If you suffer from chronic neck pain, back pain, or tingling and numbness in an extremity, you may have a compressed spinal nerve, herniated disc or degenerative disc. This potentially debilitating problem can stem from any spinal obstruction that interferes with normal nerve function. Fortunately, you can find relief through non-surgical spinal decompression.

Before you sign up for a major surgical procedure to free trapped spinal nerve tissue, you’ll want to learn all you can about non-surgical spinal decompression, from its advantages over surgery to the conditions and symptoms it can successfully treat. Start by studying the following four key points about this non-invasive alternative.