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Spinal Decompression Therapy at
The Source Chiropractic Berkeley
Chiropractic Care for Low Back Pain, Sciatica, Disc Pressure, and Spinal Compression
If you struggle with recurring low back pain, sciatica, disc pressure, stiffness, or pain that keeps coming back after sitting, standing, driving, or working, your spine may need more than temporary relief.
At The Source Chiropractic, we offer spinal decompression therapy as an advanced add-on to chiropractic care for clients who need deeper support with compression, nerve irritation, disc-related symptoms, and chronic low back tension.
Spinal decompression is designed to gently reduce pressure through the spine, create space around compressed discs and nerves, and help your body move and heal more effectively.
What is Advanced Spinal Decompression?
Spinal decompression therapy uses a specialized table to gently stretch and unload the spine in a controlled way.
This gentle pull-and-release motion may help reduce pressure through the low back, discs, joints, and nerves. For people dealing with chronic low back pain, sciatica, disc bulges, herniated discs, or degenerative disc changes, decompression may help create a better healing environment.
The goal is not just to feel better for a few hours.
The goal is to help your body hold more mobility, comfort, and stability between visits.
Who Benefits From Advanced Spinal Decompression?
Spinal decompression may be a good fit if you experience:
• low back pain
• sciatica
• pain traveling into the glute, hip, or leg
• numbness or tingling
• disc bulges or herniated discs
• degenerative disc changes
• spinal compression
• stiffness after sitting or driving
• pain with standing or walking
• recurring low back flare-ups
• tightness through the hips, pelvis, or low back
• difficulty holding your chiropractic adjustments
Many people describe their symptoms as feeling “jammed,” “compressed,” “locked up,” or like their low back never fully relaxes.
If that sounds familiar, spinal decompression may be an important part of your care plan.
How Spinal Decompression Works
Think of the spinal disc like a sponge.
When the spine is under constant compression, the discs and surrounding tissues may have a harder time moving fluid, nutrients, and waste products. Decompression gently unloads the area by mechanically tractioning "pulling" open the low back vertebrae, which may support better fluid movement, create space and help calm irritated tissues.
Spinal decompression may help:
• reduce pressure on compressed discs
• decrease irritation around spinal nerves
• improve mobility through the low back and pelvis
• reduce muscle guarding and tension
• support fluid movement through the disc
• create more space through compressed spinal joints
• improve comfort between chiropractic visits
Spinal decompression does not replace chiropractic care. It works alongside chiropractic adjustments to help restore motion, reduce pressure, and support better healing.
How Spinal Decompression Works
At The Source Chiropractic, decompression is used as an advanced add-on to chiropractic care, not a stand-alone treatment, helping reduce pressure through compressed discs, joints, and nerves while supporting better mobility, fluid movement, and longer-lasting comfort.
To determine if it is right for you, we use a Functional Compression Assessment to evaluate symptoms, posture, movement patterns, nerve tension, and how your body responds to unloading, then create a personalized recommendation. Current clients may benefit from adding decompression when pain, stiffness, or compression keeps returning between visits, while new clients with low back pain, sciatica, disc pressure, or chronic spinal compression may have decompression included as part of their care plan after a full consultation and exam.