How Is Spinal Decompression Different From Ordinary Spinal Traction?

Traction is helpful at treating some of the conditions resulting from herniated or degenerated discs. However, traction does not address the source of the problem.

At best, traction and inversion tables lower the intradiscal pressure from a +90 mmHg to a +30 mmHg. Traction triggers the body’s normal response to stretching by creating painful muscle spasms that can worsen the pain in the affected area.

Spinal Decompression creates a negative pressure or a vacuum inside of the disc. This effect causes the disc to pull in the herniation back to center. In addition, the increase in negative pressure causes the flow of blood and nutrients back into the disc allowing the body’s natural fibroblastic response to heal the injury and re-hydrate the disc.

Spinal Decompression is clinically proven to reduce the intradiscal pressure between a -150 to -200 mmHg.