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Healthy Spinal Segment

Notice Full disc height

Healthy nerves & spinal column

Smooth joint spaces

No roughened joint spaces or degeneration

Decreased disc height Roughened Vertebral Endplates Pressure causing disc to bulge onto the nerve causing pain

Degeneration of the spinal segments

The First stage of Herniation

Notice the tear in the ligament tissue

Tear due to pressure triggers the degeneration process

Second Stage to Herniation

Disc material creating a bulge in the ligament layer of the disc.

Pain can

be increased from these bulged disc.

Complete Herniation of disc material

Nucleus of disc pushes through the ligaments.

Pressure Applied to NervesNucleus material surrounds Nerves

causing pain and numbness

MRI of Degenerated Lumbar Spine

Roughened Vertebral Endplates

Disc Buldges

Disc Herniations

Nerve Compression

Vertebral Axial Decompressive Therapy

778 patients @ 22 medical centers treated with Decompression

5 groups (types of injuries): extruded disc, multiple HNP, one level HNP, DDD, facet syndrome

Average onset of symptoms = 40 months (83% over 4 months)

Treatment 15 cycles, 1 min tension, 30 sec relax of decompression

71% had reduction of pain to 0 to 1 on 0-5 scale

Possible mode: decrease intradiscal pressure below -100 mmHg creates diffusion gradient across disc space improving nutrient flow into disc (i.e. glucose, oxygen, sulphate, etc) Gose et al 1998

Effects of Decompression on Sensory Nerve Dysfunction

17 patients (13 male, 4 female), aver. age 40.8 yrs, average symptoms 17.2 months

22 peripheral nerves investigated by Current Perception Threshold (CPT) Neurometer

Criteria: abnormal CPT reading, symptoms of sciatica, positive SLR, & positive imaging studies

14/22 nerves (64%) returned to normal function; 6/22 (27%) improved; 1/22 (4.5%) had no improvements; 1/22 (4.5%) showed deterioration

Overall improvement 67% (P< 0.05) Tilaro et

al 1999

Spinal Decompression is Easy

for the Low back.

Cervical Decompression is available also.

Argyle Family Chiropractic is Different for several

reasons.

We understand each patient needs to be treated in a specific way according to their own bodies.

Most health conditions are not just the involvement of one problem but generally an accumulation of several issues.

Healing takes time but we all want quick results.

There is a time and place for everything.

We Truly Care for our patients & their conditions.

Not Just a Skeletal Issue

Muscle Structure Plays a BIG Role

Helps Keep Balance

Supports other Structures

Helps Protect Organs

Helps Blood Flow & Circulation

Does Decompression Help Everyone?

I wish I could say YES -100% of the time, but some cases are to far gone to improve with decompression.

But there is an 80% success rate and that is an excellent rate for any treatment.

Each case is evaluated of an individual basis

How many treatments will it take?

The number of treatments varies from case to case along with the frequency.

Where some patients may need it daily to begin with, others may progress with a few treatments.

Most patient area some where between 4 -20 visits.

Each treatment plan varies according to your progress also, some improve faster than others.

Addressing the Total Body

Health is the state of optimum physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the

absence of disease and infirmity.

We focus on Optimum Health at

Argyle Family Chiropractic not just the absence of pain or

discomfort. Make your appointment today @ (940) 464-

2273