Spinal Decompression What it is and how it can help you

1. Spinal
Decompression
What it is, and how it can help you get your life back

2. • 80% of Americans suffer from back pain at some point
in their lives
• Half of all working Americans experience back pain
every year
• Back pain costs reach $100B annually

3. What is Spinal Decompression?

4. Spinal decompression is a method of therapy that
helps address back pain.

5. Spinal decompression reduces the pressure on
the spinal disks, the cushions located between
the vertebrae in the spine.
Over time, spinal decompression may cause
herniated disks, or disks that have swollen or
bulged, to retract.

6. Once this is achieved, pressure is taken off nearby
tissues and nerves,
alleviating pain.

7. What conditions can be treated with Spinal
Decompression?

8. • Upper and lower back pain
• Neck pain
• Sciatica (weakness, or pain that goes from the thigh down the
leg)
• Slipped disks (also called herniated or bulging disks)
• Degenerative disk disease
• Injured nerves in the spine
• Posterior facet syndrome

9. People with the following conditions cannot
undergo Spinal Decompression:

10. • Pregnancy
• Bone fractures
• Tumors
• Metal implants in the spine
• Advanced osteoporosis
• AAA (abdominal aortic aneurysm)

11. End

12. South County Spine Care, offers the latest in Spinal
Decompression technology. Visit their website at
www.southcountyspinecare.com.