After the common cold; low back pain is the most common human ailment. An estimated 75 to 85 percent of all adults will experience some form of back pain during their lifetime.

Most certainly low back pain can be quite debilitating and painful. Good news is that most cases respond well with non-surgical treatments such as spinal decompression traction. However, it has been estimated that 50 percent of all patients who suffer from an episode of low back pain will have a recurrent episode within one year.

The costs associated with diagnostic procedures alone are estimated at $50 billion yearly. Low back pain is one of the most common reasons for missed work. In fact, back pain is the second most common reason for visits to the doctor's office, outnumbered only by upper-respiratory infections. The personal costs are immeasurable from chronic pain alone, pain sometimes so great that it interferes with a healthy and satisfying lifestyle.

Also, it is recognized that most cases of low back pain are mechanical in nature, and the pain is usually not caused by very serious conditions, such as cancer, fracture, infection, etc.

There are several possible sources of low back pain:

1. Bulging or herniated discs

2. Injury or overuse of muscles, ligaments, facet joints, and the sacroiliac joints.

3. Muscle spasm (very tense muscles that remain contracted)

4. Degeneration of the discs

5. Poor alignment or fixations of the vertebrae

6. Spondylolisthesis

7. Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease)

8. Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal)

9. Small fractures to the spine from osteoporosis

10. Strain or tears to the muscles or ligaments supporting
the back

11. Spinal curvatures (like scoliosis or kyphosis).

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Spinal Traction Clinic (managed and operated by Union Ergonomics; Canada’s fastest growing new franchise) is a revolutionary, unique and successful Canadian owned business providing spinal decompression traction therapy to people suffering from low back pain. Spinal Traction Clinic health practitioners (chiropractors, osteopaths or physiotherapists) are specialized in using decompression traction therapy to help treat low back pain. All our support staff are certified decompression traction assistants.

Spinal Traction Clinic charges a flat fee of $20 for each 15 minutes traction session. There are no hidden charges.