An apparatus for providing sectional (cervical, thoracic and/or lumbar spine as individual parts) and global spinal (full-total spinal: cervical/thoracic/lumbar simultaneous as a single part) decompression including a head harness that has: a rigid member which extends into the mouth cavity of a user and an attachment point located substantially at the same distance from the center of the skull as the end of the rigid member wherein the rigid member comprises a U-shaped mouth guard, the u-shaped mouth guard contacting at least the “rear most” upper set of teeth during use the attachment point is configured to attach to an external force providing apparatus the attachment point is configured to provide a force in the direction of the users height via the mouth guard. The location of the attachment point provides an optimal force vector when the device is pulled away from the head in a direction parallel with the users height for medical applications associated with decompression of the spine. For comfort, positional placement and stability, a forehead pad and cranial straps may be provided.
