Chronic Low Back Pain…Can spinal decompression therapy Help?
If you suffer from chronic low back pain like many people,
you may have tried several different treatments designed to
deal with the pain.
The disc by far is the main cause of low back pain.
Research has indicated that the majority of cases are
attributed to disc pain. The second most common reason for
back pain is facet joint pain followed by SI joint pain.
One thing that most people don’t understand about the disc
is that while it is the most pain sensitive structure in the
spine it is only initially pain sensitive in the outer 1/3.
This is one of the reasons pain can hit so suddenly because
as the inner portion of the disc is migrating outwards you
don’t feel pain, but once the outer fibers are involved low
back pain will be experienced.
The disc begins a degenerative process after micro trauma
has weakened the outer fibers. This occurs primarily because
of the lack of a direct blood supply to the disc. The disc
relies on a fluid exchange that occurs with motion from the
blood supply in the bones above and below the disc. Once
damage has occurred however, the disc begins to weaken as it
dries out and becomes more brittle.
One of the most dangerous consequences of disc degeneration
is that as the disc loses hydration it becomes infiltrated
with pain sensitive nerves. So no longer is just the outer
1/3 pain sensitive but the entire disc becomes painful.
The most common treatments for low back pain don’t address
this issue. Only one actually increases the amount of
hydration into the disc and that is spinal decompression.
This treatment accelerates the amount of hydration that goes
into the disc so that the disc can regenerate.
Muscle contraction response is a common problem when
applying any type of traction force to the spine, however
the technology known as spinal decompression therapy has a patented
computer technology that allows it to overcome contraction
of these muscles in real time. This allows a true spinal
decompression effect to take place.
Once decompression is achieved a negative pressure in the
disc creates 2 very important scenarios. First it actively
retracts any herniated or bulging material centrally to
relieve nerve compression or irritation and secondly it
actively draws in nutrition so the disc can heal.
Unlike most treatment that are primarily concerned with the
symptoms spinal decompression actually deals with the
primary source of the patients pain, which in most cases is
the disc.
If you suffer from low back pain and have tried other
treatments that have not worked for you, spinal
decompression can offer you a valuable treatment option that
can last.
