If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident in Florida, it is important to seek treatment right away. Often, a chiropractor is the best car accident doctor to visit after a collision. Chiropractors often specialize in diagnosing and treating car accident injuries with treatments, such as spinal decompression therapy.
For many car accident injuries, spinal decompression therapy can be a safe and effective, non-invasive form of treatment. For any questions regarding spinal decompression therapy or other forms of chiropractic treatment contact the experts at Manasota Accident and Injury Center.
What is Spinal Decompression Therapy?
Spinal decompression therapy (SDT) is one of the best non-surgical techniques to relieve pain. It uses a decompression table which aids in moving the herniated disc or bulging disc into place without surgery. This technique helps prevent many back surgeries.
Spinal decompression can help patients who suffer from herniated discs or bulging discs attain significant pain relief. Oftentimes a microdiscectomy or laminectomy procedure can be avoided by using spinal decompression therapy.
Spinal decompression therapy is often used in conjunction with other chiropractic treatments to provide a comprehensive treatment plan. Other treatments that may be used alongside SDT include:
What is a Decompression Table?
Patients are strapped into the table using a harness and the table will begin to stretch the patient. These techniques should only be performed by a chiropractor. The machine will stretch your body where the damaged disc is. It will not hurt, it will just feel like stretching. The poundage of the stretching can be determined by your car accident physician.
How the Table works
Generally, computerized technology controls the table allowing the chiropractor to target certain areas in your body where there are injuries. As the table stretches the spine, the negative pressure can retract the disc material that is herniated or bulging back into the disc. This is a natural way of healing the damaged discs after a car accident injury.
Your chiropractor will operate the table using the computer controls to customize your treatment based on your specific needs. Depending on the severity of your injuries, your chiropractor may suggest 12 to 20 spinal decompression therapy sessions over a span of 5 to 7 weeks. Treatment sessions generally last between 30 to 45 minutes.
New Patient Protocol
Patients that have been injured in a car accident in Bradenton generally get a treatment plan of 12 sessions on the decompression table. More sessions can be recommended depending on the severity of the injuries.
On the initial visit, your car accident physician should be able to give you a treatment protocol that has all of the therapies you will be doing in the office in Bradenton. X-rays will be taken the same day. MRI imaging will always be prescribed in order for our auto injury physicians to see the injuries. Spinal Decompression in conjunction with other therapies should ease the inflammation and pain after your car accident.
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6703 14th St W
Bradenton, FL 34207
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Clinic Location
Manasota Accident & Injury Center
6703 14th St W
Bradenton, FL 34207
Contact
(941) 751-0223
info@manasotaaccident.com
Who is a Candidate for Spinal Decompression Therapy?
Chiropractors can use spinal decompression to treat patients with a wide variety of conditions. People may find decompression therapy to be an ideal form of preventative care for avoiding surgery or more invasive treatments as they begin to age. Spinal decompression can help treat patients who suffer from degenerative disc disease, a condition that weakens the strength of vertebrae in the spine and can lead to herniated or bulging discs.
Patients who have suffered injuries from a car crash may also find spinal decompression to be a safe and effective form of treatment. You should also discuss spinal decompression with your chiropractor if you experience back or neck pain due to spinal loading. Spinal loading refers to excessive pressure being placed on the spine as a result of poor posture, standing or sitting for extended periods of time, or lifting heavy objects.
Conditions Treated With Spinal Decompression
Spinal decompression therapy can be used to treat a number of conditions including:
- Herniated discs
- Bulging discs
- Spinal stenosis
- Soft-tissue spinal stenosis
- Spine injuries
- Pinched nerves
- Degenerative disc disease
- Sciatica
- Whiplash
- Posterior facet syndrome (worn spinal joints)
- Facet arthropathy
- Diseases affecting spinal nerve roots
Who’s Not a Good Candidate for Spinal Decompression?
When new patients go in for their initial consultation with Manasota Accident and Injury Center, our chiropractors will evaluate each patient individually and determine what the appropriate course of treatment for that patient is. Spinal decompression therapy should be a safe treatment for most clients. However, spinal decompression is not advised for patients with:
- Fractures
- Tumors
- Advanced osteoporosis
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Metal implants in the spine
How Effective is Spinal Decompression Therapy?
In a study done in 1998, 71% of patients that had a pain scale from 0 to 5, reduced their pain to a 0 or a 1. In another study, 80% of patients that suffered from chronic back pain got relief in less than 8 weeks. Spinal Decompression therapy is effective and can be used to prevent surgery.
Contact Manasota Accident and Injury Center
After suffering a car accident, it is important to seek medical attention. In Florida, even if you are at fault you have the right to treat your injuries with a doctor. At Manasota Accident and Injury Center in Bradenton, Florida we specialize in treating patients that have sustained injuries due to car accidents.
Many times, your car insurance carrier will pay for your medical bills if you were injured in a car accident. Even if you are at fault, it is imperative to go seek medical attention. Call us today to schedule a consultation. We will help you navigate through the process and help you get better. Use the contact form to schedule a consultation or call us at (941) 751-0223.
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Clinic Location
Manasota Accident & Injury Center
6703 14th St W
Bradenton, FL 34207
(941) 751-0223
info@manasotaccident.com
Opening Hours
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | 9AM–12PM, 2–6PM |
| Tuesday | 9AM–12PM, 2–6PM |
| Wednesday | 9AM–12PM, 3–7PM |
| Thursday | 9AM–12PM, 2–6PM |
| Friday | 9AM–3PM |
| Saturday | Closed |