NON-SURGICAL SPINAL DECOMPRESSION · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
If you've been told surgery, injections or lifelong pain pills are your only choice — gentle spinal decompression relieves the pinched nerve at the root so your spine can finally heal.
PATIENT EDUCATION & CASE STUDIES
Video 1 · Dr. Teresa Larson, DC
Patients everywhere are told that masking the pain or operating are their only choices. Dr. Larson explains our non-surgical approach to treating the disc itself.
Video 2 · Dr. Teresa Larson, DC
A patient arrived unable to stand straight after multiple back surgeries and injections. See how consistent decompression helped him walk and golf 18 holes again.
Video 3 · Dr. Teresa Larson, DC
Decompression is so comfortable that many patients actually fall asleep during treatment. No twisting, no cracking, no needles, no incisions.
Video 4 · Dr. Teresa Larson, DC
From radiating leg pain and charley horses to numbness and losing your grip — Dr. Larson walks through the clear signs of nerve compression.
Video 5 · Dr. Teresa Larson, DC
We've cared for patients from their teens into their 90s. Honest expectations on how your spine responds and why consistency restores your quality of life.
If that sounds familiar, the exam will tell us whether decompression is a fit.
Many patients arrive having been told there is nothing more to do. Take this medication. Try this injection. Do this ablation. Wait until it gets bad enough, and then operate.
“Everywhere they go, they've been told that there's nothing that they can do for it.”
When the spine compresses, the disc has a tendency to bulge out.
The bulge presses on the nerve. The more pressure on the nerve, the more pain, inflammation and radiating pain.
Negative pressure inside the disc draws it back, away from the nerve root. Disc height increases and the bulge reduces.
Surgery can trim part of the disc or part of the bone. It does not reposition the disc away from the nerve root.
“It's kind of like putting the jelly back in the donut.”— Dr. Larson
decompression-table
The machine uses a special waveform called oscillation. It helps get past muscle guarding, so the body relaxes and takes in the treatment. No needles. No incision.
SHE WAS THE PATIENT FIRST
Dr. Teresa Larson has practiced in Lincoln for 28 years. A herniated disc in her own neck took her out of practice for more than six months. She could not bend over to tie her shoes or sleep through the night. Two injections failed. No one near her offered spinal decompression, so she traveled to Indiana to get it. As the pain left her arm and her fingers and she could sleep again, she knew she had to bring it home to her patients.
Cleveland Chiropractic College · 28 years in practice · Southwest Chiropractic, Lincoln
As told by Dr. Larson
A patient came in after multiple low back surgeries, injections and ablations. He couldn't stand up straight. “It took a little while, but the more consistent we were with his treatment, the better he started to feel.” Then one day: “I golfed. I only golfed eight holes, but I golfed.” Then eighteen. “I'm doing it every weekend now.”
Individual results vary.
4.8 · 131 Google reviews
3 reviews · 8 months ago
Awesome experience! I've been dealing with herniated disks for over 30 years. I have refused surgery and I'm glad I did. The process is fascinating. They can actually fix the problem and not just take care of the symptoms. The staff is amazing and they explain everything in great detail. I highly recommend this to anyone that has back issues or just does serious physical labor!
3 reviews · 7 months ago
From the moment I stepped in the door I felt a genuinely compassionate and caring atmosphere that was almost as if my own relatives were caring for me. Dr. Larsen was very clear in her explanations of the treatment and nothing about this visit felt 'cookie cutter' or 'routine'. I felt like an individual with a specific problem that was understood by the staff and handled in a totally caring and professional way. This was my first visit/treatment but I have high hopes and expectations about this treatment and my future as it relates.
Local Guide · 15 reviews · 84 photos · 4 months ago
I did the spinal decompression / IDD therapy for neck pain and it worked for me. SCC was offering a new patient special with x ray and found i have a rather straight neck and my facet joints were close together. I started with the 12 appt bundle over 4 weeks, then followups spaced out. It wasn't until a couple weeks after that last appt that I felt the difference, so I stuck with it. I feel like 90%+ of the pain is gone and often I even forget about my neck unless I had a hard day. Scheduling is really flexible with the same familiar friendly people! I would 5/5 recommend.
2 reviews · 2 months ago
Went in today for a neck pain consultation. It was so great and easy to understand my diagnosis and the treatment that would be best for me. The chiropractors know their stuff! And bonus they have a cute office/therapy dog to ease any nerves as well.
3 reviews · 1 photo · 5 months ago
I had an amazing experience. They made me feel seen and heard. I feel better and more relaxed after my visit.
6 reviews · 5 months ago
This is a good place to get treatments for those things that go wrong with your body. Very nice people, who treat you with dignity and respect.
This is not a cookie-cutter treatment. The plan is built for your spine.
It is very gentle. Most patients sleep during the treatment.
As long as the fusion is stable, and we always check first, the machine can be set to pull above or below the fusion and not treat through it.
No. We also treat neck pain, headaches and pain down the arm.
It is not overnight. The more consistent you are with treatment, the better you are going to feel.
We have seen patients from their teenage years into their 90s.
A lot of other things are just traction. True spinal decompression gets into the disc to help it heal and repair.
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