Decompression Helps Low Back Pain
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If you suffer from chronic low back pain like many people, you may have tried several different treatments designed to deal with the pain.
An important thing to understand is that in the majority of cases the spinal discs are to blame. Research shows that the disc is the most common cause of back pain followed by the facet joints and the SI joint.
An important thing to understand about the disc is that it is only pain sensitive in the outer 1/3. This is important to understand because often damage can occur over time and you may never know, until the outer 1/3 of the disc is contacted by the inner material. This is why back pain can come on so suddenly out of the blue.
The disc begins a degenerative process after micro trauma has weakened the outer fibers. This occurs primarily because of the lack of a direct blood supply to the disc. The disc relies on a fluid exchange that occurs with motion from the blood supply in the bones above and below the disc. Once damage has occurred however, the disc begins to weaken as it dries out and becomes more brittle.
One of the most dangerous consequences of disc degeneration is that as the disc loses hydration it becomes infiltrated with pain sensitive nerves. So no longer is just the outer 1/3 pain sensitive but the entire disc becomes painful.
The most common treatments for low back pain don't address this issue. Only one actually increases the amount of hydration into the disc and that is spinal decompression. This treatment accelerates the amount of hydration that goes into the disc so that the disc can regenerate.
Most people will compare simple traction to spinal decompression, however this is not accurate. True spinal decompression is achieved when the normal muscle guarding reflex is overcome to allow negative pressures to be created in the disc. Traction and inversion can't achieve this.
Once decompression is achieved a negative pressure in the disc creates 2 very important scenarios. First it actively retracts any herniated or bulging material centrally to relieve nerve compression or irritation and secondly it actively draws in nutrition so the disc can heal.
Treating the primary source of back pain is what makes spinal decompression unique, other treatments try to mask the pain and never create a structural benefit.
If you have tried other treatments with little to no success you really owe it to yourself to look into spinal decompression. The benefits are lasting unlike most of the other treatments available.
An important thing to understand is that in the majority of cases the spinal discs are to blame. Research shows that the disc is the most common cause of back pain followed by the facet joints and the SI joint.
An important thing to understand about the disc is that it is only pain sensitive in the outer 1/3. This is important to understand because often damage can occur over time and you may never know, until the outer 1/3 of the disc is contacted by the inner material. This is why back pain can come on so suddenly out of the blue.
The disc begins a degenerative process after micro trauma has weakened the outer fibers. This occurs primarily because of the lack of a direct blood supply to the disc. The disc relies on a fluid exchange that occurs with motion from the blood supply in the bones above and below the disc. Once damage has occurred however, the disc begins to weaken as it dries out and becomes more brittle.
One of the most dangerous consequences of disc degeneration is that as the disc loses hydration it becomes infiltrated with pain sensitive nerves. So no longer is just the outer 1/3 pain sensitive but the entire disc becomes painful.
The most common treatments for low back pain don't address this issue. Only one actually increases the amount of hydration into the disc and that is spinal decompression. This treatment accelerates the amount of hydration that goes into the disc so that the disc can regenerate.
Most people will compare simple traction to spinal decompression, however this is not accurate. True spinal decompression is achieved when the normal muscle guarding reflex is overcome to allow negative pressures to be created in the disc. Traction and inversion can't achieve this.
Once decompression is achieved a negative pressure in the disc creates 2 very important scenarios. First it actively retracts any herniated or bulging material centrally to relieve nerve compression or irritation and secondly it actively draws in nutrition so the disc can heal.
Treating the primary source of back pain is what makes spinal decompression unique, other treatments try to mask the pain and never create a structural benefit.
If you have tried other treatments with little to no success you really owe it to yourself to look into spinal decompression. The benefits are lasting unlike most of the other treatments available.
About the Author:
Dr. Randall Pruitt is a chiropractic neurologist. He has been offering spinal decompression therapyin the greater Phoenix area for the past 10 years.If you are plagued with back painand would like to learn more about this treatment you can call his office at 480-503-3344 and resources can be provided.
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