Is Non- Surgical Spinal Decompression Painful?

First, a clarification. There are different kinds of spinal decompression: surgical and non-surgical. The information provided here is about NON-SURGICAL spinal decompression.

For the vast majority of patients who undergo this care, non-surgical spinal decompression is NOT painful. In fact, it is highly unusual for any patient to have an adverse reaction while undergoing care.

Non-surgical spinal decompression offers highly specific yet gentle stretching that targets the part of the spine that needs healing. The doctor who offers this care should perform a comprehensive history on each prospective patient, including a review of any available diagnostic imaging, and conduct a full examination to ensure the patient is a good candidate. The doctor also must consider contraindications (factors which would make care inadvisable), and should monitor treatment sessions to make sure the decompression forces are appropriate for the individual, every time. This contributes to effective, customized, correct care. Non-surgical spinal decompression helps to heal the spine and relieve pain.

Consider these additional facts:
– treatment is non-surgical, non-invasive and drug-free
– decompression forces are slow and gentle
– decompression technology monitors the body’s response to care by the second, allowing the computer to adjust the decompression forces for safety and optimal care
– patients lie on a padded bed surrounded by underlighting, and have an emergency stop button at their fingertips, just in case they feel uncomfortable…. But it’s rarely ever used.

To reiterate: Non-surgical spinal decompression is not painful. The back or neck pain that a patient is suffering with… that is painful.

This treatment is effective in treating a host of discogenic conditions, including bulging or herniated discs, sciatica, degenerative disc disease, spinal arthritis, facet syndrome and others.

For more information, please contact Back Clinics of Canada.