Looking For Spinal Decompression in San Francisco CA?

Are you looking for spinal decompression in San Francisco CA? You don't have to live in debilitating pain. Whether you have lower back pain, a pinched nerve, sciatica, radiating pain into the arms or legs, neck pain, or a variety of symptoms related to damaged or degenerative discs, spinal stenosis, and post-operative complications, as well as syndromes of the lumbar and cervical spine, spinal decompression may be for you.

What is Spinal Decompression?

This gentle, non-surgical procedure can provide lower back and neck pain relief, sciatica pain relief, and is a state-of-the-art procedure for, bulging, herniated or degenerative disc disease in the neck and lumbar regions.

The gentle distractive forces of the Spinal Decompression create a decompression of the spine with unloading due to distraction and proper positioning, to improve blood flow and nutrient exchange to the injured area. You'll experience several cycles of stretch and relaxation, which graduate to a peak over a period of several minutes.

• Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy is a motorized traction treatment that gently stretches the spine. Its primary goal is to relieve back, neck, and nerve pain by creating a vacuum (negative pressure) inside spinal discs, which allows bulging or herniated material to retract and promotes natural healing.
• The therapy targets the underlying mechanical causes of pain rather than just masking symptoms. The core goals include:
  • Create Negative Intra-discal Pressure: Relieves the compressive load on the spine by creating a partial vacuum. This retracts herniated or bulging discs away from pinched nerves.
  • Promote Disc Rehydration: The vacuum effect draws oxygen, water, and nutrient-rich fluids back into the damaged discs, which naturally lack a direct blood supply, thus facilitating healing.
  • Relieve Nerve Compression: Alleviates symptoms like sciatica, radiating arm or leg pain, numbness, and tingling by opening up the space where nerves exit the spinal column.
  • Reduce Reliance on Medication: Provides a non-invasive, drug-free alternative to pain management that can help patients avoid or delay invasive back surgeries.
  • Restore Mobility and Function: Helps patients return to daily activities and physical rehabilitation by loosening contracted muscles and improving joint mobility.

How Long Does the Spinal Decompression Treatment Take in San Francisco CA?

Therapy sessions typically last less than 20 minutes, 3 times a week for 1 month, transitioning from passive to active treatments as you respond, with most patients feeling pain relief with as few as 6-10 treatments. Most patients are released from treatment after 8 weeks.

A complete program targeting the function of the stabilization ligaments, tendons and muscles is a vital part of Spinal Decompression. Exercise and adjunctive therapies such as heat, muscle stimulation, ultrasound, and cold therapy can assist in rehabilitation of these structures. Our goal is to not only help heal the disc, but to also enhance muscular control and support of the back and neck.

Regular home exercise and periodic visits to our office will help in maintaining your spinal health and reduce the probability of reoccurrence. Clinical results of this procedure have been effective in over 75% of the patients treated and most patients find long-term relief or effective management of their pain when they complete the entire program of treatments utilizing the Spinal Decompression.

The University of South Florida (USF) Health Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair has released groundbreaking findings from a clinical study on non-surgical spinal decompression. The study, which included pre- and post-MRI analysis, revealed significant improvements in patient outcomes.

Key Highlights Include:

• 92% of patients experienced pain improvement
• Average pain intensity decreased by 80%
• Average disc height increased 1 mm for targeted disc level
• Average AP dimension of spinal canal increased 2 mm at targeted disc level

Call our team at Ocean Chiropractic Center in San Francisco CA if you have questions about spinal decompression today.