Herniated Disc Therapy - Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression

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If you are suffering from a herniated disc, you should consider therapy as a possible remedy. A type of disc problem involves the rubbery cushion between the individual vertebrae of your spine to push out through a crack of the tougher exterior of the disc.

Symptoms usually include a numbing or tingling sensation that begins in one leg and can extend from the buttocks down to the knee. In some cases, the pain can extend from the buttocks all the way down to the ankle and even the foot. Pain can also be present in the front of the thigh, and a person can have severe and even extreme muscle spasms due to a herniated disc.

There are many types of herniated disc therapy. One form of therapy that is used by chiropractors is non-surgical spinal decompression.

Non-surgical spinal decompression involves the use of a mechanical traction device that is operated by an on-board computer. This device regulates the angle and force of disc distraction, which limits the body's natural ability to generate muscle spasms. Non-surgical spinal decompression helps to reduce intradiscal pressure, which reverses nerve impairment, reduces loading of the spine, and enables damaged spinal discs to heal themselves over time.

A type of mechanical traction that is used in non-surgical spinal decompression is inversion therapy. This involves the patient hanging upside down in order to achieve relief from a herniated disc. This therapy works by alternating between 15 one-minute decompression and relaxation cycles to reduce the pressure on the herniated disc and to allow the tougher exterior of the disc to heal.

There are several versions of therapy, including range-of-motion (ROM) decompression. Range-of-motion decompression involves the chiropractor adjusting the patient's spinal posture while the decompression is taking place. This allows the decompressive pulling forces that are applied during the spinal decompression to reach into the spinal areas and tissues. These are areas that are often not affected by basic linear decompression.

Spinal decompression through inversion therapy is a popular herniated disc therapy because spinal decompression does not have the risks associated with surgery, anesthesia, or injections, yet can be quite effective in providing relief from a herniated disc. Therefore, spinal decompression is considered to be a safer herniated disc therapy option as compared to surgery or injections. Additionally, spinal decompression is an FDA-approved therapy and is generally less expensive than surgery or injections.

Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy is a herniated disc therapy option you should consider if you have any of the following conditions:

- Numbness
- Tingling
- Radiculopathy (sensory and motor disturbances that cause severe pain and muscle weakness within the neck, back, arm, shoulder, or leg)
- Spondylosis (degenerative osteoarthritis of the joints between spinal vertebrae and the openings within the vertebrae)
- Lower back pain
- Sciatica (numbness, weakness, pain, or tingling within the leg due to pressure or injury on the sciatic nerve)
- Disc hernia
- Disc protrusion
- Spinal injuries
- Foraminal stenosis (narrowing of the small canal in the spine)

Therefore, if you are suffering from any of the aforementioned symptoms, you may have a herniated disc and need to seek therapy in order to obtain long-term relief. Non-surgical spinal decompression is an FDA-approved therapy option you should consider, as it can provide the relief you are seeking without the need for surgery or injections.