Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression Considered An Effective Treatment For Back Pain

As new clinical research demonstrating the positive outcomes of this form of therapy continues to surface, it has not take long for the spinal decompression therapyto be widely used in Vancouver as an effective treatment option for chronic back pain conditions. With millions of people suffering with back pain worldwide and individuals searching for alternative ways to find chronic back pain relief, non-surgical spinal decompression therapy arises. Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy has successfully treated many back pain sufferers who received unsatisfactory results with traditional treatment methods such as bed rest, pain medications, or surgery.

Spinal decompression therapy can be found at Vancouver Spinal Decompression Center in Vancouver, B.C. In a study published in Pain Practice, patient outcomes indicated that chronic low back pain improved with treatment on the DRX9000 Non-surgical Spinal Decompression System.

The study indicated that patients with a mean pain duration of 535 weeks which is over 10 years reported a mean verbal numerical pain intensity rating equal to 6.05 on a 0 to 10 scale prior to treatment with spinal decompression. Patients were treated at four different back pain clinics throughout the United States. They received thirty minute spinal decompression therapy sessions daily for the first two weeks and then it tapered down to one session per week.

Patients in the study reported a decrease in analgesic use and improvement in activities of daily living. After the completion of the Non-surgical Spinal Decompression program, the mean verbal numerical pain intensity rating decreased to a statistically and clinically significant rating of 0.89.

The authors were able to follow-up at a mean 31 weeks with 29 patients and reveal mean values of 83% improvement in back pain and satisfaction of 8.55 on a 10-point scale. None of these 29 patients reported requiring surgery.

For more information about spinal decompression therapy, Dr. Ali Akhavan, D.C. at Vancouver Spinal Decompression Center can be reached at 604-984-4601. As more clinical research demonstrating positive results utilizing this form of treatment is disseminated, the question may no longer be whether it’s effective but rather which office offer it. Vancouver Spinal decompression center in Vancouver has successfully treated many patients with back pain, leg pain, sciatica, pinched nerves and more.

Please note, like any other medical therapy, individual patient results varies.

Here are five back exercises you can do at work to reduce the stress of long hours of sitting:
 
1.  Bird-Dog - Place both hands and knees squarely on the ground.  While keeping your abs tight and your pelvis neutral (no excessive arching or sagging), slowly lift the opposite arm and leg off the ground.  Extend both of them out while holding your head straight.  While lifting the arm and leg, squeeze your glut and do not allow your hips to tilt.  They should be square with the ground.  Do slow reps (10) at 2 -3 sets, two or three times per week.  You can simplify this by lifting only the leg.
 
2.  Swimmers - Lay flat on the floor on your stomach.  Fully extend your arms and legs.  While keeping your forehead flat on the ground, slowly lift the opposite arm and leg off the ground.  Do not bend the knee, imagine someone trying to pull your shoe off your foot as you lift the leg.  Your hips should be pressed on the ground and your gluts should be tighten.  Do not kick the leg up.  (The movement is similar to the doggie bridges)  Do 10 reps slowly at 2 - 3 sets, two or three times per week. 
 
3.  Figure 4 Stretch - Lay on your back.  Cross one leg over the other as if you were sitting at a table.  Reach through your legs and bring the crossed-leg position towards your chest.  You will feel this on the outside of your gluts.  Hold this stretch for 20-30 seconds, do 3-5 times on each side.
 

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