Spinal Decompression

SPINAL DECOMPRESSION THERAPY

Sometimes you need to reinvent the wheel … or at least just remember it existed!

Spinal Traction has been used to treat back pain since the days of ancient Greece, and like much lost knowledge, its back with a bang and, with modern advances in technology spinal traction has been taken to a whole new level of success, especially when treating advanced conditions such as disc herniations and sciatica.

Key to its modern success is the computerisation of the traction tables, allowing a gentle, rhythmical, wave like ‘pull’ pattern, which allows the muscles of the spine to relax more under traction creating a negative pressure inside spinal discs, capable of sucking in bulges and herniations.

This in turn, has removed the majority of negative side effects such as muscle spasms which were associated with its more medieval, “rack like” predecessors.

How Does Spinal Decompression Work?

Spinal decompression tables work by gently stretching the spine. Patients lie on the table and using a harness system, the computerised technique applies a set percentage of the patient’s body weight as a traction force.

A human intervertebral disc has one seemingly disastrous design flaw… no direct blood supply. Which makes getting the necessary nutrients to heal, inside, difficult.

By creating a negative pressure via traction, we can flood the gel centre of the disc with abundant hydration enhancing the body’s own ability to repair.

Furthermore, the vacuum effect of decompression has been shown to help resorb disc protrusions and herniations allowing scar tissue to patch up the previously damaged outer walls.

As a result of relieving the pressure and creating a nonhostile environment, the natural osmotic flow of nutrients (via the vertebral bodies) can be restored to provide a lasting relief and continued healing long after treatment.