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What Is Spinal Decompression Therapy?

Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy is a motorized traction therapy that gently stretches the spine. This results in a change of force and position of the spine which takes the pressure off of the spinal discs or nerves. This greatly benefits people with back pain as they age.

This gentle, non-surgical procedure can provide lower back and neck pain relief, sciatica pain relief, and is a state-of-the-art procedure for bulging, herniated, or degenerative disc disease in the neck and lumbar regions. As you age, the discs that sit between the bones of your spine lose fluid and as a result, your spine compresses and you have less protection between each bone.

The gentle forces of spinal decompression therapy create a decompression of the spine to improve blood flow and nutrient exchange to the injured area. When you have spinal decompression therapy you'll experience several cycles of stretch and relaxation, which graduates to a peak over a period of 15-18 minutes.

Like many chiropractic treatments, spinal decompression therapy is delivered on a table but the difference with this particular therapy is that you’re strapped into a harness that goes around your lower back and everything is computer-controlled by your chiropractor. When your spine is stretched by machine, fluid fills the discs that have been losing fluid which repairs your spinal discs.

Most spinal decompression patients will need to come in for a treatment 3 times a week for 1 month, transitioning from passive to active treatments as you respond, with most patients feeling pain relief with as few as 6-10 treatments. After 8 weeks of spinal decompression therapy, most patients are released. For most patients, we combine spinal decompression with an exercise program that targets the function of the stabilization ligaments, tendons, and muscles.