Non-operative spinal decompression
The Non-surgical spinal decompression is a conservative, alternative medical treatment for diseases of the spine , especially in a herniated disc bring about a "pressure relief" of the disc.
Traction methods have long been part of conservative spine therapy , especially in the context of physiotherapy . The "non-operative spinal decompression" uses a computer-aided tension of the affected spinal column section, whereby the desired intervertebral area is stretched. This is supposed to reduce the pressure on the intervertebral disc, which is hoped to promote the diffusion of fluid, nutrients and oxygen. This would "regulate" the intervertebral discs and allow them to return to their original position - for which there is no scientific evidence . The procedure is described as painless and the mobilization of the spinal column segments is safe and sustainable.
However, there are no clinical studies with sufficient evidence that prove the effectiveness of the method or compare it with existing traction methods and conservative, physiotherapeutic treatments.
Under spinal decompression in orthopedics usually a surgical procedure for permanent extension of the spinal canal in conservative no longer treatable spinal stenosis understood that comes about usually by bony extensions and constrictions. Since the "non-operative spinal decompression" is a conservative traction method that does not expand the spinal canal, but only brings about a "pressure relief", the term is misleading.