Decompression therapy for back pain is based on a simple idea: reducing pressure on the spine to relieve pain. The concept dates back to ancient medicine. Hippocrates described early spinal traction techniques around 400 BC, using manual force and basic tools to stretch the spine. Over the centuries, similar methods were used to treat spinal deformities and pain, though they were often imprecise. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mechanical traction tables allowed doctors to apply more