Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The Truth about Spinal Decompression

By Dr. Randall Pruitt

There are a lot of reasons why people patronize spinal decompression therapy. A lot of people are suffering from spinal and back problems. 80% of North Americans have suffered from neck and back pains. This makes spinal decompression therapy interesting to a lot of people. This is what urged us to put together some information about the facts of spinal decompression.

Traditionally, doctors advise surgery to treat problems such as degenerative and herniated discs, and bulges and herniation. However this has proven to cause more problems such as stiffness, reduced mobility, and continuing pain. These problems can be treated with spinal decompression therapy.

This is the reason that many doctors, medical health professionals, and patients suffering from these problems have been searching for alternative, non-surgical methods of treating these types of problems. The good news is that there are many options for treating these problems with the use of spinal decompression therapy.

Spinal decompression therapy is basically a more advanced process that utilized techniques that are similar to traction. Traction is defined as application of continuous or intermittent force along the long axis of the spine. This procedure attempts to elongate the spine by different techniques of traction that pull and stretch the joints and muscles.

Comparing the two, traction and spinal decompression therapy is very different from each other. When traction techniques are applied to the spine, the body incurs a natural action to start to move or pull in the opposite direction. Traction has other negative effects and reduce overall effectiveness of the procedure. With spinal decompression, it aims to correct the problem and utilize machine that will reduce the occurrence.

Spinal decompression therapy is proven to be more effective because it utilize computer feedback mechanisms are used to monitor and combat the natural process of the body pulling in the opposite direction of traction being applied.

The fact of the matter is that spinal decompression therapy is something that, in comparison to other treatment methods, is still quite new to a lot of patients. However the success rate of these types of non surgical procedures is so high that many doctors and health professionals will recommend it before resorting to surgical procedures. This is why if you are suffering from neck and back pain you should definitely talk to your doctor about all of the options that are available to you for different types of spinal decompression therapy. - 15437

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