Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression Therapy

Non-surgical spinal decompression therapy at ActiveLife Chiropractic is a specialised treatment modality for patients with disc-related spinal conditions who want to avoid surgery or have not responded fully to conventional physiotherapy or manual therapy alone.

The therapy uses a motorised traction table that applies precise, controlled distracting forces to specific spinal segments. By gently elongating the spine, the treatment creates a negative intradiscal pressure — a partial vacuum effect within the disc — that draws bulging or herniated disc material back toward the centre of the disc, away from the spinal cord or exiting nerve roots. At the same time, the negative pressure encourages the flow of oxygen,…

ActiveLife Chiropractic uses this technique to treat sciatica (pain, numbness or tingling radiating down the leg due to lumbar nerve root compression), degenerative disc disease, bulging or herniated discs in both the cervical (neck) and lumbar (lower back) spine, and spinal stenosis — a narrowing of the spinal canal that compresses neural structures. It is also appropriate for failed back surgery syndrome in carefully screened patients.