Low Back Pain Treatment With Spinal Decompression

by Dr. Randall Pruitt

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.

Another major issue about the disc is the fact that it doesn’t have a direct blood supply. It receives nutrition from the blood supply in the bones above and below. This is achieved through a pumping mechanism that creates a fluid exchange. Once the disc is damaged however, the disc loses it’s ability to maintain hydration and it becomes dry and brittle over time.

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.

There is only one treatment that actually creates a healthy and nourishing influx on hydration into the disc and that is spinal decompression. This treatment creates an active fluid exchange so that the disc receives the nutrition that it needs to heal.

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.

Spinal decompression creates 2 desirable effects for the disc. One is that is draws in any herniated or bulging material centrally to decrease nerve compression or irritation.And secondly it brings in a fresh supply of nutrition so that the raw materials are present for the disc to heal.

Unlike most treatment that are primarily concerned with the symptoms spinal decompression actually deals with the primary source of the patients pain, which in most cases is the disc.

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.