What are the intended uses for Spinal Decompression Therapy?
Patients with acute and chronic low back pain will benefit from decompression therapy. Spinal Decompression Therapy provides a program of treatments for relief from pain for those patients suffering from low back pain. Each treatment consists of a prescribed treatment program on the System and is designed to provide static, intermittent and cycling distraction forces to relieve pressures on structures that may be causing low back pain. The Spinal Decompression relieves pain associated with herniated discs, degenerative disc syndrome and sciatica. It achieves these effects through decompression of intervertebral discs, that is, unloading due to distraction and positioning. Studies have concluded that as many as 80% of all Americans will suffer from low back pain making Spinal Decompression Therapy a much needed component in the treatment of low back pain. What’s the difference between Spinal Decompression Therapy and Traction? Traction disperses the energy of weights between the majorit
