Gravity always wins! As human beings, we live in an upright world and exposing our spines to gravity’s compressive forces. We utilize Mechanical Traction and Decompression to help with disc pain, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, sciatica and other radiculopathies or pinched nerves. Combined with proper adjustments and an effective rehabilitation program, spinal traction and decompression can be very effective!

Back pain due to a herniated or bulging disc can be debilitating, and in the past, surgery was the answer. Today, we have highly­-successful advanced technology that allows us to relieve this pain without surgery. We use a system that combines a machine with an exceptionally precise computer program for a treatment called spinal decompression.

Using this computer technology and the decompression machine, we are able to create a custom treatment plan that decompresses the spine and pulls the herniated or bulging material back into the disc. The computer program is created and supervised by one of our highly trained staff. It gently stretches and relaxes the spine in rotation, which, over time separates the vertebrae. This creates a vacuum­-like effect that pulls the soft bulging disc material back into the disc. This can clear up back pain by removing pressure on the compressed nerve. For example, patients who have a herniated disc in the lower back may have shooting sciatic pain down their legs. Relieving the herniated disc will cause that pain to vanish.

If you are living in pain from a herniated or bulging disc, adding traction and decompression to your regimen could be the answer for you!