Spinal Disc Decompression - Effective Treatment For Your Back

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Every adult living in the 21st century should recognize that almost everyone at some point in their lives suffers from back pain because of physical activity, old age, and sports or job related injuries. Traditional remedies like painkillers, expensive and risky back surgeries or just dealing and living with the pain are not the only available choices today. The latest medical advances improving the quality of life of many people is the painless, non-surgical, and less costly and FDA approved spinal disc decompression technology. Clinical research and discovery have revealed that this painless advanced treatment has an 86% success ratio.

What types of back pain and spinal diseases can be treated by Spinal Disc Decompression?

Ailments that can be treated using spinal decompression are herniated discs, degenerative spinal disc diseases, sciatica, protruding discs, posterior facet or joint syndrome and unsuccessful back and neck surgeries.

Discovery of the Vacuum Effect and History of Spinal Disc Decompression

How did the revolutionary idea of spinal disc decompression come about? NASA scientists found a common occurrences among their astronauts who were suffering from back pain. Everyone reported their circumstances to have improved after a space mission. After some investigation, the scientists concluded that the improvement in their conditions was due to the lack of pressure on the spine while in space. Instead there was a decompression or negative pressure that softly shifted or moved the herniated disc back in place which decreased the pain brought about by the pressure of the protruding discs on the spinal nerves. The vacuum effect also multiplied the flow of blood rich with nutrients, oxygen, and water from the outside of the spinal discs to go inside, thus allowing the spinal discs to recover by itself.

So how do you recreate this vacuum effect here on earth? Dr. Allen Dyer, the inventor of the cardiac defibrillator, that saves heart attack victims all over the world, also invented the spinal disc decompression treatment table in 1987. He developed a technology that superseded ineffective conventional traction tables which do not create any decompression or vacuum effect but just extends the muscles and spine. Dr. Dyers, engineering invention recreated the vacuum effect needed by the spinal discs to mend. In 1996, his design was acknowledged by the United States FDA as risk-free and effective.

How does Spinal Disc Decompression Therapy Work?

The patient is firmly strapped on a computer controlled spinal decompression table. The doctor enters personalized treatment dependent on his findings which may include verification from MRI results. The machine then places the body and applies force to create a spinal decompression that will release the pressure affecting the spinal discs and nerves. The negative pressure also enables the herniated disc to finally retract into its natural position. This negative pressure also forces the oxygen and nutrient rich blood to flow inside the spinal discs and facilitate natural healing.

Depending on the severity of the situation, an average of twenty to twenty-eight treatments are required over a period of one or two months to receive the full benefits of the therapy. Treatment only takes thirty to forty-five minutes. Spinal disc decompression therapy is also accompanied by hot or cold compresses to speed up the healing of the back injury. The patient is likewise advised to have re-hydration therapy or to drink lots of water, modify his diet and consider having nutrition and vitamin supplements, and execute recommended physical workouts to beef up the back and promote quicker healing.

Revolution in Spinal Disc Decompression Technology

The machine has been refined since the late 80s. In 2000, a machine was developed to also treat neck problems and to make the treatment process more comfortable for patients. Presently, the cutting-edge technological innovation in spinal disc decompression is the Articulating Spinal Decompression or Range-of-Motion (ROM) spinal decompression treatment table which allows the doctor to change or make adjustments to the spinal posture of the patient while the decompression process is ongoing. The increased ability to adjust or vary the position of the spine allows for the distraction or pulling forces of the decompression to get deeper into areas of the spinal discs and tissues, that previous versions of spinal decompression machines cannot reach.

As technology improves, many people suffering from back pain can be helped through a safe, non-invasive and less costly spinal disc decompression therapy. However, more intensive research needs to be carried out to ensure continued effectiveness on whether it does completely replace or just postpone back pain surgeries. However, for citizens of industrialized countries whose senior population are more active and are living longer nowadays, and any surgical operation is life threatening; the benefits of the innovations in spinal disc decompression technology can only be regarded as a genuinely positive medical innovation of the modern times.