A herniated disc is a serious condition that can often respond favorably to spinal decompression treatment. If typical rehabilitation, physical therapy, and other measures such as chiropractic adjustments and cortisone injections have not worked, spinal decompression therapy can be an effective non-surgical solution to conditions such as sciatica. Read More
For the past several years herniated disc treatment with non-surgical spinal decompression has been my treatment of choice for bulging and herniated discs. Since the introduction of non-surgical spinal decompression to our clinic, we’ve helped hundreds of patients from Lakewood, Littleton and the entire Denver, Colorado metro area. And as safe and effective that non-surgical spinal decompression is, unfortunately, there have been people we haven’t been able to help as well. It’s a ‘double tough’ condition. If there’s one absolute that I can conclude from my experience it’s this- you can’t ‘tough out’ a herniated disc. Prior to the addition of the DRX9000 Spinal Decompression machine, in our clinic we predominantly utilized conservative and specific chiropractic care, a back pain relief machine called the ATM2, lifestyle modifications (including case specific stretches and/or exercises) and physical and manual therapy. But sometimes this approach just plain fell short. By utilizing clinical discretion and adding spinal decompression therapy when appropriate we’ve dramatically increased our success rate in providing treatment for herniated disc pain sufferers to help them get ‘back in the game.’ Of course, sometimes surgery ends up being inevitable, but more often than not the non-surgical spinal decompression approach is very effective at relieving sciatica, leg and arm pain and/or neck and low back pain caused by herniated or bulging discs. That’s been my experience anyway. One of the main reasons I like spinal decompression therapy is that not only is it capable of relieving your pain, it’s capable of making... Read More