How does spinal decompression work?
The SpineMED® decompression table allows us to produce a negative pressure or vacuum inside a specific disc of the spinal column. Over a series of treatments, the reduced pressure inside the disc causes the bulge or herniation to be retracted. As the disc height increases and the bulge shrinks, pressure and irritation of the nerve root or spinal cord is relieved.
Further treatments are required after symptom relief to heal the outer annulus and stabilize the disc for proper function.
Decompression is applied in cycles of one minute on and thirty seconds off. Each session requires twenty of these cycles or thirty minutes of treatment time. In the case of low back treatment, infrared heat is applied to the lumbar muscles to relax them and reduce the chance of muscle spasms while undergoing treatment.
The rhythmic cycles of Decompression done over time facilitate the transfer of fluids, oxygen and nutrients into the disc tissue, increasing disc height and healing the outer capsule for long term function and stability.
