SpineMED® Decompression

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 SpineMED® is designed to target damaged Cervical and Lumbar spinal segments and decompress intervertebral discs in order to promote the body’s natural healing abilities. This includes radiating pain into arms or legs, Sciatica, facet syndrome, bulging discs, Chronic neck or low back pain that does not respond to traditional medical or physical therapy intervention.  

Each decompression therapy last 30 min

Yes, most of our patients feel relaxed enough to fall asleep during treatment. We progress in tension very slowly until we reach peak tension which is different for each patient.

 SpineMEDs’® unique direct capture of the pelvis with our patented Pelvic Restraints eliminates the use of outdated pelvic harnesses, which increases the efficiency of the targeting and application of distraction forces. With precise targeting of distraction forces, SpineMED® decompression protocols call for a fraction of the force required with competitor’s devices. In fact, the average distractive force on SpineMED® is 10% to 15% body weight, compared with older device recommendations of more than 60% of body weight. SpineMED®’s lower force requirements dramatically Improve patient comfort and tolerance while virtually eliminating any risk of exacerbations or other negative side effects that are common on competitor’s devices.  

 SpineMED®’s pelvic restraints comfortably and accurately secure patients of virtually any size (70 to 500 lbs.) without the problem of slippage found with nylon harnesses. The restraints effectively displace adipose tissue to capture the skeletal structure without having to rely on different sized harnesses. 

 It is generally recognized that achieving decompression depends upon the ability to distract the spine without eliciting reflex muscle contractions or spasms. The Pre- and Post- MRI’s of a SpineMED® patient illustrate the dramatic physiological changes to the damaged disc— both a dramatic reduction in disc herniation and an increase in hydration, as observed through T-2 weighted imaging. These objective changes are not random occurrences in the incidence of disc pathology, and suggest the dramatic reduction of intradiscal pressures and subsequent increase in the osmotic diffusion gradient across the disc endplates. Many patients, especially those presenting with acute disc pathology, experience a natural guarding reflex under traction. A previous meta-analysis evaluating conventional traction determined that “very few randomized controlled trials reported positive effects on low back pain, and increased pain and intervertebral pressures have been reported after its use.” Additionally, conventional traction has never demonstrated the ability to reduce intradiscal pressures into the negative range. Leading spine researchers Nachemsom and Anderson concluded that “when traction is applied so that back muscles contract, then disc pressures will increase.”1 1 #4. Anderson, G., Schultz, A., and Nachemson, A. (1968) “Intervertebral Disc Pressure During Traction”. Scand. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine Suppl. 9. 88-91