Got Persistent Back Pain? Spinal Decompression Therapy May Help

The health, strength and mobility of your back is not something to be taken for granted. If there is persistent pain or discomfort, it can affect everything you do in your daily life.

Chiropractic treatment aims to get to the root of what’s causing the ailment through non-invasive manipulations, or adjustments of the spine.

Another non-invasive form of treatment for severe back pain is through spinal decompression.

This is a form of traction treatment that uses a special table to relieve pressure points, increase spacing in the spinal discs and encourage correct, natural healing. This treatment helps to alleviate conditions such as herniated discs, spinal arthritis or stenosis, pinched nerves, and more.

How spinal decompression works

This type of therapy is safe and effective and is often used as an alternative to surgery. The main goal of spinal decompression is to provide relief in a comfortable, pain-free way.

Patients undergoing this treatment will lie flat on a table where they are strapped in either at the waist or the base of the skull. The table then moves, relieving the pressure in any number of affected areas in your neck or back. There is no recovery time, but it often takes several sessions of this type of therapy to produce the long-term results of eliminating the pain and discomfort.

Another added benefit of spinal decompression therapy is that it can lead to improved posture.

One of the most common causes of neck and back pain is because the spine is out of alignment due to poor posture. When paired with regular chiropractic adjustments, spinal decompression can greatly improve your posture over time and reduce the risk of further discomfort.

For more information or to ask any questions about how spinal decompression therapy can help you, visit our website, or call us at 815-380-2180.

Kirkland Family Chiropractic Center

229 First Avenue Suite 2

Rock Falls, IL 61071