A thorough patient history, evaluation and imaging are required to qualify for non-surgical spinal decompression. The doctor will look at many factors to determine if you are a candidate.
Many of our patients have been told they need surgery but wish to avoid it, and have failed to significantly respond to conservative options such as medications, physical therapy, injections, chiropractic, and acupuncture.
Here is a partial list of inclusion and exclusion criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
Persistent pain from degenerated disc not responding to four weeks of therapy.
Pain due to herniated and bulging lumbar discs that is more than four weeks old.
Recurrent pain from a failed back surgery that is more than six months old.
Patients available for four weeks of treatment protocol.
Patient at least 18 years of age.
Exclusion Criteria:
Appliances such as pedicle screws and rods.
Prior lumbar fusion less than six months old.
Metastatic cancer.
Severe osteoporosis.
Spondylolisthesis (unstable).
Recent spinal fractures.
Pathologic aortic aneurysm.
Pelvic or abdominal cancer.
Disc space infections.
Severe peripheral neuropathy.
Hemiplegia and paraplegia.
Cognitive dysfunction.
Pregnancy.
Pars defect.