Systems and methods are positioned between left and right transverse processes of adjacent vertebrae in a spine to provide dynamic inter-transverse process distraction and stabilization and indirect expansion of both anterior and posterior spaces of the spine. The systems and methods employ a left support component sized and configured to be mounted between the left transverse processes of the adjacent vertebrae and a right support component and configured to be mounted between the right transverse processes of the adjacent vertebrae. The left and right support components exert a dynamic separation force between the left and right transverse processes generally longitudinally along the spine to distract and stabilize space between the adjacent inferior and superior vertebrae and indirectly expand both anterior and posterior spaces of the spine. The systems and methods relieve pain associated with, e.g. disc herniation, disc degeneration, facet arthropathy, and spinal stenosis.
