The Development of Back Decompression Decades prior to the development of back decompression, the non-surgical treatment of choice for cervical and back pain is traction. Traction involves the use of weights to apply a longitudinal force to the spine to correct misalignments in the vertebrae and to relieve muscle spasms. However, traction has not been [...]
Disc Decompression – An Overview In recent years, disc decompression is being considered as a promising treatment for lower back pain. Although research studies are still ongoing on the effectiveness of disc decompression on certain causes of lower back pain, testimonials from patients who have undergone treatment attest to its effectiveness in relieving severe and [...]
At the start of the new millennia, it was the introduction of the VAX-D that saw the rise of non-surgical spinal decompression therapy, giving new hope to chronic back pain sufferers who are afraid of the complications of surgery or in those whom conventional treatments did not give relief. Although a number of spinal decompression [...]
In 1985, it was Dr. Allan Dyer, PhD, MD who pioneered non-surgical spinal decompression therapy, which led to his developing the world’s first non-surgical spinal decompression table, known as the VAX-D (or Vax D), in 1991. The original VAX-D used a pneumatic system to create a negative pressure in the spinal disks while traction force [...]
During the past two decades, when one hears the words “spinal decompression machine”, “spinal decompression therapy” or “back decompression”, what immediately comes to mind is traction. While the procedures may seem similar — wherein a patient is made to lie on a table and his or her back is stretched by measured weights in order [...]
