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| During normal activities, the pressure inside the lumbar discs typically ranges between 100 mm/HG to 300 mm/HG. | Spinal Disc Decompression can reduce the pressure inside the discs to approximately -150 mm/HG, shrinking disc herniations, and drawing in necessary fluids and nutrients. |
DTS Therapy is your answer for non-surgical relief of lower back pain, sciatica pain relief, pinched nerve, lower back pain relief, neck pain relief, and more. Please Contact Us to learn all that DTS Therapy can offer you.
DTS
Decompression Therapy is performed on a specially designed table in either a
face up or face down position. Clinical consideration and your comfort are used
in deciding which position will be best for you. We may begin in one position
but in later sessions it may be necessary to change positions. You will remain
fully dressed during the treatment though we recommend wearing loose fitting
clothes, and removal of you belt and objects from your pockets.
You will be comfortably positioned on the table and fitted with a wrap-around harness. This restrain is what allows the unloading of the spine and discs by the traction motor. Your position on the table, the harness, and angle of the gentle distraction allows for accurate and focused treatment to the affected disc. Once comfortable on the DTS, the computer controlled traction device is programmed to deliver a gentle stretching force to the spinal vertebra. This force is delivered directly to the harness system. The DTS system applies the gentle force then releases it approximately every minute throughout the session. The total treatment time is usually less than 18 minutes and often just 10 minutes initially. Most patients report simply feeling a subtle and gentle stretching at their lower back or around their hips. Since DTS Therapy is a comfort-based procedure, patients usually report a sense of relief and relaxation during the session. Many patients even fall to sleep.
Imbibing the Discs
The gentle stretching and relaxing of the spine fosters a phenomenon called “imbibition”. In the simplest of terms, this is the way a normal disc gets nutrition. This pumping action promotes nutrition intake into the discs, something often lost in damaged and degenerative disc conditions. In health discs, imbibition occurs naturally with daily motions and body positions and accounts for the increase of disc thickness in the morning and decrease at night. A disc with poor imbibtion, fewer nutrients and hydration, is more likely to become injured and painful. Stretching or tractioning the spine in a controlled, comfortable manner can help re-establish a more normal imbibition. This can re-supply the disc with nutrients and blood contact that help the disc heal from the inside out. Also the dramatic decrease of pressure n the disc (decompression) can foster the drawing in of a bulge and help take pressure off a “pinched” spinal nerve.
Re establish Structural Support
Although most patients report dramatic reduction of their pain within as few as five treatments, an injured spinal disc needs time to heal. This is why we urge you to be regular with your prescribed treatments and office visits. Research shows to completely heal some discs a regular program of home exercises, prescribed by your doctor will need to be followed. Spinal disc structures can take months to heal. Even though your pain may be gone, you must stay on the treatment plan in order to keep your spine healthy.
As you become more mobile and more able to return to your normal lifestyle, your increased activity is what your spine needs most. Now you will be imbibing the discs naturally, like people their healthy discs. Movement is life, and your spine depends on the muscle activity to support your spine, and create fluid movement to and from the discs.
Pain
Is Under Control: Rehabilitate the Structures Supporting the Disc
Most patients feel significant pain reduction in as few as five DTS Therapy treatments. That however does not mean the healing process is complete, or that your pain won’t return.
During Phase II of your DTS Therapy treatments, our office will prescribe a series of rehabilitative measures in order to more fully heal your discs, and keep the pain from returning. Most low back pain suffers have two compounding problems that have contributed to their disc injury and limited their natural healing abilities.
A program of focused rehabilitative exercise, with Biofeedback, may begin during or after your DTS Therapy course of treatment. Our rehabilitation program involves several clinically effective yet simple, pain-free activities including Biofeedback. Biofeedback allows you to monitor and control spinal motion and re-claim proper spinal movement patterns.
Strengthening the muscles that support the spine and regaining endurance in them, is also vital for spinal health.
All the body systems must work in concert for optimum health so nutritional and lifestyle advice may be given as well as an at-home exercise program. We can’t over emphasize the importance of the at-home exercises. What you do at home is integral to the overall success we have. Studies show consistent stabilization and endurance exercises control back pain and reduce injury. At what point you start the exercise program is a function of your pain and overall progress based on our findings.
During
Phase III, we’ll structure an in-office and home-based exercise program
that will help to bring your spine back to full health. This exercise program
may include in-office resistance training, at home Stabilizer exerciser and
resistance training and other “core” exercises.
Regular and consistent home based exercise is one of the keys to long-term relief. We have found through experience the simple home-based exercises we prescribe are most effective. Introduction to the low tech movement exercises you can do to speed the healing process are one of the most important parts of the DTS Therapy System.
Will DTS Therapy treatments hurt? Is it safe?
DTS Therapy treatments are one of the most gentle and comfortable therapies available. The treatments utilize equipment with proven safety and efficacy. Most patients report a mild sense of stretch on their back or hips, and often fall asleep during treatment sessions. The DTS System is produced by the world¡¦s largest manufacturer of hospital based rehabilitation equipment, with over 58 years of experience.
Is DTS Therapy new?
Although traction therapy has been around for thousands of years, Decompressive Traction is relatively new. Advances in equipment and procedures have dramatically improved effectiveness. DTS Therapy is the most comprehensive program available, allowing the safe delivery of this previously hospital based therapy in our office. Continual improvements in the delivery system and regular updates in protocol keep the DTS in the forefront of non-invasive disc therapy. Each year over 50,000 patients are treated with DTS Therapy and that number is growing.
Why is DTS Therapy more successful than other treatment options?
DTS Therapy is a comprehensive program of the newest traction techniques and targeted ¡§core¡¨ stabilization exercises with Biofeedback. In addition, we use other adjunctive treatments that have proven effectiveness in back care. It is this multifaceted approach that makes the overall treatment so effective. Additionally, discs have been shown to be a predominate site of pain, so treating it as directly as possible makes sense. The blending of focused traction to the site, rehabilitation to the supporting structures, and overall strengthening of global musculature makes the treatment unique. DTS Therapy affects the disc as directly as possible without surgery.
Why the need for exercises and other therapies?
Along with the damage in the disc we also need to treat the supporting spinal muscles. A complete program targeting the function of the stabilization muscles is a vital part of DTS Therapy. Heat, muscle stimulation, Ultrasound, and cold laser therapy can offer an additional benefit for inflammation and spasm reduction. Our hope is not only to help heal the disc but enhance muscle control and support of the low back. A gradual breakdown of the foundational support of your back is what puts undue stresses on the discs and leads to pain and loss of function. Exercise and adjunctive therapies will assist in rehabilitating these structures.
Will my pain go away for good?
Although it is difficult to predict the future, our experience is that most patients do find long-term relief or effective management of their pain when they complete the entire program of treatments. Regular home exercise and periodic visits to our clinic will help in maintaining your spinal health and reduce the probability of reoccurrence. As with any comprehensive rehabilitation program your continued home care exercises and discretion in some daily activities is key to long-term relief.
How much will it cost?
Our office visits vary as to the extent of care needed, (DTS Therapy, adjustments, cold laser therapy, muscle stimulation, ultrasound, massage, auriculotherapy, etc.). However, we promise to only do those procedures necessary for your fullest recovery. You always have the choice as to the extent of care. Our staff will review all costs, payment options and insurance coverage up front. We want to help, and believe finances shouldn¡¦t stand in the way of you and good health.
Can DTS Therapy help my pain?
Though
each patient is different and no doctor can guarantee success, the clinical
results of this type of therapy have been effective in over 75% of patients
treated. Common problems too many back conditions are damaged discs and poor
spinal muscle control. Our treatment program addresses both of these core problems.
The DTS System creates a controlled unloading of the vertebra to decrease disc
pressure thus increasing blood and nutrient exchange. This exchange of fluids
is something the damaged disc desperately needs to help it heal from the inside
out. Muscle strength, control and endurance can all be improved with other facets
of DTS Therapy that include specific controlled exercises.
How long will my treatment program be?
It depends on the complexity and extent of the rehabilitation needed; however, we typically treat 3 times a week for 1 month, transitioning from passive to active treatments as you respond. The treatment is administered over a reasonable time frame and your response is continually evaluated. Further treatments may be necessary or a reduced frequency may be recommended at that time. The rehabilitative phase may include additional DTS Therapy treatments, with spinal adjustments to enhance the results. Most patients are release from treatments after 8 weeks.
What conditions are not appropriate (contra-indicated) for decompression therapy?
The
DTS Therapy System is an inherently safe procedure that can be used, without
complications, for a wide variety of anatomical dysfunctions of the low back,
which are commonly associated with back pain. However, patients with the following
conditions should NOT be treated with decompression therapy:
Other factors that could exclude the use of Decompression Therapy are pathological lesions or congenital deformities of the vertebral column that disrupt the integrity of the vertebral and ligamentous structures, such as fractures, tumor, severe osteoporosis, or spina bifida; and progressive disease or inflammatory processes of the spinal joints or muscles.
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According to the National Safe Kids Campaign, more than 30 million children participate in organized sports in the U.S. and even more participate in unorganized sports for recreation such as skateboarding or bicycling. Approximately 750,000 children are treated in hospital emergency rooms each year for sports related injuries. These injuries place a large amount of physical stress into the body, causing misalignments in the spine that affect the overall performance of the nervous system. These misalignments, or subluxations, can also occur in the extremities (like the shoulder, wrist, ankle, or knee). Long after the initial symptoms from these injuries have gone away, these subluxations persist, causing long-term changes in body mechanics and disrupting normal body function. A chiropractor is the only healthcare professional trained in the detection and removal of subluxations. If a child has been injured in sports or dance, please have them checked by a chiropractor soon after.
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Spinal
Decompression
Why
live in debilitating pain when your condition may be resolved without surgery.
If you have lower back pain, a pinched nerve, sciatica, neck pain, or a variety
of symptoms related to damaged or degenerative discs, as well as syndromes of
the lumbar and cervical spine, DTS Therapy may be for you.