Spinal decompression is aimed squarely at disc-related problems. Herniated discs and bulging discs are the most common reasons a patient is a candidate, and the radiating nerve pain of sciatica frequently improves when the disc compressing the nerve is decompressed. Certain cases of degenerative disc disease may benefit too. What these share is a disc under pressure that decompression can help relieve.
For a Pismo Beach patient, the important step is confirming that a compressed disc is actually the source of the pain. Dr. Bronstein makes that determination before recommending spinal decompression, since the treatment helps when the cause fits and does little when it does not. Beacon Clinic of Chiropractic reserves decompression for the patients whose problems genuinely call for it.
