You will feel a gentle pressure on your spine throughout the decompression treatment, but it should be comfortable. After the first treatment, your levels of discomfort or pain should be significantly reduced after getting used to the feeling of decompression. Most patients describe the treatment as a gentle stretching sensation that is felt throughout the back and or hips.

A typical spinal decompression therapy session will last 15-20 minutes and will also include additional physical therapy afterwards. Combined, the entire appointment should take roughly 45 minutes to an hour. The time for treatment varies from one person to the next depending on their condition and needs. With a thorough pre-treatment evaluation, we can determine how long treatments would take and how many you would need. Many of our patients experience substantial relief after just a couple of treatments.

In a nutshell, yes. While traditional traction techniques and spinal decompression therapy have some commonalities, there is a key difference. Spinal decompression therapy actively assesses the way your spine and body react to the therapy. This enables us to make adjustments quickly, on the fly, as opposed to traction which relies on a predetermined setting to run its course. Talk to us today about how spinal decompression therapy can benefit you.

The following conditions could potentially disqualify a patient from receiving spinal decompression therapy treatments:

• Spinal Fractures
• Advanced Osteoporosis
• Metal Implants in the Spine
• Surgically Repaired Aneurysms

Consult with our team of experts for a thorough evaluation and to determine whether or not you’re a candidate for non-surgical spinal decompression therapy.

Yes and no. While spinal decompression may not directly address the brain, it does address beck and spine issues commonly associated with concussion. This way, by undergoing a holistic approach, we ensure that the entire injury and trauma are part of the recovery program, not just one segment or another. “It’s all connected,” as they say, and treating one symptom while ignoring another doesn’t make sense, does it?

Surgery is an invasive procedure, one that is more and more seen as a ‘last resort’ or something done on an ‘emergency’ basis. Rather than putting your body through the trauma of surgery, we are strong proponents of non-invasive therapies for concussion recovery. These include spinal decompression therapy, a non-invasive, outpatient therapy designed to take pressure off the spinal discs and help support spinal serves and other structures. Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy is a less harsh (some even say gentle) approach to spine healing to reduce pain.

The number of spinal decompression treatments you will ultimately receive depends on numerous factors, most of which having to do with the nature of your spine injury as well as your overall physical condition and medical history. We’ll begin with a comprehensive injury assessment at the Broadview Spine & Health Centre in Ottawa, then set about on a course of treatment that aligns with your needs and goals.