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Decompression Therapy Research Studies

Clinical studies have shown Decompression Therapy to be extremely effective in treating back pain. In a recent study published in Orthopedic Technology Review Decompression Therapy was shown to be 86% effective in treating hemiated and degenerative discs. Not only that, but another study published in Anesthesiology News showed that after 4 years over 91% remained pain free.

Journal of Neurological Research VOL 20, NO 4, April 1998 The Researchers Stated: "We consider decompression therapy to be a primary treatment modality for low back pain associated with lumbar disc herniation at single or multiple levels, degenerative disc disease, facet arthropathy, and decreased spine mobility. Physiology (pain and mobility) and pathology correlate imprecisely. We believe that post-surgical patients with persistent pain or 'Failed Back Syndrome' should not be considered candidates for further surgery until a reasonable trial of decompression has been tried."

Journal of Neurological Research VOL 23, NO 7, October 2001 The Researchers Stated: "For any given patient with low back and referred leg pain, we cannot predict with certainty which cause has assumed primacy. Therefore surgery, by being directed at root decompression at the site of the hemiation alone, may not be effective if secondary causes of pain have become predominant. Decompression therapy, however, addresses both primary and secondary causes of low back and referred leg pain. We thus submit that Decompression therapy should be considered first, before the patient undergoes a surgical procedure which permanently alters the anatomy and function of the affected lumbar spine segment."

Journal of Neurological Research VOL 23, NO 7, October 2001 In that same volume, the Senior Lecturer in Orthopedics at Sydney University stated: "Successful reduction of intradiscal pressures with decompression therapy represents a technological advance in lumbar spinal treatment and is likely to affect both the biomechanical and biochemical causes of discogenic pain."

IDD Therapy in Back Pain Treatment, November 2005 Click here to view document

SPINE VOL 26, NO 5, 2001

Decompression relieves pressure that builds up on the discs and nerves. The task of relieving pain comes about as a result of drawing areas of bulging or herniated disc back into place. It also helps draw fluids, nutrients and blood supply back into the disc, "feeding" the disc and reversing the disc degeneration process.

Decompression achieves this by creating negative pressure within the disc. This creates essentially a vacuum to draw the bulging and herniated disc material back into the disc space and relieve pressure.

As the ligaments and soft tissue that hold disc material in place become stretched or torn due to bulging and herniation, decompression strengthens the ligament bands that hold the disc material in place to heal and prevent future recurrence.

Most of the time, the healing process requires only a few weeks of treatment . We have committed to undergo expert training in the delivery of decompression and dedicate our practice to the relief of severe and chronic low back pain. Patients come to us to return to a normal pain free life.