Spinal Decompression in Palm Beach Gardens FL

No, most patients fall asleep 5 minutes into the treatment.

About 28 minutes.

Anyone with neck or lower back pain, bulging or herniated discs and sciatica, tingling in the hands or feet.

Not for the initial consult, but before treatment begins,Yes, you will need to present with a somewhat current MRI of your neck or lower back (within about 1 year old) to properly identify the exact location of the problem area.

Typically 20 sessions.

Decompression incorporates a treatment angle that isolates specific segments, traction does not. There is a computerized logarithm in decompression, meaning you are being pulled on a ramp up to a predetermined weight for about 1 minute and then released to half of that weight for about 45 seconds. Why you ask? not constantly pulling on the spine allows the muscles to relax so true decompression can occur. If you pull on muscles too long, they begin to resist. Traction has no logarithm, your’ re just pulled at a constant weight. The DRX9000 allows separation between the pelvic region and the chest. This allows for gentle movement of the lower half of your body while the top half remains stationary. This slow and gentle back and forth movement creates a vacuum allowing for hydration of the disc.

If you think of a healthy disc as a big fat jelly donut that works like a shock absorber, you wouldn’t be far off. The better hydrated your jelly donut is the better it is at protecting the nerves that exit from the spine. But when you squish the jelly donut and the jelly oozes out this puts additional pressure on the surrounding nerves that are near by causing radiating pain that you feel down your legs or arms.