Durham Spinal Decompression Centre

My experience with the Durham Spinal Decompression Center has been exceptional! All of the staff are kind, friendly, gentle and understanding of my unique situation. I used to have daily chronic lower back pain.Now that I have had the treatments, I can live a normal life, with little or no back pain. I highly recommend this treatment to anyone!

I have been a client/ patient of Durham Spinal Decompression clinic for many years now. When I first went to them I could barely walk. I couldn’t even turn my head from side to side and my herniated discs were in my lower back! After many a few weeks of intensive therapy, I was walking without pain.I had a re-injury that set me back but they were able to get me back on track quickly.Now, I got every few months just for maintenance. Herniated discs don’t ever go away. I can’t imagine the pain I would be in if is wasn’t for them! Thanks for giving me back my life. I am a nurse a Yoga instructor and I hike in the woods daily. Without Durham Spinal Decompression clinic, I wouldn’t be able to do any of these things.

In 2015, a follow-up MRI of my spine revealed that I got a lumbar herniated disc had increased in size. I feel very fortunate to have found Dr. Mary Ann Goldhawk and her staff, they are very kind, compassionate, courteous, incredibly knowledgeable and very willing to try to work with me to come up with some sort of treatment schedule, they successfully corrected my three herniated discs in my lower back. Today I follow the maintenance program, I have a good life without pain. At the beginning of each session, I am comfortably fitted with a harness designed to achieve optimal decompression of the low back. The treatment process is safe and relaxing. What a great technology.... Thanks.....

Dr. Goldhawk and her staff are simply amazing. I can't ever thank them enough for giving me my life back!!!! I was in rough shape about 8 years ago when I first started spinal decompression and after going through several weeks of treatment, my pain was gone and I was able to resume all my regular daily activities. I continue to have my monthly maintenance treatments and feel great. Everyone in the office is extremely knowledgeable, they make you feel comfortable and always have time to answer any questions you have.

I started going to Durham Decompression Centre several years ago. The treatment has helped me from being in a poor quality of life to functioning without constant pain and discomfort. The staff are wonderful, caring and helpful. I go for maintenance now and I feel fortunate to be able to access this service. Thank you Dr. Gold hawk and staff.D. Cairns

I started going to Durham Spinal Decompression Centre in August 2014. When I started, I was bent over 90 degrees and in extreme pain. I was using a walker and a shower chair. After 3 months of decompression, I was upright and walking on my own. I am still going for maintenance every 2 weeks for my back and it has helped immensely. I have even started getting maintenance on a herniated disk in my neck that I have struggled with for many years. I consider myself their mascot. Thank you All for everything you have done for me over the years and keep up the amazing work!!

I was extremely skeptical at first, but after treatment, I now know it was the best decision I could have ever made! I started March 31, after years of dealing with cripling pain in back, legs and feet, headaches and absolutely no energy, I could only walk with the aid of a walker, I am now pain free and back to being able to do normal activities, energy levels are high and no need for pain meds. The staff are super nice and know what they are doing! If you suffer from pain and are told there's nothing can be done or worse...told you need surgery, I HIGHLY recommend coming to this clinic first. It truly is life changing. Thanks to all of you at Durham Spinal Decompression Centre for giving me back my pain free, energy filled, active life!

When I was first diagnosed with severe spinal stenosis, I had disabling pain in my neck and head. My family doctor referred me to this clinic and my journey to good health began. Through the decompression sessions and physiotherapy I was able to feel better, become more active, and stop taking all the pain medications I had previously relied on. The staff are exceptional, caring individuals who always made me feel supported and cared for. I can’t thank them enough for helping me through every stage of my recovery. I now go once a month for maintenance and look forward to my treatments. I highly recommend this clinic to anyone suffering with spinal issues.

I had never had understood what back pain was all about until September 2016. I was in a hit and run accident which left me barely able to walk. I was referred to Durham Spinal by two of my friends that currently had been going for years to this clinic and kept telling me Laura you have to try it. I followed a treatment plan at that time of physio, massage, acupuncture you name it. It just wasn’t getting much better. So I remember showing up at The Decompression Centre and being greeted by Sandy and Tracy. They took the time to go through everything with me, I started the next day. Sandy continually reassured me and kept me on track as there was days in the beginning I wanted to give up. I remember laying on the table tears running down my face and not being able to walk. Very sceptical still. I Followed a treatment plan of going two three times a week for 4 years. I went from not being able to walk, sit, stand, lay down to being able to do these things again. Without them I don’t know where I would be as mentally it takes a toll on you. Going from laying in a dark room of despair to living again. While I still require continued treatment for pain management Durham Spinal and Dr. Goldhawk’s team remain to this day the best medical treatment solutions for me in managing my back injury. What I can say to those I see come into the centre as I did in such pain and tears. I always want to say to them, trust it, take the time and do the treatment plan set out. I once was where you are right now. Many thanks to Dr. Goldhawk and her dedicated caring team for their continued support.Thank you, thank you, thank youLaura O’Brien

The Durham Spinal decompression has changed my life, With many years of living in pain and going to many different treatments like physio, Chiro, acupuncture helping me temporarily I never thought I could get back to my normal life without pain. Being 35years old having twin girls that are 7 and not being able to experience many things due to the spine issues and pain in my lower back, this place is beyond exceptional the staff are more like family they make the experience itself much easier. Such a supportive team they have with amazing doctors overlooking the treatments. I am ever so grateful to have found them and would completely recommend it to anyone that feels like there isn’t an option. This place is worth the shot and I’m so glad I did it ! Started back in March 2022 where I could hardly walk without being in pain and now being able to move and walk pain free and go in weekly/biweekly as needed i never thought I could experience life back to its fullest.