Spinal Decompression Therapy

Dr. Hill at Bellingham Spine and Disc is Whatcom County's pioneer of disc traction! This nonsurgical, noninvasive therapy involves stretching the spine, using a unique traction table to relieve pain. This technology creates space between the vertebrae. This has the potential to draw the bulging disc back to center and off the nerve, relieving the intense pain of disc injury.

​What does Spinal Decompression Treat?

• Back pain
• Leg pain
• Neck pain
• Arm pain, numbness, and tingling
• Bulging or herniated discs
• Stenosis or Sciatica
• Radiating pain, or sharp shooting pain

Spinal Decompression Therapy can save you months of painful rehab, thousands of dollars for surgery! Research studies show that decompression is over 86% effective in healing herniated discs, eliminating your need for surgery or harmful medications. No surgery means more savings, less medical bills and a quick recovery time.

Did you know:

• There are 23 discs in the spine?
• Discs act as shock absorbers between the spinal bones (vertebrae) and provide an elastic cushion between them?
• As part of the aging process, discs tend to wear out and shrink? With aging or injury, the nearby nerves can get pinched.
• The disc is a gel-filled, fibrous piece of cartilage where the nerves exit near the spine?.
  
  

Often, when we get a pinched nerve or slip a disc in our back, the disc is causing the problem. Many researchers believe that bulging, herniated discs are the most common cause of back pain. Surprisingly, wear and tear can even begin as early as teenage years, possibly from car accidents or other physical traumas.  Over the years, the disc begins to wear out from poor posture, motor vehicle accidents, sports injuries or the aging process itself. The disc can bulge or herniate and begin to pinch the nerve and cause symptoms like numbness, tingling, sharp shooting pains, as well as burning and radiating pains.

Ready to stop your pain naturally without the use of harmful drugs, medications, and risky surgeries? Call (360) 715-8722 today and start your journey to recovery. Let us help get you and your back in action!

Further Reading
Below you will find a variety of studies on the benefits of spinal decompression therapy as an effective, non-surgical, alternative treatment for back pain. Please follow the links below for additional information (files open as .pdf document). 

1. Vertebral Axial Decompression Therapy: An Outcome Study 
2. Surgical Alternatives 
3. Occupational Medicine 
4. Emerging Technologies 
5. Effects of VADX on Sensory Nerves 
6. Effects of VADX on ID Pressure 
7. Clinical Trial for a Non-invasive Decompression System 
8. Clinical Outcomes for Spinal Decompression ​

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