My husband had a neck surgery, too far gone for other treatment. They x-rayed his whole spine and saw 3 compressed discs in the lower back and wanted to schedule surgery for them. He saw an ad in the paper for decompression machine called the DRX9000 in a chiropractor's office. He had treatments 4x a week for 1 month. It relieved him for 15 years. He's since had to have surgery. He wishes he had tried the DRX again before giving in. The back surgeries have made things worse, and no one can tell him if the NEXT one they want to do will solve anything.