Learn About The Benefits Of Spinal Decompression With Nashville Chiropractic Care

By Fernando Ketter


Chiropractic, is an alternative to traditional medicine. It is a natural approach to alleviating a variety of health conditions that include neck and back pain, sciatica, headaches, ear infections, foot problems, and more. Herniated or bulging discs are also common. A variety of scientifically-based therapies and techniques are utilized to address the root causes of these health problems. Nashville chiropractic care uses spinal decompression to facilitate recovery, even after surgical intervention has failed.

Spinal decompression is a non surgical FDA approved procedure. It is used relieve health issues that involve the spine. Issues include pain in the back and leg, or in the neck and arm. Pain can be the result of a herniated disc, spinal stenosis, or facet syndrome.

In nearly all cases, decompressing the spine is painless. Patients even report falling asleep during the procedure. Discs in the neck and back, through cycles of distraction and relaxation phases and proper positioning, are isolated and placed under negative pressure, which creates a vacuum effect.

This vacuum serves two purposes. To start with, the vacuum will draw the protruding spongy material back into the disc. In addition, the vacuum effect increases blood flow that promotes healing.

Contrary to conventional traction therapy, the decompression can be individualized according to each patient. This system is continually collecting data that is cycled through the computer controlling variations in the therapy for the optimum results. This very modern system eliminates any need to muscle guard which is common with conventional traction.

In addition, this sophisticated system promotes disc rehydration and increased decompression levels.

Medical research supports the benefits of this technique. Studies reveal that the majority of patients with ruptured discs report "good" to "excellent" results after undergoing spinal decompression. In other research, 10 out of 14 patients achieved reductions in herniation of up to 90%.

The number of sessions recommended depends on the patient's needs. However, chiropractors generally recommend 20 sessions for optimal results.




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