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With all the back pain solutions that are out there, it makes it hard for someone to make an educated decision for back pain treatment. One possibility to discuss with your spine doctor is spinal decompression. Spinal decompression treatment is a non surgical therapy and often takes 15 - 24 sessions with the desired effect of treating low back and neck pain. Most often spinal decompression treatment has a reasonable success rate when used in herniated disc therapy.

The benefits of spinal decompression are:
<=>Safe when done by a qualified professional
<=>Comfortable
<=>Effective when done by a qualified professional

An injured discs function can be restored through the use of spinal decompression therapy. Spinal decompression works through the use of controlled mechanical traction being applied to the spine. There are two phases to a spinal decompression. In the first stage, or the “pull” stage the injured discs of the spine are gently stretched apart. This produces and vacuum like effect inducing a suction inside the disc. The vacuum will draw the bulges or herniation back into the disc where it is originally meant to be. Oxygen, water, nutrients and some other healing substances are drawn in through this vacuum as well. The final desired result with spinal decompression surgery is a stronger, healthier disc that functions properly. The success rate for a spinal decompression when performed by a qualified professional on the right candidate is over 80%.

Acting much like rehabilitation, spinal decompression works towards minimizing the disc bulge and herniations but also restores the proper nutrient supply to the disc.
Because spinal decompression surgery happens over 15-24 sessions, you may want to look at other options if you do not have that kind of free time. Another option for treating herniated or ruptured disc back pain problems is minimally invasive surgery.

Minimally invasive surgery uses an arthroscopic approach to opening up the affected area without a need of general anesthesia. Combining this factor with how minimally invasive this surgery is, means that it may be performed in an outpatient surgical setting.

Foraminotomy:
When nerves are being compressed by the intervertebral foramen a foraminotomy can be performed to increase this space around the vertebra freeing the nerve affect and removing the pain. The word foraminotomy is derived from the Latin words Foramen - hole, opening, aperture and otomy - act of cutting or incision.

In cases where the patient’s foramen is being compressed by excessive ligament development, bone, disc, or scar tissue a foraminotomy can be performed to relieve nerve root compression that is causing a pinched nerve.

A foraminotomy can treat:

• Foraminal stenosis
• Herniated disc
• Bulging disc
• Sciatica
• Arthritis in the spin
• Scar tissue formation
• Bone spurs
• Pinched nerve caused by nerve root compression

A foraminotomy procedure does not take long and after only 1 or 2 hours of monitoring a patient is free to go as long as they are accompanied by a companion. A patient is encouraged to take a long walk either in the afternoon or evening of their foraminotomy. There is a post-operative visit the following day for the patient so that they may get clearance from the doctor to return home.

Summary of foraminotomy advantages:

• No hospitalization
• No general anesthesia
• No spinal fusion involved
• Fat recovery time
• Minimal formation of scar tissue
• Minimally invasive
• High success rate