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By Elinor Hain


If you have chronic back pain, it impacts every aspect of your life. It can take over your thoughts and edge out everything else in your life. Maybe you have even considered back surgery. Before undergoing surgery, consider non-surgical spinal decompression therapy. Here are the basics behind this relatively new technique performed by your chiropractor in Dallas, GA.

What You Should Know About Spinal Decompression Therapy

Spinal decompression is new, non-surgical and very much like motorized traction - it's used to relieve discomfort in the back. This therapy slowly stretches out the spine to achieve a whole new spinal position. It alleviates pressure on the discs or the built-in cushions between your vertebra. As such, discs that are bulking and herniated will retract to alleviate nerve pressure and pressure on all other structures. This will increase the movement of water, oxygen and fluids that are filled with nutrients for encouraging disc healing.

What Conditions Benefit from Spinal Decompression

Spinal decompression can be used to relieve a vast range of musculoskeletal conditions. For instance, it can alleviate sciatica, neck pain, and back pain. Spinal decompression has also been used to alleviate bulging and herniated discs, joints in the spine that have become worn, and nerves that are injured or that are known to be diseased. There is still more research necessary for determining exactly how this therapy should be used or when it is best-used, but it remains a viable and worthwhile alternative to surgery. This therapy is often in used in conjunction with things like rest, exercise, physical therapy and even non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications as well as acupuncture, bracing in some instances, and steroid injections.

How Spinal Decompression Is Performed

During the procedure, you keep all your clothes on. The chiropractor fits harnesses around your pelvis and trunk, and you lie down on a table. A chiropractor controls the computer to customize the session to your specific needs. This procedure typically lasts 30 to 45 minutes and you may require 20 or more sessions over several weeks.




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