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You know how disruptive back pain and other related symptoms can be to your life if you suffer it for a long time. You might be unable to think about anything other than obtaining relief. Spinal decompression therapy, either surgical or noninvasive, is used by some persons. Here’s all you need to know to figure out if it’s right for you.
Non-Surgical Decompression Treatment
Nonsurgical spinal decompression is a type of motorized traction that may aid in the relief of back pain. The spinal decompression table works by stretching the spine gently. This alters the spine’s force and position. By creating negative pressure in the disc, this change relieves pressure on the spinal discs, which are gel-like cushions between the bones in your spine. Bulging or herniated discs may retract as a result, relieving pressure on nerves and other structures in your spine. This, in turn, promotes the movement of water, oxygen, and nutrient-rich fluids into the discs, allowing them to heal.
The Benefits of Spinal Decompression Therapy
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression Therapy is a motorized traction therapy that gently extends the spine, resulting in a change in force and position of the spine, which reduces the pressure on the spinal discs and nerves that are causing the discomfort.
It provides a negative intradiscal pressure that encourages the herniated disc material to realign itself. It may help to relieve pain and inflammation in the lower back, avoiding the need for surgery, especially if the back discomfort is caused by stress. This is especially beneficial for persons who suffer from chronic back pain that worsens as they become older.
The discs that sit between the bones of the spine lose fluid as people age, causing the spine to compress and provide less protection between each bone. The gentle forces of Spinal Decompression Therapy de-stress the spine, resulting in lower disc pressure. This results in increased blood flow and an influx of healing nutrients, which are then transferred to the injured area.
Non-surgical Manual spinal decompression Therapy involves stretching and relaxing the spine on an intermittent basis, using computer calculations to generate just the right amount of tension to achieve optimal results.
When the machine stretches the spine, fluids fill the discs that have been losing fluids, allowing the spinal discs to heal.
Other supplementary treatment methods may be included in the Spinal Decompression Therapy Program to help speed up the therapy’s outcomes, such as:
- Therapeutic heat
- Thermotherapy using ice
- Electrostimulation
What Are the Potential Side Effects of Spinal Decompression Surgery?
There are risks, as with any surgery. Some of the more common risks associated with spinal decompression surgery are as follows:
- Infection
- Bleeding
- Clots in the blood
- Anesthesia-related allergic reaction
- Damage to the nerves or tissues
Another risk of surgery is that it may not significantly improve back pain. Who will benefit from spinal decompression surgery can be difficult to predict.
Potential Risk Factors Of Spinal Decompression Therapy?
Despite being a minimally invasive process, Spinal Decompression Therapy has its own set of risks, just like any other procedure.
To minimize these concerns, the chiropractic doctor may ask the patient to complete a series of screening procedures, such as a physical exam, MRI, and X-Rays, to decide whether Spinal Decompression therapies are appropriate for them. This treatment also includes Advanced chiropractic equipment for completion of the procedure.
Decompression therapy for the spine should not be employed.
- For pregnant women due to pressure on the abdomen
- For patients with spinal instability, such as severe osteoporosis or degeneration of the spine
- For patients with spinal instability, such as severe osteoporosis or degeneration of the spine
- For patients suffering from severe nerve damage
- Patients suffering from metastatic cancer (cancer that has spread to the bones)
- Patients with Spondylolisthesis Grades 3 and 4 Patients with a history of aortic aneurysm
- For patients who have disc space infections
Various types of Spinal Decompression Surgery
To relieve the pressure in your spine, your doctor may recommend one or more types of back operations. You may also require spinal fusion to stabilize your spine. The most prevalent types of back surgery are as follows:
- Diskectomy: A portion of the disc is removed to relieve pressure on nerves during this procedure.
- Laminotomy or laminectomy: A surgeon removes a small portion of bone – either a section of the bony arch or the entire bony arch – to expand the spinal canal and relieve pressure.
- A foraminotomy or laminectomy is a surgical procedure in which bone and other tissue are removed to make room for nerve roots.
- Osteophyte removal: Bony growths are removed during surgery.
- Corpectomy: This procedure involves the removal of a vertebral body as well as the discs that connect the vertebrae.