How Does Spinal Decompression Work?

When you have back pain, you may be so desperate to ease that you'll try just about anything. The same applies to any other pain you have, such as neck pain or shoulder pain. Even acute pain like that you experience after an auto accident injury or sport injury may be a reason for you to seek out a different approach for relief.

We at Ironwood Chiropractic Health & Wellness Centre, serving Richmond, British Columbia (BC), and the nearby region, offer spinal decompression therapy.

General Information 

A chiropractor in Richmond may recommend spinal decompression after you suffer from a sport injury, auto injury, or have a chronic condition that affects the back. Whenever you have a disc injury, you can experience back pain and neck pain. You might also have other nerve-related symptoms, such as burning, numbness, or tingling. Decompression therapy is meant to help ease pressure on those discs and help them to heal.

Deciding if Decompression Therapy Is Right for You 

The process works by a chiropractor or other wellness professional conducting a physical examination and medical history review. We will then tell you if we think decompression therapy is right for you.

Spinal decompression is safe in most cases. It's not known to cause many side effects and the ones it does are minimal.

How It Works

We will have you lie on a table. Once you're in position, our practitioner will connect you to a series of rigging. This attaches you to the machine. Once we turn the machine on, it'll start to pull you. This stretching creates negative pressure to help pull any herniated discs back into their proper place.

Whenever the discs are in their proper alignment, they're more able to heal. We can use this along with a chiropractic adjustment or instead of one.

Get a Chiropractic Adjustment from a Chiropractor in Richmond for Back Pain, Neck Pain, and Shoulder Pain

We at Ironwood Chiropractic Health & Wellness Centre, serving Richmond, British Columbia (BC), and the neighboring communities, offer spinal decompression if you have an auto accident injury, sport injury, or other personal injury. It can even be beneficial to certain chronic conditions. Call us at (604) 271-3234.