No matter what you try, i.e., pills, hot packs, and even injections, that back or neck pain just doesn’t seem to go away. The problem is not always your muscles, but could be the pressure inside your spinal discs pushing on the nerves. Spinal decompression is specifically designed to gently relieve that pressure without surgery.

Dr. Ed Balta at Neck & Back Pain Specialist has been helping patients in Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, and Costa Mesa to get rid of their pain and get back to the life they had before the disc problems for more than 30 years.

How Spinal Decompression Works

A healthy spinal disc is like a “shock absorber” between your vertebrae. As a disc herniates, it flattens out and bulges out, compressing the nerve roots. This pressure causes radiating pain, numbness, and tingling.

It employs an FDA-cleared special therapy table to apply gentle, computer-controlled traction to your spine. Each session does these three things:

• Produces negative pressure inside the disc, pushing the herniated material back into the center and away from the nerve.
• Restores the disc height, taking the pressure off joints and nerves, both above and below the injured level.
• Enhances blood circulation into the discs. Decompression pulls in the oxygen, water, and other nutrients towards the disc to repair itself.

Conditions We Treat with Spinal Decompression

Decompression is not a one-size-fits-all treatment. Dr. Balta evaluates the candidates of Orange County and Fountain Valley to determine if it’s the right course of treatment for your condition, depending on the diagnosis. Decompression therapy creates the best results for:

Treatments that Pair Well with Spinal Decompression

Is Spinal Decompression Right for You?

You might be the right person for spinal decompression if you are experiencing one or more of the following:

• Neck or back pain lasting more than four weeks.
• Pain that shoots towards your arms, legs, hands, and feet.
• A professional diagnosis of a herniated or a bulging disc.
• Feeling tingling, numbness, or overall weakness in your extremities.
• No or limited results from medicines, injections, and physiotherapy.
• Directly address the underlying disc pressure that causes flare-up.
• A surgical recommendation that you don’t want to do.

Start With Two Sessions for $60

If you are scared to try spinal decompression, our new-patient special is the most appropriate way to see how your body responds. In this way, you get a trial without committing to a long-term program.

It includes:

• 1-on-1 consultation with Dr. Balta
• Professional Spinal Evaluation
• Two sessions of decompression therapy

Ready to face the pressure on your back?

When you have been told to "live with it", "wait it out," or "surgery is the only option", it is time to get a second opinion from a doctor who has been helping patients for 30 years to find another way. While spinal decompression isn’t the most suitable treatment for all patients, it can make the difference between another year of pain and a return to normal life for those for whom it is appropriate.