How Spinal Decompression Therapy Can Eliminate Your Chronic Back Pain

Chronic back pain can be a debilitating problem that negatively affects your life and work experience. To combat this overwhelmingly common issue, spinal decompression therapy has become more popular as patients seek natural, non-surgical ways to treat their pain. Spinal decompression is a treatment that slowly stretches the spine, which helps relieve built-up pressure and restores range of motion to the back. This allows people to return to their normal activities pain-free. Find out how spinal decompression therapy can change your life with this guide!

Back Pain

If you’re suffering from chronic back pain, you’re not alone. Studies show that in the U.S. alone, over 31 million Americans have reported problems with daily back pain. Further studies have shown that back pain is more popularly concentrated in the lower back, called the lumbar spine. If you have pain when sitting for too long or when bending over, you’re likely experiencing pain in the lumbar spine.

Studies have found that lower back pain is a much bigger issue than many people realize. In fact, it is the most common cause of missed work. ½ of working Americans actually have pain in their back at some point throughout their work day, or they experience constant back pain. Up to 80% of people will have pain in their back at some point in their lives, which is why these statistics are already so alarming. Your back is vital to your health as well, because the spinal column in the back protects vital organs and tissues of the body, especially the brain and spinal cord. Pain in the back will lead to pain in other parts of the body, neuropathy, tingling, inflammation, swelling and more.

See a Chiropractor for Chronic Pain

If you live with chronic back pain daily, you might want to consider seeing a chiropractor for treatments that last much longer than even the strongest medications. A chiropractor is someone who treats the body’s muscular, nervous and skeletal systems. They do this through spinal manipulation and physiologic therapies using ultrasound, electrical nerve stimulation, heat and cold therapy, and more. Chiropractic care varies from person-to-person, depending on the situation, and most patients will achieve pain-free living after treatment is done.

Chiropractic Options and Benefits

Chiropractic care covers an entire range of different types of treatments to help relieve chronic back pain. Most people think of a professional popping and cracking the back when they think of chiropractic care, and yes, this can happen with traditional chiropractic care. That pain-free popping and cracking can happen when placing the body back into alignment, and it’s something that helps patients know their body is back in its proper place.

We have various methods of realigning the back and spine so that lower back, upper back and neck pain are relieved. Some of those methods include:

• Chiropractic Care
• Class IV Laser Therapy
• Neuropathy Treatment
• High-Tech Rehabilitation
• Active Release Technique
• Vibration Exercises and Rehabilitation
• Trigger-Point Therapy
• Anti-Inflammatory/Joint Injections
• Spinal Decompression Treatment

All of these are different types of physical rehabilitation treatments for the back, and each can be effective for realigning the spine, eliminating pain and reducing swelling and inflammation. These are common symptoms that stem from back issues, but the one that is most sought after is spinal decompression therapy.

Spinal Decompression: Help Eliminate Your Back Pain!

Chiropractic care is spinal manipulation done through hands-on movements and manipulations of a chiropractor. However, for some patients, technology can best help position the spine for optimal decompression and alignment. Spinal decompression is a chiropractic treatment that utilizes a decompression machine to lengthen the spine, thus relieving spinal discs of excess pressure.

This stretching can help place discs back into their proper place, which will lead to reduced inflammation and swelling that causes chronic back pain. Though traction, physical therapy, and traditional manipulation can reduce disc pressure, it can’t achieve negative pressure, which may be necessary to correct the condition of your spine. The stretching and re-positioning of your spine is so slow and gradual, so your body doesn’t “lock down” or stiffen the back muscles. This helps prevent injury.

Each spinal decompression session lasts about 30 minutes, with no downtime or additional medication needed. Most patients require 20 to 25 sessions scheduled over 4 to 6 weeks to properly heal, though the frequency of prescribed therapy depends on your individual condition. Some patients require less due to the mildness of their symptoms, other patients require more due to the severity of their disorder.

Give Back Pain the Boot

Back Pain can be a debilitating condition that can stop you from living a normal and functional life. It can be caused by common factors such as:

• Lifestyle and Nutrition
• Post-Surgical Pain
• Sports and Exercise Injuries
• Poor Posture
• Sciatica (Lower back, hip and leg pain)
• Spinal Stenosis
• Pinched Nerves
• Herniated or Bulging Discs
• Degenerative Disc Disease/Arthritis
• Chronic Conditions

No matter the cause of your chronic back pain, here at Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center, we know there is a non-invasive, drug-free treatment that can help you become pain-free once more. Our treatments provide long-term pain relief and restore your natural health.

Each patient will receive an in-depth evaluation by the chiropractor so that a personalized treatment plan can be made for the best healing results. Spinal decompression therapy is one of our most prescribed treatments because of its effectiveness in treating lower back pain. To see if this treatment can benefit you, or to schedule your consultation, call Texas Spine & Sports Therapy Center today at (512) 806-0015!