If you participate in sports, you have probably encountered your share of sports injuries. Maybe they healed up through standard sports injury rehab, or maybe in the worst case you had to undergo surgery. Pain and other symptoms caused by compressed vertebrae can totally incapacitate you, but fortunately you do not have to undergo expensive, invasive surgery to correct it. There is a better way -- spinal decompression from our Beverly Hills chiropractor at Executive ER.

Spinal compression occurs when something happens to damage or dislodge the discs that cushion our vertebrae. Spinal misalignments, sudden impacts, or degenerative conditions can cause or contribute to this compression. While high-impact sports such as football present a prime opportunity for the neck and back to be jolted and bashed around, any activity that puts repeated pressure on the spine, from tennis to jogging, can eventually lead to compressed vertebrae. The discs between vertebrae become painfully squeezed and may bulge or herniate, pressing on nerves and causing problems throughout the body as a result. You may experience neck pain from whiplash, back pain, muscles weakness or shooting pains in the extremities from a case of spinal compression.

Spinal Decompression and Rehab from a Beverly Hills Chiropractor

Our spinal decompression techniques can restore the proper spacing between vertebrae for natural pain relief without drugs or surgery, using a very gentle (some would even say relaxing) method called flexion distraction. All you have to do is lie on our special motion-controlled table. Dr. Jacobsen then applies a tiny amount of stretching force to draw bulging or displaced discs back into their normal position so they can heal normally. We can then help you make a full recovery though our sports injury rehab program of gentle stretching and strengthening exercises. If you want to enjoy your favorite athletic activities again, decompression could be your ticket back onto the playing field.

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