Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression in Toms River

Are You a Candidate?

There are five factors we look at to determine if someone is a good candidate for decompression:

1. Do you have a condition that the table is designed to treat?
   To be eligible for the treatment, you will need to have a disc-related condition, severe arthritis or stenosis.
2. Do you smoke?
   If you do, know that smoking depletes the body of vitamin C and so the body can’t make collagen without vitamin C and can’t heal the disc without it. So smoking will slow down your improvement. We encourage you to quit, increase your vitamin C intake or both.
3. Are you diabetic?
   With diabetes, there is glycation of the proteins and everything gets sticky, making healing more difficult.
4. Are you overweight?
   If you are, more pressure is put on the spine so it makes it a little more difficult to get the results we want.
5. What is your age?
   The prime age for decompression is 40 to 60. Once you get into your seventies and eighties, the disks are much dryer. Seniors can still get results but they may not necessarily get the dramatic ones that slightly younger patients achieve. However, for seniors, even a minor improvement can allow them to still be able to drive, pick up their grandkids or enjoy their golf game. Dr. Rob will typically go through those five factors with people to help them determine if they’re a good candidate for decompression. “If they have three out of five factors going against them, I will tell them that they might not be an ideal candidate,” he said.