Patients remain on the system for 30-45 minutes, daily for the first 2 weeks, three times a week for the following 2 weeks, and followed up by two times a week for the last 2 weeks.

Since I began using spinal decompression, I’ve been inundated with questions from both doctors and patients about which cases it helps most. Proper patient selection is essential to favorable outcomes, so here are the inclusion and exclusion criteria to help you decide, not everyone qualifies for spinal decompression treatment.

Inclusion Criteria

• Pain due to herniated or bulging lumbar discs that is more than four weeks old.
• Recurrent pain from a failed back surgery that is more than six months old.
• Persistent pain from degenerative disc disease not responding to four weeks of therapy.
• Availability to complete a four-week treatment protocol.
• Patient is at least 18 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria

• Appliances such as pedicle screws and rods.
• Pregnancy.
• Prior lumbar fusion less than six months old.
• Metastatic cancer.
• Severe osteoporosis.
• Unstable spondylolisthesis.
• Recent compression fracture of the lumbar spine below L1.
• Pars defect.
• Pathologic aortic aneurysm.
• Pelvic or abdominal cancer.
• Disc space infections.
• Severe peripheral neuropathy.
• Hemiplegia, paraplegia, or significant cognitive dysfunction.

Most patients report a reduction in pain after the first few sessions. Typically, significant improvement is obtained by the second week of treatment.

How long does it take to complete Spinal Decompression treatment?

Patients remain on the system for 30-45 minutes, following this schedule:

• Daily for the first 2 weeks
• Three times a week for the following 2 weeks
• Two times a week for the last 2 weeks

Decompression is achieved by using a specific combination of spinal positioning and varying the degree and intensity of force. The key to producing this decompression is the gentle pull that is created by a logarithmic curve. When distractive forces are generated on a logarithmic curve the typical proprioceptor response is avoided. Avoiding this response allows decompression to occur at the targeted area

NO. Spinal Decompression is totally safe and comfortable for all subjects. The system has emergency stop switches for both the patient and the operator. These switches (a requirement of the FDA) terminate the treatment immediately thereby avoiding any injuries.

Traction is helpful at treating some of the conditions resulting from herniated or degeneration. Traction cannot address the source of the problem. Spinal Decompression creates a negative pressure or a vacuum inside the disc. This effect causes the disc to pull in the herniation and the increase in negative pressure also causes the flow of blood and nutrients back into the disc allowing the body’s natural fibroblastic response to heal the injury and re-hydrate the disc. Traction and inversion tables, at best, can lower the intradiscal pressure from a +90 to a +30 mmHg. Spinal Decompression is clinically proven to reduce the intradiscal pressure to between a -150 to -200 mmHg. Traction triggers the body’s normal response to stretching by creating painful muscle spasms that worsen the pain in affected area.

Patients remain on the system for 30-45 minutes, following this schedule:

• Daily for the first 2 weeks
• Three times a week for the following 2 weeks
• Two times a week for the last 2 weeks

In most cases Spinal Decompression treatment is not contra-indicated for patients that have had spinal surgery. In fact many patients have found success with Spinal Decompression after a failed back surgery.

• Daily for the first 2 weeks
• Three times a week for the following 2 weeks
• Two times a week for the last 2 weeks

In most cases Spinal Decompression treatment is not contra-indicated for patients Anyone who has recent spinal fractures, surgical fusion or metallic hardware, surgically repaired aneurysms, infection of the spine, and/or moderate to severe osteoporosis. hat have had spinal surgery. In fact many patients have found success with Spinal Decompression after a failed back surgery.

• Daily for the first 2 weeks
• Three times a week for the following 2 weeks
• Two times a week for the last 2 weeks

Anyone who has been told they need surgery but wishes to avoid it, anyone who has been told there is nothing more available to help, anyone who failed to significantly respond to conservative options (medications, physical therapy, injections, chiropractic, acupuncture), or anyone who still has pain but wishes to obtain the type of care they want.