DTS Decompression Therapy

In 2004, Dr. Williams flew to Iowa in order to research the latest in spinal decompression, the DRX 9000. After spending time learning about this machine, he was unimpressed with the overall cost to the patient. Shortly after his visit, he discovered another decompression table called the Triton DTS. Based on his experience and opinion, he believed the only difference between the two tables, aside from the design, was the price.

After speaking with the manufacturer of the Triton DTS and many doctors who use it in their practices, the results appear to be the same.

Currently, Williams Chiropractic Clinic P.C. has two DTS tables in our office which offer amazing spinal results at a fraction of the cost to the patient compared to other Triad Decompression Therapy clinics.

What is DTS Spinal Decompression Therapy?

DTS Spinal Decompression Therapy, a traction based procedure, is a non-invasive, non-surgical and cost effective approach for treating low back and neck problems. It is a safe and effective way to help resolve spinal problems and improve your day-to-day and quality of life.

Spinal Decompression Therapy relieves lower back and neck pain by distracting the disc space and creating a negative pressure or vacuum, drawing the soft gelatinous material to the center and reducing the disc herniation, strengthening outer ligaments and reversing high intradiscal pressure. Over a short period of time, the force gently increases to the point that distracts the vertebra and gently stretches the soft tissue. Generally, twenty 20-minute treatment sessions over 4-6 weeks are usually required.

Who can benefit from DTS Spinal Decompression Therapy?

Anyone who has experienced back or neck pain due to a damaged disc may benefit from this treatment. Some of the other common conditions that benefit from this therapy are:

• Arm pain
• Back or Neck pain
• Spinal Stenosis
• Sciatica/Leg pain
• Facet Syndrome
• Failed Surgery

Lumbar decompression effectively treats these conditions with no pain or down time to help patients live a pain-free life and return to more active lifestyles. Treatment outcomes in our office have been shown to be very effective in the reduction of pain.

DTS Spinal Decompression Therapy will:

• create negative pressure to the specific injured disc
• allow fluids, nutrients and oxygen back into the discs
• alleviate pain
• decrease inflammation in the facet joints
• allow the discs to heal naturally

Disc Decompression Traction Procedures
Dr. Williams incorporates Non-invasive, non-surgical Disc Decompression Traction Procedures Therapy to increase the chances of total recovery and long term relief. Disc Decompression Traction Procedures therapy is a Space Age technology developed by a team of top physicians and engineers.

Lumbar decompression effectively treats these conditions to help patients live a pain-free life and return to more active lifestyles. It relieves lower back pain by enlarging disc space and creating a negative pressure or vacuum, drawing the soft gelatenous material to the center and reducing the disc herniation, strengthening outer ligaments and reversing high intradiscal pressure. Twenty 30-minute treatment sessions over 4-6 weeks are usually required. The therapy is performed in intervals of 60 seconds each, using persons body weight plus 10 lbs.

This Disc Decompression Traction Procedures study shows that disc disease—the most common cause of back pain, which costs the American health care system more than $50 billion annually—can be cost-effectively treated using Disc Decompression Traction Procedures. The cost for successful non-surgical Disc Decompression Traction Procedures therapy is less than a tenth of that for surgery. These results show that biotechnological advances of Disc Decompression Traction Procedures reveal promising results for the future of effective management of patients with disc herniation and degenerative disc diseases. (Shealy,CX,Borgmeyer, V.,AMJ. Pain Management 1997,7:63-65)

If you have any questions regarding Disc Decompression Traction Procedures, please call Dr. Williams.

Point 1:
There are 23 shock absorbing disks that are interwoven into the vertebrae (spinal bones) above and below. The disks are amazing structures and can handle hundreds of pounds of pressure without collapsing. The central core of the disk is made of pulpy gelatinous material (Nucleus Pulposus). It is surrounded by hundreds of tough fibrous layers (Annulus Fibrosus) that keep the soft Nucleus material in the center. The Nucleus acts as a spring and separates the vertebrae and also functions as a ball bearing. Because of its central location, the Nucleus allows the vertebrae above and below it to rotate, tilt and flex in any direction.

Point 2:
The disks are integral components of the spinal curves. These curves are seen from the side of the body. The lumbar spine (red curve line) arches forward and the thickness of the disks are greater in the front. The joints in the spine are in the rear of the vertebral units and are called articular facets, as seen in the illustration above. When you bend forward, the disks are compressed by the vertebrae above and below (like scissor action). The disks are extremely flexible and elastic and can handle the bodies own weight, and then some. The fibers in the Annulus layers can be compressed, stretched and twisted millions of times over, in one lifetime.

Point 3:
As we age, the circulation to the disks becomes less and the fibrous and nucleus material begin to dry out (desiccation). The Annulus fibers become more brittle as a result and become less elastic. Time, usage and desiccation (compression, stretching, twisting and drying) tear the micro-Annulus fibers. The tearing of the fibers allow the soft gelatinous nucleus material to break through the many Annulus layers and the results are devastating to the function of the spine. Because the Nucleus is no longer gathered in the center, the height of the disk flattens and the function of the joint becomes abnormal and inflexible.

Usually, when the disk is compressed, the Nucleus is forced back and to one side, usually invading the space occupied by the spinal cord and spinal nerves. This is called a 'bulging disk'. If the Nucleus material reaches the outside layers of the disk and leaks outside the spinal column, it is called a 'disk herniation' and is like a flat tire. As a result, the nerves and spinal cord are trapped (pinched). This trapping causes partial or total malfunction of nerve impulses going in and out of the spinal cord. Muscles, organs and the brain receive altered messages. Sometimes, this can cause disabling pain, numbness and weakness in various parts of the body.