San Francisco Chiropractor and Herniated Disc Doctor Comments on the benefits of Spinal Decompression:
I am asked every day by patients with chronic, severe, back pain or neck pain, if nonsurgical spinal decompression therapy is a wise choice for them. In reality, there is no way for me to know if it is going to give that particular person the pain relief or restoration of function they are looking for.
Sure...some patients seem like they are better candidates for lumbar decompression or cervical decompression therapy than others. But the bottom line is this...The longer a problem such as degenerative disc disease or spinal stenosis has been there...the worse the problem becomes. So, if someone has had chronic back or neck pain for 30 years...it will most likely be more challenging than someone that has only had their back pain for a couple of years.
When spinal problems are left uncorrected for years and years they get worse. Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) is a process. As the spinal disc degenerate, the outer containment walls (annular fibrosis) of the discs weaken and give way to the gelatinous center of the disc (nucleus pulposis), which can push out on the nerves or spinal cord causing pain and dysfunction, and symptoms like sciatica.
Spinal decompression therapy with the DRX9000 (lumbar) or the DRX9000c (cervical) is often times able to re-position the nucleus and allow the disc to heal. The machine was designed and built to treat herniated lumbar discs, herniated cervical discs, spinal stenosis, facet syndromes, and degenerative disc disease.
But if a back pain or neck pain patient has multiple herniated discs, advanced spinal stenosis or spinal degeneration, it just becomes a little bit more challenging.
So, we learn to manage expectations. If the goal is just to become better than you are without drugs are surgery...and not to become completely NORMAL again...then we set the stage for a favorable outcome. Listen...the DRX9000 spinal decompression machine is a fantastic tool...but it's NOT magic...even though some will swear it is. And, it is very safe and gentle. Hey...it's worth a shot if nothing else is working or you are looking at surgery. Life is Short...
If you would like to find out if you are a candidate for nonsurgical spinal decompression with the DRX9000 or DRX9000c at my San Francisco Decompression Center...simply call 415-392-2225 and ask for a complimentary DRX consultation. Chances are...you will be glad you did.
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