Who is a candidate for Spinal Decompression ?
Anyone who has been told that they need surgery but wants to avoid it; anyone who has been told that there are no more treatment options available; anyone who has failed to get better from non-surgical options like pain medications, physical therapy, epidural injections, chiropractic, acupuncture, and massage, and anyone who still has low back pain but wants to try a non-invasive and safe therapy. Here are some examples of conditions that can be treated with spinal decompression: Pain from a low back (lumbar) disc bulge. The pain can be in the low back, down the legs, or both. Pain from a herniated lumbar disc. A herniation is more severe than a disc bulge. Typically, with a disc herniation, the low back pain or leg pain is much worse than with a disc bulge. Pain from persistent degenerative disc disease (or severe spinal spinal degeneration). Typically, we see this in older patients (60 to 80 years old) who may have problems with constant low back pain and with increasing difficulty i
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.
