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Can cervical decompression help prevent neck surgery?

We have been treating neck pain in San Francisco for over 20 years now. About 7 years ago we began to include nonsurgical cervical decompression into our treatment protocols. The machine we use is the DRX9000c. As chiropractors, when it … Continue reading

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When to consider spinal decompression

About 80% of the general population will experience a serious bout of low back pain at some point in their lives.  A certain percentage of these people will develop chronic low back pain…which is back pain that persists for over … Continue reading

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Can Spinal Decompression Help a Pinched Nerve?

A Pinched Nerve is mostly the result of a herniated or bulging disc in the neck or low back. Nerves can also be pinched or irritated by acute muscle spasms secondary to acute trauma or chronic overuse. Vertebral Subluxations of … Continue reading

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Take Charge of Your Spinal Decompression Success

When it comes to spinal decompression results…a lot depends on YOU! First of all, you have to make the decision in the beginning to finish what you start. You can’t expect to try a spinal decompression machine like the DRX9000 … Continue reading

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Is Spinal Decompression Ongoing?

Spinal Decompression is now considered by many to be the “Gold Standard” for the nonsurgical treatment of herniated and bulging discs associated with chronic back pain and sciatica. At our San Francisco Spinal Decompression Center we have helped thousands of … Continue reading

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All Spinal Decompression Doctors Are Not The Same

We have been providing nonsurgical treatment for herniated and bulging discs in San Francisco for about 20 years now in the SF Financial District. We were the first to offer DRX9000 and DRX9000c spinal decompression in San Francisco. Since then, … Continue reading

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Can Spinal Decompression Help Sciatica?

One of the more common causes of sciatica…which is pain, numbness, or tingling in the leg, due to nerve compression, is a herniated or bulging lumbar disc. When a patient presents with sciatica at our San Francisco Spinal Decompression Center, … Continue reading

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A Herniated Disc Often Times Leads to More Herniated Discs

We have been providing treatment for herniated discs in San Francisco for almost 20 years now. Herniated discs in the lumbar spine are very common. Herniated discs in the cervical spine are less common. Herniated discs in the thoracic spine … Continue reading

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Can Spinal Decompression Help Lumbar Stenosis?

We have been helping patients with lumbar stenosis at our San Francisco Spinal Decompression Center since 1994. Lumbar Stenosis by definition means that there is a physical obstruction in either the spinal canal where the spinal cord is, or in … Continue reading

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When should you have an MRI of the Neck?

We have been treating cervical disc herniations at our San Francisco Spinal Decompression Clinic since 1992. Most of the time we are the ones to refer a patient out for a cervical MRI, which is the gold standard diagnostic tool … Continue reading

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