Have you been told that your back pain, neck pain or other symptoms are due to compressed or herniated discs in your spine? If so, you may be looking for alternative to major surgeries such as spinal fusion or laminectomy. Here at Advanced Physical Medicine of Yorkville, we may have the natural solution you seek -- non-surgical spinal decompression. Let us look at what this procedure involves and whether it may be right for you.

To understand how spinal decompression works, we must first understand why someone might need it. A variety of situations can cause painful compression anywhere along the spinal column, from the massive impact forces of an auto accident to longstanding degenerative conditions affecting the spinal joints and intervertebral discs. Untreated spinal misalignments, for instance, can allow a disc to slowly slide out of position between the vertebrae it is meant to cushion. Even the normal aging process can lead to compression as the discs lose hydration and height. Traditional surgery using bone grafts and/or metal hardware is expensive, puts you out of action for an extended period, and causes pain of its own. That is why we recommend patients try non-surgical treatment first.

Non-surgical spinal fusion operates on the principle of distraction, a stretching force that creates extra space between vertebrae. Our chiropractor in Yorkville relies on a high-tech tool called the DRX9000, a computer-controlled table that imparts tiny but effective amounts of distraction force to the cervical or lumbar spine. For the patient, it is simply a matter of lying down on the table and letting the table do the work! The negative pressure created by the distraction force literally sucks a herniated disc back into its preferred position, while also attracting water and nutrients to the disc to restore disc height and permit healing.

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If you want to avoid surgery for your spinal problem, schedule an appointment with us. Decompression therapy could save you a lot of pain and money!

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