Back pain is a huge health issue in the United States and worldwide. Low-back pain (LBP) alone is experienced by 31 million US citizens and was listed as the top cause of disability across the planet in the 2010 Global Burden of Disease. It is one of the most frequently cited health problems that result in having to skip work. It is the number-two reason that people go to the doctor behind upper-respiratory infections.

For chronic pain alleviation in Atlanta, there is a non-surgical treatment called spinal decompression therapy. This guide will help you decide if it’s the best solution for you.

Spinal Decompression Therapy: What It Is & How It Works 

A kind of motorized traction process that is designed to alleviate back pain by releasing pressure in the spine, non-surgical spinal decompression therapy carefully stretches the spine to adjust the way it is positioned and impact the pressure within it. It is performed while you are completely dressed. Two harnesses are worn as well, one around your trunk and the other around your pelvis. You lie on a table that the doctor is able to adjust using a computer. The doctor modifies the treatment based on your situation.

By using this technique to promote back pressure release, Atlanta doctors are able to help spinal disks (soft protective sacs that are in between spinal bones) – produce a negative pressure within them, which effectively removes the pressure on them. When the negative pressure is generated within the disk, any herniation or bulging of disks will often retract, which will mean that the nerves and other spinal components experience less pressure. The general removal of pressure in the area leads to healing by improving the circulation of nutrient-dense fluids, oxygen, and water.

Is Spinal Decompression Therapy Right for You?

When conditions are present that can benefit from back pressure release, Atlanta patients will find that this non-surgical therapy is powerful. Some of the most common conditions that are addressed with spinal decompression therapy are:

• Spinal nerve root disease or injury
• Posterior facet syndrome, in which spinal joints become degraded
• Degenerative disk disease
• Disk herniation or bulging
• Chronic back pain
• Chronic neck pain
• Sciatica (sciatic nerve pain between the lower back and foot)

Are you suffering from chronic back pain or one of the other conditions listed above? The best option in Atlanta for back pressure release, Atlanta Medical Clinic has successfully saved over 320 patients from undergoing surgery with this revolutionary non-surgical therapy. Schedule your appointment today!