BENEFITS OF NON-SURGICAL SPINAL
DECOMPRESSION 

- Relieves nerve root
compression 

- Can cause negative pressure
in disc resulting in reversal of protrusion 

- Improves synovial fluid
movement in facet joints 

- Improves blood flow to disc 

- Improves blood flow to
surrounding muscles 

- Cause relaxation of muscles 

- Elongates muscles,
ligaments, and tendons 

- Can relieve pain:
mechanoreceptors 

- Spinal Decompression
actually creates a negative pressure in the nucleus palposus of the
intervertebral disc. 

- This negative pressure
allows previously compressed discs to receive fluid, blood, oxygen, and other
nutrients that the disc was previously “starved” of. 

- This increased/restored
blood, nutrient and oxygen supply is thought to stimulate healing within the
intervertebral disc. 

- Some experts believe that
this environment allows specialized cells called “fibroblasts” to begin
repairing tears or degeneration in the vertebral disc. 

- Pressure on nerve roots and
other structures is decreased and brings with it reduction of pain and
symptomatology. 

- Some experts suggest that
the negative pressure created by decompression therapy may actually be able to
draw the prolapsed disc material back into the disc space.