Millions of people experience back pain resulting from a disc disorder called spinal compression. When the protective discs along the spinal column become compressed, it can result in a range of medical diagnoses including degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, protruding discs, posterior facet syndrome, and sciatica. In the past there have been three main medical treatments for these injuries, each with a number of serious drawbacks.
The first and most popular type of treatment is to simply take medications to alleviate the pain. The problem with these, obviously, is that the relief they provide is only short term. Over time, you develop a tolerance to these drugs and consequently have to take increasing doses of more and more powerful medications. These medicines do not treat the underlying problem, only the symptoms. Therefore, the problem can only get worse over time.
The second option is back surgery. This type of surgery is extremely invasive and carries with it the risk of long-term damage. It is not guaranteed that the surgery will succeed in alleviating the inflamed spinal discs, and in some cases can make things worse.
A third option that is taken by a surprising number of people is to simply ignore the problem and hope that it goes away. This, obviously, is no solution at all. But most people who decide to simply wait it out and hope for the best do so because they fear that no medical interventions will be able to adequately help them.
Recent years have seen the development of a new medical technology capable of healing many cases of spinal compression. It is known as non-surgical spinal decompression. This is accomplished through the use of special spinal decompression machines, such as the DRX9000 developed by Axiom Worldwide. Treatment with a spinal decompression machine can often bring rapid relief of chronic back and neck pain without the side effects and risks associated with traditional treatments.
A typical course of non-surgical spinal decompression therapy can last up to six month, although many patients experience a rapid improvement of their condition. This is an extremely promising new technology for the millions of people suffering from chronic intractable back pain that has previously been untreatable or poorly treated. Non-surgical treatment of spinal compression represents a major advance in chiropractic and osteopathic treatment. It can also be seen as a part of a new movement in the medical community toward using new technologies to provide less invasive treatments, and to rely less heavily on pharmacological interventions.
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