The Ring Dinger®
Home of the Ring Dinger® in Metro Detroit
Our Birmingham Michigan office is dedicated exclusively to one thing: delivering the Ring Dinger®. If you’ve been searching for deep, full-body relief that traditional chiropractic care just hasn’t provided – then let’s get crackin’.
The Ring Dinger in Birmingham, Michigan is an elite full-spine Y-axis compression technique designed to release deep pressure, restore movement, and deliver fast, powerful relief. Patients from Birmingham and across Metro Detroit travel to us for this precise, targeted adjustment that traditional chiropractic methods can’t reach.
WHAT IS THE RING DINGER®
The Ring Dinger is a full-spine decompression technique performed along the Y-Axis to create space between vertebrae, relieve pressure on nerves, and restore natural alignment. Unlike traditional adjustments, this technique decompresses the entire spine in one smooth, controlled pull – helping many patients finally experience relief where nothing else has worked.
WHO BENEFITS FROM THE RING DINGER®
- Chronic back pain
- Disc compression or spinal pressure
- Sciatica or nerve pain
- Mid-back or low-back tightness
- Loss of mobility
- Long-term stiffness
- Radiculopathy
WHAT WE OFFER
- Ring Dinger® – This location is 100% focused on this powerful, hands-on spinal decompression technique.
- Experienced Chiropractors – Performed only by providers trained and certified under Dr. Gregory Johnson personally.
WHY CHOOSE THE BIRMINGHAM LOCATION
- Conveniently located in the heart of Metro-Detroit, MI
- Personalized, one-on-one appointments
- Focused care without the insurance hassle
- Ideal for out-of-town patients
LET’S GET SCIENTIFIC
The Ring Dinger® involves controlled axial distraction along the spine’s longitudinal (y-axis) plane.
The Y-axis Decompression is effective at reducing pain through several interconnected bio-mechanical and neurological means:
- Reduction of Intradiscal Pressure and Herniation Retraction: The distraction creates negative intradiscal pressure (often below -100 mmHg), generating a vacuum-like effect that can draw herniated material back toward the disc center. This diminishes direct compression on the thecal sac or nerve roots, alleviating mechanical stress and associated inflammation. 36 Lower pressure also promotes nutrient influx (e.g., oxygen and fluids) into the avascular disc, facilitating repair and reducing pain from ischemic or inflammatory sources.
- Increase in Intervertebral and Foraminal Space: Axial distraction widens the disc height and enlarges the IVF by separating adjacent vertebrae, directly reducing nerve root impingement in the foramen. 40 It also expands the central spinal canal, easing pressure on the thecal sac. This spatial relief improves blood flow, decreases edema around compressed structures, and interrupts the pain-spasm cycle, often leading to rapid symptom improvement.
- Enhancement of Neural Mobility and Reduction of Tethering: Yes, the decompression can indeed cause an “unkinking” or detethering of the meninges (particularly the dura mater and its extensions as nerve root sleeves) and nerve roots. Chronic compression from a herniated disc often leads to adhesions, fibrosis, or folding (kinking) of these dural structures, restricting their natural sliding during spinal motion and exacerbating irritation via mechanosensitivity or tension. Y-axis distraction mobilizes these tissues by reducing excessive posterior tension, stretching stiff segments, and breaking minor adhesions, thereby restoring dural and nerve root glide. 40 This unkinking effect minimizes dural irritation (which can refer pain proximally) and improves nerve conduction, contributing to pain reduction without surgical intervention.
Y-axis manual decompression addresses both the biomechanical root causes (pressure and space constraints) and neurological sequelae (neural tethering and irritation) of disc herniation, making it a valuable non-invasive option for pain management.