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Fairway Chiropractic Centre offers a non-invasive and effective treatment option for those suffering from chronic back pain: Spinal Decompression. Our Kitchener clinic uses this innovative therapy (a specialized table) to gently stretch the spine in a rhythmic way (60sec stretch, 30sec relax), allowing for increased blood flow and nutrient delivery to the discs and also creating a negative pressure vacuum effect which can suck a disc herniation back in, thereby reducing pressure on the pinched nerves and promoting healing.
Get in touch with us to see the benefits of spinal decompression therapy and how it can provide relief.
SpineMED® provides a Non-surgical, Drug-free procedure for REVERSING A DISC HERNIATION.
What does Spinal Decompression Therapy help with?
A herniated disc occurs when the outer layer of the disc becomes damaged, allowing the soft, jelly-like center to leak out. This often happens due to excessive bending or twisting.
It’s widely understood that the best way for a damaged spinal disc to heal is by reducing the pressure within it, i.e. to decompress. This is why decompression is the primary goal of many surgical procedures for disc herniation.
To address the needs of those experiencing a herniated disc, SpineMED® is designed to target and decompress injured discs through a series of gentle stretching and relaxation cycles that last about 30 minutes. This process achieves two key objectives:
By reducing pressure on the disc, it creates a vacuum-like effect that helps draw the bulging disc material back into place, similar to squeezing toothpaste back into its tube.
Note: A Spinal Disc has no blood supply, so it gets its nutrients by diffusion from the blood-rich vertebrae above and below. This diffusion only happens with movement.
The rhythmic stretching and relaxation cycles improve blood flow to the disc, delivering essential nutrients from the surrounding blood-rich bones and promoting healing.
Here are some Pre/Post MRI’s from people who have used the SpineMED® Decompression Table as published in SpineMed’s White Paper.
Are you struggling with chronic neck or back pain which hasn’t improved despite trying everything (including chiropractic, physiotherapy, massage, acupuncture, osteopath)? Don’t jump to spinal injections and surgery yet! Consider Spinal Decompression – it offers a gentle and effective solution. Contact Fairway Chiropractic Centre in Kitchener today at 519-748-5535 to schedule a consultation and start your journey toward pain relief.
Here’s what one German orthopedic surgeon told the CEO of SpineMED® at a recent international conference before going on the stage to lecture about a spinal surgical procedure:
“Out of every 10 patients I see, only 2 are surgical candidates. The other 8, I put on your decompression table with amazing results!”
A study published in 2013 followed 118 patients with lumbar disc herniations for 1 year and 7 months following their course of SpineMed Spinal Decompression Therapy.
The study included patients varying in age from 18 to 82 yrs with an average of 53.
The length of time patients were in pain prior to starting the therapy ranged from 8 days to 30 years.
The average rating of pain severity prior to starting was 8.9/10 (where 0/10 = no pain, and 10/10 = worst pain ever experienced).
THIS IS WHAT THE STUDY FOUND:
Some individuals see positive changes within their first 5 sessions.
However, most take up to 15 sessions before noticing significant improvements with their pain and function.
25 Sessions are most often required to achieve long term resolution of symptoms.
A cumulative healing effect occurs with each session (which is why you need a minimum of 3 sessions per week).
If you have tried everything to stop the debilitating pain coming from your neck or lower back, including Chiropractic, Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Massage, Cortizone Injections..
Then, SpineMed Decompression is strongly worth considering.
SpineMED® is a non-surgical, drug-free procedure for patients suffering pain caused by:
You ARE NOT a candidate for SpineMED® if you have:
Damaged intervertebral discs seldom heal because they remain under constant pressure, even while a person is at rest. SpineMED® Decompression is designed to reduce pressure inside the discs by gently separating or distracting the injured spinal segments.
Under distraction, pressure on the disc is relieved; allowing fluids, nutrients and oxygen to flow back into the disc. This nutrient exchange helps the body’s natural rebuilding process and can accelerate the repair and eventually heal damaged spinal discs.
In addition, a reduction of intradiscal pressures will help draw the nucleus of a bulging or herniated disc back into the centre, thereby relieving pressure on a compressed nerve root—alleviating the problem and the pain or numbness.
An inversion table provides traction to the spine. This is similar to the SpineMed decompression table. However, the differences are the following:
Most people assume they will feel their spine being stretched, and they look forward to it!
However, with SpineMed Decompression, most people feel nothing during the therapy. I know that may seem disappointing, but this is on purpose – it is to ensure only just enough traction to occur to the spine without a resulting ‘fighting-back’ response by the body in the form of muscle spasms.
That being said, more people do feel some traction with the neck procedure.
It is not uncommon for patients to fall asleep during the procedure.
Over a period of 30 minutes there will be 20 cycles of 60 seconds of traction, and 30 seconds of relaxation.
A monitor will be in front of your eyes so you can see when the traction is occurring.
You should never feel increased pain during your time on the table as a result of the traction. If you do, you must notify the technician immediately and the amount of traction force will be reduced.
Research shows that to reverse Disc Herniations 25 sessions are optimal for success.
Each session has a cumulative effect, designed to significantly reduce pain and improve function as patients progress through the SpineMED® program.
Most will feel significant improvement within 10-15 sessions. And some lucky ones even notice a difference within their first 5 sessions.
For Neck Pain,
The cervical unit is first electronically tilted to the angle required to target specific segments of the cervical spine. The patient is then placed on the table with their head positioned in the cervical cradle unit. The patented Cervical Restraints are designed to comfortably capture the base of the patient’s skull for controlled distraction.
For Low Back Pain,
The patient is comfortably positioned lying down face upward, knees bent and resting on the bolster. The Patented Pelvic Restraints are adjusted to comfortably secure the patient’s pelvis. The Patented Pelvic Tilt section electronically tilts the pelvis to target the specific injured spinal segments. Then with precise computer controlled tension, the specific disc segment is gently distracted.
Each treatment session takes 30 minutes and 25 Sessions is the expert recommended number of sessions for full treatment.
Based on clinical experience from multiple orthopaedic surgeons in Europe who use SpineMed Decompression Tables, and the published research, most people require 25 visits to reverse their disc herniation.
Minimum requirement is 3 sessions per week (which means just over 8 weeks to completion of treatment program)
Fastest you can go is 2 sessions per day (so 10 sessions per week – actually in hospital settings in Germany, they will have patients go on the table 2x/week with 3 hours between sessions for 25 days straight (including weekends).
No it does not hurt. You are not supposed to feel any pain at all. So, if there is any bit of increased pain, you must notify the technician immediately, and they will pause the therapy and decrease the pounds of tension decompressing your spine to a level where you feel zero pain.
Most people do not even feel like anything is happening! This can be disappointing for some, as they are dreaming of a stretching feeling in their spine. This is because of the way the SpineMed Decompression table is designed. The pelvic restraints for lower back decompression and head restraints for neck decompression anchors onto your body to pull you / traction you with very little force in comparison to all the other decompression tables on the market.
For example, some decompression tables pull on your body with a tension force of 70 -120lbs. In comparison, the SpineMed table achieves decompression of the spine with an average of 10 – 15% of the patient’s body weight (which is 20-25lbs for a 200lb person).
Why such a difference between the table brands? The older table brands use harnesses made from seatbelt-like material attached to a cable or chain connected to a motor that pulls. There is a lot of ‘loss of energy’ in this system, and so a large pulling force is required to achieve the desired small traction force at the level of the disc.
SpineMed table on the other hand is a metal restraint with soft gel-like padding that cradles the body and anchors it to the table. The metal restraint is attached directly into the metal motor. So when the motor pulls, there is zero loss of energy, and as a result much less force is required to achieve the desired amount of traction to the injured spinal segments.
The high tension force required by the other decompression table brands means you feel like you’re being stretched. Which feels nice, until it doesn’t! That much force increases the risk of your muscles fighting back into a spasm – which then increases compression on the injured spine and an increase in your pain.
SpineMed Decompression Table has an almost zero risk of muscle spasm, and because such a small amount of tension force is required, even patients in their 90s with complete confidence of safety. (the oldest patient to go on the SpineMed table is 94 who participated in a research study with successful results)
Regarding SpineMed Therapy to the neck… It is more common to feel some traction/stretching. This is primarily because there are so many more nerve receptors in the neck than the lower back, making it much more sensitive. But again, no pain should be increased at any time from the therapy.
YES!
Here’s a little history for you:
Prior to becoming involved in the design and manufacturing of the SpineMED® System, the founders of SpineMED® worked for a number of other spinal decompression table manufacturers.
Based on their years of clinical experience, and feedback gained from healthcare professionals in the field, the SpineMED® system was designed to overcome the limitations and untoward side-effects found with previous devices. Cumbersome nylon harnesses, outdated tower design, and antiquated traction components have been eliminated and replaced with a patented restraint system, exclusive pelvic tilt mechanism and advanced computer controls.
The result: The most effective, safe and advanced Spinal Decompression table on the market!
No it does not. They have two different points of focus.
Let’s consider this analogy:
If you want the car to run smoothly, you need to address both concerns.
The human body is much more complex than an automobile.
Our body has the innate ability to heal itself!
A chiropractor’s objective is to improve spinal alignment, which removes stress off your nervous system, allowing for the body to heal itself as best it can.
The SpineMed Decompression Table’s objective is specific to reducing pressure on the disc, creating a vacuum effect and reversing the disc herniation. (essentially fixing the flat tire)
SpineMED-Deutsche-Studie in Germany
SpineMED-Deutsche-Studie translated
A Multimodal Treatment Approach using Spinal Decompression via SpineMED
Non Surgical Disc Decompression & Clinical Efficacy
DÉCOMPRESSION DISCALE NON CHIRURGICALE & EFFICACITE CLINIQUE
Retrospective Study of SpineMED Patients
We want to celebrate SpineMED successes with you. Here are a few stories from SpineMED.com.
“My diagnosis is herniated disc and facets syndrome. I tried other treatments; several physical therapy treatments sessions, but did not see any improvement. I went through the treatment about six months ago. I am 100% better than I was before I came for treatment. I would definitely recommend the SpineMED® treatment to anyone who has pain like I had. It really worked. It was the only thing that worked for me. And to this day I’m pain free … pretty amazing.”
Darren Purcell, Santa Cruz, CA
“I had 2 degenerative and bulging discs. I couldn’t really stand up straight, and I always walked bent over in pain, I couldn’t tie up my own shoes. I went through chiropractic treatments, physiotherapy treatments, epidural injections, and nothing seemed to work. Now I feel fine, a lot better than I did before. I would say about 99% better. I can bend over and tie my shoes, I can tolerate a lot of things I couldn’t before. And I’m sleeping at night now! I would recommend the SpineMED® to other people. I always knocked other advertised treatments until I tried SpineMED®, I’m a believer.”
James Parker, Watsonville, CA
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