Contraindications To Spinal Decompression Treatment

There are actually few reasons that we must exclude a patient from spinal decompression treatment. These include:

• Active Spinal Cancer Or Infection.
• Severe Osteoporosis (Sufficient To Cause Serious Risk Of Spinal Fracture).
• Spinal Instability.
• Pregnancy (Due To The Use Of Tight Harnesses That Would Compress The Abdomen).
• Metal Or Other Surgical Implantation in the Area of The Spine to be Treated.*

*Implantation in other areas of the spine do not contraindicate spinal decompression. For example, a fusion with metal plates in the cervical spine does not prevent us from performing spinal decompression in the lumbar spine.

***Important Caution To Prospective Spinal Decompression Patients In The San Antonio Area***

It has come to our attention that a few spinal decompression providers in the San Antonio and South Texas area are performing decompression on patients who have surgical implantation in the part of the spine being treated. This is goes against the recommendations by the manufacturers of all of the spinal decompression equipment currently on the market, and is a violation of the FDA Clearance for the decompression machines. This practice is potentially VERY DANGEROUS and could result in serious permanent injury! We can only speculate on the reasons why these providers would choose to ignore this contraindication, but we strongly advise anyone who does have this contraindication to avoid spinal decompression and cease treatment if it they have already started.

Other Reasons We May Choose To Exclude A Patient From Our Treatment Program

From time to time, we opt to not accept a given patient who is suitable for decompression, or we may discontinue treatment on a patient after treatment has started. The primary reasons for this involve situations in which the patient is either unwilling or unable to comply with treatment recommendations, such as:

• Scheduling Difficulties / Repeated Missed Appointments
• Failure To Follow Home Care Recommendations
• Being Uncooperative With Office Policies / Being Disrespectful Of Staff Or Other Patients

These situations are pretty rare, but they do occur and we do reserve the right to refuse to accept a patient or to dismiss a patient from care.

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