if there are any contraindications to the patient with this type of therapy.
Investment in Spinal Decompression can be anywhere from $100-$200 per visit and it usually takes about 20-25 visits to acheive the treatment goals. Essentially, $2,000-$4,000 is the cost for Spinal Decompression. The advantages are; no surgery, no discomfort, no down time as with surgery, and the results are very good, and for much less money.
If you have tried chiropractic manipulations, physical therapy, drugs, and you are at the end of your rope and do not care for surgery, or have experienced a unsuccessful surgery, then Spinal Decompression" may be the therapy of choice.
Remember, solely because it's non-invasive, non-surgical, does not mean there are no risks. There are certain conditions that will disqualify a patient from receiving this type of traction. An adequate physical examintion, x-rays, or even an MRI may be needed before Spinal Decompression can be performed.
As always, consult your primary care doctor prior to initiating any treatments whether at home or in a professional's practice.
Dr. David Nahali is a licensed chiropractic physician in Orlando, FL. Dr. Nahali obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering from Texas Southern University and Doctor of Chiropractic Degree from Life University in Marietta , Ga. For more information please visit: Www.Orlandospinalaid.Com
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