DRX9000 Spinal Decompression

Spinal decompression therapy, also known as spinal distraction, is a technique employed to assist patients who have back pain. Usually, spinal decompression is employed by chiropractors. The therapy involves the use of specially-designed therapeutic tables and may be combined with medications, lifestyle changes, and home self-care.

Conditions

Spinal decompression therapy may be used to treat:

• degenerative disc disease (DDD)
• herniated disks
• spinal stenosis
• facet syndrome
• pain that occurs after surgery

Benefits

Spinal decompression therapy may benefit you if you:

• need to take medications daily for back pain
• have tingling or numbness in an extremity
• have been considering back surgery but don’t really like the idea
• have missed work because of back pain
• have limitations in your daily life due to back or leg pain
• have tried physical therapy but it hasn’t worked
• have not found relief from back pain through corticosteroid injections
• suffer from recurrent sciatica
• have a herniated disc

How It Works

Spinal decompression therapy works by producing forces for repositioning and decompressing (unpinching) the discs between the vertebrae and creating negative pressure within the disc. As people age, normal wear and tear on the discs occurs, and the discs tend to lose fluid content, may rupture or herniated, may become brittle and less shock absorbing, and may become “thinner.”

While still wearing your clothes, your doctor will fit you with a couple of harness to hold your body in he right position, and you will lie on the decompression table. Then, the doctor “plugs in” your specific treatment plan into the computer console that works with the table, and your decompression treatment begins. Sessions usually take about forty minutes to an hour, and usually require somewhere between twenty and thirty treatments.

Oftentimes, the doctor will also include other treatment methods along with the decompression. Such methods might include heat or cold therapy, ultrasound, and/or electrical stimulation.

If you suffer from back or neck pain or have pain in your leg as a result of sciatica, there are many treatment options available, and it makes sense to try non-invasive techniques before resorting to surgery. If you would like to be sure that you try all available courses of treatment before having a surgical procedure, or if you don’t feel your current tactics are not effective enough, you may wish to speak with your doctor about the possibility of beginning spinal decompression therapy treatments.