Lumbar Decompression Therapy for Pinched Nerves
San Francisco Chiropractor and Herniated Disc Doctor Comments:
Pinched nerves in the low back are usually caused by bulging or herniated lumbar discs. One of the primary symptoms from a pinched lumbar nerve is sciatica...or pain down the leg. If you've ever experienced sciatica you know first hand how painful it can be.
If you have low back pain but have never had leg pain...just be thankful.
Typically, sciatica comes on after a lumbar disc bulge or lumbar disc herniation has been around a while (watch this excellent herniated disc video on www.spine-health.com).
If a lumbar nerve is really pinched good by a herniated disc, you can get weakness in the leg along with the pain. In fact, the leg can actually start to lose size over time. This is what we call atrophy...typically found in advanced cases of nerve compromise from degenerative (bony) spinal stenosis.
Bony spinal stenosis occurs when calcium deposits build-up in the spinal canal or vertebral foramina where the nerves branch off the spine (you want these passage ways clear). Not much fun. Stenosis can also be caused by bulging or herniated discs (non-bony stenosis).
But here's the good news...Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression for the lumbar spine can often times help patients with pinched nerves. At my San Francisco Chronic Back Pain Center, I have witnessed Lumbar Decompression Therapy achieve favorable outcomes with some of the worst looking spines I have ever seen. And...it's very safe.
The only side effect we have witnessed at our clinic is soreness sometimes...kind of like the soreness some patients occasionally get from physical therapy or chiropractic. I classify the treatment as gentle...but it can make you sore.
And I always like to point out...I have witnessed disappointment also, when I thought for sure decompression therapy would work. In reality...there's just no way to know if non-surgical spinal decompression is going to help someone until they do it...all of it.
If you do part of it and fail to achieve results, then quit...you will never know if you would have got better had you done the rest of the treatment. It's just the way it is. If you cant handle it, do yourself a favor...don't start. Just the stress of wondering every single day if it is working and trying to force results will interfere with the outcome.
In fact, this attitude may be part of the reason other forms of treatment have failed...you never gave the treatments enough time to work.
Spinal Decompression is NOT a Magic Bullet. It's just the most advanced, non-surgical treatment available in the marketplace for herniated and badly degenerated spinal discs. Will it work for...there's only one way to find out.
If you would like more information on Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression for pinched nerves at our Bay Area Chronic Back Pain Center...simply go to www.SanFranciscoSpinalDecompression.com and order our Free Report.
Or, call 415-392-2225 and ask for a complimentary consultation.
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