If you or your family members have been struggling with a condition with little or no relief, then ask yourself the following questions:

Are your daily activities limited?

Have you been out or work?

Are you dependant on pain medications?

Have you had repeated injections or epidurals with little or no relief?

Are you considering surgery and are uncomfortable with that choice?

Have all the options been presented to you?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then non-surgical spinal decompression therapy is certainly a viable treatment option and could very well be what you’re looking for.  

What causes my pain?
Pain can be caused by a number of factors from injuries to normal effects of aging. Many people across the country have pain associated with herniated discs, bulging discs, facet syndrome, degenerative joint disease, pinched nerves, and other spinal afflictions.

The nervous system is the most important of all the body systems and it controls all of the other body systems. The spinal cord is protected by the bony vertebra and between each vertebra are soft discs with a ligamentous outer layer. These discs function as shock absorbers to protect the vertebral bodies, spinal joints, spinal cord and maintain boundaries for exiting nerve roots.

Many of the problems that cause back and neck pain are the result of disc herniation or degeneration of the disc caused by: sports injuries, auto accidents, work related incidents or cumulative work trauma, and especially daily physical stress from gravity itself.

What is the difference between Spinal Traction and Spinal Decompression?

Traction therapy comes in many forms and generally increases mobility. Decompression therapy creates a negative pressure or a vacuum inside the disc, which enables the disc to pull-in the herniation and most importantly it creates an exchange of nutrients to re-hydrates the disc. Either therapy alone does not address the source of the problem, but the Inertial Extensilizer combines the two therapies to make significant changes in both joint mobility and disc health.

What is the Inertial Extensilizer and why is it unique?

The Inertial Extensilzer (IE) approach to spinal rehabilitation and decompression is through dynamic imbibition. The IE therapy uses the patients own body mass to focus the pump that nourishes the spinal disc.

What makes the IE therapy unique is the Chiropractic "priority adjustment" that is given at the end of the therapy session, which results in a long axis release throughout the spine and helps to free up adhesions throughout the spine.

This therapy is designed for anyone suffering from herniated disc, bulging disc, degenerative disc disease, neck pain, arm pain, low back pain, sciatica, leg pain, numbness, tingling, and some spinal stenosis; simply suggesting that rehabilitation of worn, pinched, or misaligned discs can be accomplished without expensive surgery or risky "invasive" procedure.

How long does it take to complete the Inertial Extensilizer Spinal Decompression treatment?
Patients remain on the therapy for 10-15 minutes followed by a priority adjustment, every other day for the first two weeks, then two times a week for the two more weeks.  At the end of the four weeks, or when the doctor feels a major correction has occurred, a re-evaluation is performed to determine the patient’s progress.

If I undergo Inertial Extensilizer Spinal Decompression treatment, how long does it take to see results?
Most patients report a reduction in pain after the first week of therapy. Typically, significant correction is obtained near the forth week of treatment.

Are there any side effects to the treatment?

There are two types of patient reactions to the Inertial Extensilzer spinal decompression.  The first type and most common, has some mild muscle spasm for a short period of time, followed by a reduction in symptoms. The second type has increasing symptoms over the first 24 hours; then, after the initial week of therapy symptoms reduce continually.

Is there any risk to the patient during treatment?
NO. For patients that qualify for Spinal Decompression it is totally safe and relaxing for our patients.

Who IS a candidate for Inertial Extensilizer Spinal Decompression?
You are a patient if you have pain due to herniated and bulging discs that is more than two weeks old and who failed to significantly respond to conservative options, recurrent pain from a failed back surgery that is more than six months old, persistent pain from degenerated disc not responding to a therapy regiment, patients available for four weeks of treatment protocol, pregnant patients with a baby that will not crown with other techniques, anyone who has been told they need surgery but wishes to avoid it, or anyone who has been told there is nothing more available to help.

Who is NOT a candidate for Inertial Extensilizer Spinal Decompression therapy?
Anyone who has a recent spinal fracture, surgical fusion with metallic hardware, surgically repaired aneurysms, an infection of the spine, metastatic cancer, or severe peripheral neuropathy is not a candidate for Spinal Decompressive therapy.