What Should Be Done With Spinal Decompression?
Posted on December 18, 2008
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Every Spinal decompression doctor has their own philosophy about what should be done with their patients. Many use muscle stim, heat, ice or massage to make their patients feel better, while others stick with more aggressive and productive rehabilitation exercises.
All of these passive treatments feel good when applied, yet most don’t provide any added value to the treatment program.
This is common in the therapy world, as passive treatments are often performed because they make the patient feel good at the time, but they don’t offer much in the way of structural change.
Many studies have been done showing a significant amount of muscle atrophy and weakness associated with common disc problems.
These common problems include herniated discs, degenerative discs and bulging discs.
These same studies have proven time and again that if left untreated this muscle weakness will lead to more spinal instability and another episode as severe or worse within 1 year.
Combining deep spinal strengthening exercises with spinal decompression is by far the best long term approach for chronic disc related pain.
To ensure that the disc does not get irritated during the process, each layer of muscles must be worked slowly and deliberately to provide long term benefits.
So if you are undergoing spinal decompression, make sure your program is coupled with a well thought out and scientifically grounded rehabilitation program.
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