Pinched Nerve Treatment

with Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression in Naples, FL

If a pinched nerve is disrupting the quality of your life, Spinal Decompression Therapy may offer a solution for you.

Hold a straw in your fist. Now squeeze. You’ll notice not much is able to pass through the straw. Essentially, this is what’s happening in your spine when you have a pinched nerve. Your spinal cord or nerves (the straw) are being squeezed because of the impinging by bone/and or disc material, and may be sending your brain warning signals, such as pain, to alert you of a problem. Don’t ignore these warning signals.

Much like clenching a drinking straw with your fist, when too much pressure is applied to a nerve by surrounding tissues (such as bones, cartilage, muscles or tendons), it’s function is disrupted.

To relieve pressure on your pinched nerves, Spinal Decompression is the solution. It is a non-surgical procedure that slowly stretches and lengthens the spine to take the pressure off the spinal discs, as well as create a negative pressure within the discs to retract them back into their ideal place. Thus, pressure is removed and your pain is lessened. Spinal decompression also aids in the movement of water, oxygen, and nutrient-rich fluids into the discs to promote healing.

If you’re interested in Spinal Decompression in Naples, FL, you’ve come to the right place. Dr. Amanda Ferguson, Dr. Tanya Horsten, and Dr. Jason B. Kaster have extensive experience in treating and alleviating conditions of the spine. They offer Naples pinched nerve patients the only FDA-cleared treatment regimen that takes a comprehensive approach to eliminating back and neck pain.

 

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Causes of Pinched Nerves

A Pinched nerve happens when a nerve is compressed or squeezed. The pressure applied on the nerve may be caused by performing repetitive movements or staying in a position for prolonged periods, such as keeping your elbow bent while sleeping.
More often than not, nerves are at risk of impingement along narrow spaces where there’s only little soft tissue that could protect them. Nerve compression usually happens when the nerves are squeezed between:

  • Ligaments
  • Tendons
  • Bones

Just like what happens when a pressure is applied on a nerve root exiting the spine. Pinched nerves cause pain on the lower back or neck and sometimes pain radiates to the upper extremity (cervical radiculopathy) or lower extremity (lumbar radiculopathy or sciatic nerve pain).
Symptoms of pinched nerves may be caused by structural changes in the spine’s discs and bones like what happens in a herniated disc. Because the disc is weak, it is vulnerable to tear, thus pressure is applied onto the spinal nerve.

Nerve damage may be mild or severe, causing temporary or permanent problems. Pinched nerve shouldn’t be left untreated. It requires immediate medical help to avoid permanent nerve damage.

 

Symptoms of Pinched Nerves

The most common symptom of nerve compression is pain, but in some cases, other symptoms are felt aside from pain.

Below are the most common symptoms of nerve compression:

  • Localized pain on the neck or low back
  • Pain that radiated to the extremities, such as sciatica or radicular pain
  • Numbness or tingling
  • Burning sensation
  • Weakness (muscular)

Symptoms may be aggravated by certain movements like rotating the neck or straining the neck.

Naples Spinal Decompression for Pinched Nerves

If you’ve been suffering from an pinched nerves, your local Naples Spinal Decompression clinic, Florida Spine and Disc, can offer you the most effective means to treat your condition.
Spinal Decompression therapy can help in the treatment of pinched nerve caused by disc bulge or disc herniation. The procedure creates a negative pressure in the spine to draw the disc inside. This will then relieve pressure on the compressed nerve and as a result, symptoms will start to fade away.

How does Spinal Decompression Therapy help Pinched Nerves?
With Spinal Decompression, the pressure put on the impinged nerve is taken off due to the negative pressure created in the discs. This acts as a vacuum that will bring back the bulged or extruded disc back to its proper place. In addition, spinal experts consider spinal decompression helpful in promoting movement of oxygen, water, and fluids into the disc that are needed for healing.

The use of specialized traction forces depends on:

  • force
  • angle
  • time
  • frequency

Negative pressure is created inside the discs

  • That will act as vacuum
  • Draw herniation back inside

Don’t wait for your pinched nerve symptoms to be disabling. Naples Spinal Decompression practitioners, Dr. Amanda Ferguson, Dr. Tanya Horsten, and Dr. Jason B. Kaster, can help ease your disc pain. Find out more about how spinal decompression can help:

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