Veronica Hines

Back pain is a common issue across the world faced by and dealt with countless people. In most cases the pain subsides with adequate rest and/or medicinal help. But in more advanced cases, the internal pressure between two vertebrae exceeds the normal limit and that in turn causes excess pain a lot of times. To tackle this issue, there are multiple options the patient can choose from, but there are none better than spinal decompression, which can either be surgical or by therapy(non-surgical). The latter will detailed out below for you to educate yourself and help understand what undergoes in this process.

What Entails In A Spinal Decompression Therapy Session

Prior to commencement of any treatment, the patient will undergo a full medical exam and other subsequent tests and scans and need be if the doctor deems fit. Once the chiropractor has all the information they need and has devised a plan of action, the treatment starts. With the help of a specialized table that is motorized and attached to a computer, the patient lays down in it, either facing down or up, depending on the machine. This table will be divided into two halves. The top half will be stationery and will not move while the bottom half can move back and forth.

Once laid down, the bottom half of the patient will be set in place and kept that way with the help of a harness tied around their lower body. This is done because it is essential that while the chair is in motion, the body stays still and affects the required area and not something else which could cause unnecessary damage to the patient. When the patient is secured on the table, the doctor feeds the required data into the computer and the table does the rest. These sessions can last anywhere between 30 - 45 minutes.

The therapy duration is usually anywhere between 15 - 30 sessions lasting for up to six weeks. Also, it has been reported that patients can feel the effects and changes of its sessions starting from day one while patients needs a few sessions before they feel any sort of comfort or relief.

Advantages

No use of drugs
During the course of this treatment, there is absolutely no use of drugs of any kind that can potentially harm you in any way or even cause an addiction to the patient.

Painless treatment
As stated before, spinal decompression therapy in Glendale or anywhere else for that matter involves no pain to the patient whatsoever. In case you do experience some discomfort, tell your doctor immediately to avoid any further damage to the affected area or worse, injuring other parts of the body.

No surgery required
There are two variants of this treatment, surgical and non-surgical. The latter does not involve any invasiveness of any kind, including surgery.

Addresses the problem at its root
The objective of this treatment’s variant is to identify, assess, tackle and remove the issue from its root. Hence it is a comprehensive treatment that takes a while for it to be completed since the problem needs to be removed on all levels.

Heavy reduction in spasms
Muscle spasms are a common occurrence for people dealing with such problems. This therapy helps alleviate most of those spasms by its tactical movements aimed at pain relief.

Effective pain relief
This treatment is very effective as patients have reported lower pain levels in the first few sessions only. Some have reported pain relief by the end of their first session.

Disadvantages

Expensive
This prime pain relief treatment might be a sought after option by the masses, but comfort and relief certainly aren’t cheap to acquire when it comes to this method. Hence it is best to avail this service through insurance wherein they will either bear the entire expense or most of it, thereby relieving you of certain financial hit.

Patience
In this modern age of medicine where treatments fix the problems in minutes, hours or in a day’s time, this therapy is the opposite of that. If you do not face any relief after the first session, there is no need to worry or panic or think the therapy isn’t working. One needs to be patient here and undergo the entire treatment for better fulfilling results. You will experience the results on your own during the course of this treatment.