Is 9.4 miles too far for a decompression plan?
Maybe not. But count it properly.
A plan is usually somewhere between 20 and 30 sessions, spread across 8 to 12 weeks, so the drive isn't a one-time cost; it repeats a couple of times a week for two to three months. For some people in West Jordan that's fine. For others a clinic closer to home is the smarter call, and we'd honestly rather you pick that than stop halfway through.
Timing helps. Friday hours start at 7:30, which can fit ahead of a workday, and the other four weekdays have afternoon hours running until 6:00.
And the exam comes first regardless, so if decompression turns out to be wrong for your back, you've made the drive once, not twenty times.
Redwood Road, 7200 South, then I-15
From City Hall at 8000 South Redwood Road, the route heads north on Redwood Road about 1.3 miles, then east on 7000/7200 South (SR-48) to I-15. Go north about 3 miles, get off at exit 301 for 4500 South, drive east roughly 1.9 miles and turn south on 900 East, where the plaza sits on the west side before the Van Winkle junction.
Used to taking Bangerter Highway (SR-154) across the middle of town, or the Mountain View Corridor out west? You know your own on-ramps better than a routing engine does. Just aim for exit 301.
It's the same stretch of freeway Midvale drivers use, joined at 7200 South.
From Gardner's mill to Veterans Park
West Jordan is named for the Jordan River, and its city limits run from the river's western bank to the eastern foothills of the Oquirrh Mountains. Settled in 1848. Incorporated January 10, 1941.
Gardner Village keeps the older story in view: it's a shopping district in the renovated mills and houses of Archibald Gardner, who built one of the area's first sawmills in 1850. Over at Jordan Landing, the shopping center sits next to South Valley Regional Airport, which used to go by "Salt Lake Airport No. 2."
Then there's the Veterans Park area, where City Hall, a rodeo arena and the Gene Fullmer Recreation Center share the same ground. An evening at the rodeo arena, a morning of laps at the rec center, an afternoon walking Gardner Village: none of it is dramatic. The pattern worth noticing is quieter than that, a flare-up that settles, then comes back.
What the plan involves, briefly
An exam first: history, an orthopedic exam, relevant imaging. Then, if a disc looks like the source, a plan built around the DRX9000 alongside chiropractic care and guidance on how you sit, stand and move.
Not everyone qualifies. Spinal fracture or instability, fusion screws, rods or cages, active cancer affecting the spine, osteoporosis past a safe threshold, pregnancy and an aortic aneurysm are all reasons for a no, and cauda equina signs go straight to a surgical evaluation.
University of Utah Health Plans, in a policy revised in December 2025, doesn't cover decompression and calls it "investigational without proven clinical effectiveness." That's worth knowing before you commit to both a drive and a bill. Read what the studies say about decompression and how the sessions go, then decide.
Neighbors in West Valley City come in on 4700 South. The rest of what you'd want to know about spinal decompression in Salt Lake City is on the home page; to talk it through, schedule an appointment or phone (801) 590-8615.