Neck Decompression Therapy · St. Louis · Regen.MD physiotherapy
Neck Decompression Therapy:
take pressure off discs and nerves
Neck decompression has you resting face up, head nested in a padded cradle, while a programmed table eases the neck into a light pull and back out, cycle after cycle. Unloading the discs and nerve roots this way can relieve neck pain and the arm symptoms a pinched nerve causes.
This one runs only on a physician’s written order, at the intensity that order specifies.
What is neck decompression?
You rest face up, head nested in a padded cradle, as a programmed table eases the neck into a light pull and back out, cycle after cycle.
What it does for you
Taking load off cervical discs and nerve roots can settle neck pain plus the arm symptoms a pinched nerve causes.
Its role around regenerative treatment
For a pinched nerve in the neck, regenerative care starts conservative. Decompression and the neck exercises are part of that first line, and they keep the neck mobile while your physician decides whether an injection belongs in the plan.
The sensation, moment to moment
A measured pull, then a release, on repeat. You keep your thumb near a stop switch throughout. A technician watches the entire opening cycle from inside the room, and afterward you rest sixty seconds before rising.
When this treatment is off the table
- A fractured or unstable neck
- Rheumatoid arthritis affecting the neck
- Osteoporosis
- Cancer involving the spine
- Dizziness or blurred vision when the neck moves
- An arm that has recently turned weak
Your technician reads the safety questions aloud at every visit, and any change in your answers goes to the physician before a treatment starts. You may call a stop whenever you like.
Time involved
Budget about 15 to 20 minutes. The order sets the clock, not the machine.
What to remember
- Thumb near the stop switch throughout.
- Sixty seconds of rest before rising.
- Dizzy, new arm pain, tingling: stop switch.
Show us you have it: Before you go, press the stop switch once so we see you can find it fast. If a point is fuzzy, say so and we walk through it again with you.
Related reading: pinched nerve in the neck: treatment without surgery.
The rest of the treatment menu
- Clinical laser
- Hot or cold packs
- Shockwave for tendons
- Spinal traction chair
- TENS in the clinic
- Vibration platform
Where this fits: the Regen.MD physiotherapy program, physician-directed rehab paired with our regenerative care. A physician must be in the building and reachable within moments before any treatment begins.