Spinal Decompression in North County San Diego

What to Know About the SpineMED Decompression Table

SpineMED®, the world’s leading non-surgical decompression system, is designed to target and remove pressure on (decompress) injured intervertebral discs through distraction and positioning of the lumbar or cervical spine.

The process of table decompression provides a non-surgical, drug-free procedure for patients suffering from several conditions, including:

• Bulging and herniated discs
• Sciatica
• Spinal stenosis
• Disc degeneration
• Posterior Facet syndrome
• Non-specified mechanical low back or neck pain
• And others

These imbalances can cause discomfort that ranges in severity and can impact how you move, work, and exercise, forcing you to abandon your daily routine. Commonly, low back pain and neck pain are the result of spine injuries. However, due to the connectivity in the body, headaches, shoulder pain, hip pain, and other symptoms may also arise.

 

How Do Spinal Decompression Tables Work?

Spinal decompression tables have two parts that move separately from each other. It’s set up with an individualized decompression program using computerized technology based on the patient’s needs.

The proper program is designed after learning the patient’s diagnosis and understanding how they responded to other treatments.

The patient will lie on the table as instructed, and the mechanics of the table will stretch the spine, creating negative pressure and space within the spinal discs and allowing disc fluid to be correctly repositioned. This offers quick function and comfort as healing nutrients travel to the injury.

Manual decompression is challenging and often ineffective because our muscles are inclined to resist stretch. Decompression tables have sensors that detect when muscles are reacting this way and work to relieve tension so the muscle calms and decompression is accomplished. This approach makes the table much more effective at achieving the ultimate goal of lasting pain relief.

 

Effectively Treating Back & Neck Pain with Spinal Decompression

Back and neck pain statistics are as painful as the conditions they represent and the number one pain point in North America, affecting 80% of us at one time or another. These problems can mean a permanent loss of some function, forcing us to give up things in life no one should have to give up.

Utilizing a spinal decompression table, you get a non-invasive and non-surgical option to reduce your back and neck pain naturally.

The decidedly sophisticated and advanced SpineMED® table is a non-surgical, drug-free, exceptionally comfortable procedure. It offers hope where other decompression systems fail.

SpineMED® is designed to help patients with lumbar or cervical disc pathologies and is congruent with other conservative treatment options.

Our chiropractic clinic often combines our treatments to create the most efficient healing strategy. Your plan may include spinal decompression along with:

• Chiropractic care
• Laser therapy  
• Kinesio taping
• Corrective massage therapy
• Exercise and stretching
• And more

Our team has seen the rewards of spinal decompression and would love to offer you the same results.

You Do Not Have To Live with Lower Back & Neck Pain

Intervertebral disc pathology is one of the primary causes of back and neck pain. The discs are prone to degeneration and injury as they are compressed and twisted through daily activities, whether due to consistent sports or exercise, your occupation, or regular wear and tear.

As the disc degenerates, the gel-like nucleus loses its hydration, reducing disc height and creating the possibility of facet syndrome and lateral foraminal stenosis. Furthermore, disc degeneration causes the pliable outer coating of the annulus to become brittle and susceptible to cracks and tears that can lead to disc herniations. Bulging or herniated discs often press on spinal nerves, causing severe pain and radiculopathy.

Damaged intervertebral discs seldom heal because they remain under constant pressure, even while a person is at rest. It is widely accepted that the ideal environment to improve disc pathology is to decompress or reduce the intradiscal pressures of the damaged disc.

The goal of reducing intradiscal pressure is to enhance the osmotic diffusion of fluids and nutrients across the endplates into the disc, furthering the body’s natural healing abilities.

Additionally, reduction of intradiscal pressures may help draw the nucleus pulposus of a herniated disc back into the center, thereby relieving pressure on a compressed nerve root—alleviating the problem and the pain.

Get the care your body deserves and start living life actively and responsibly today.

Contact our team to learn more about the SpineMED® Decompression Table, or book now.