Spinal Traction Therapy in Indirapuram

What traction does

During traction you lie on a couch while a machine applies a steady or intermittent pull through a harness around the pelvis or a head halter. The force opens the spaces where nerve roots exit, stretches tight muscles, and may reduce pressure inside the disc briefly.

Relief during or just after traction is common. Whether it lasts depends on what else you do.

Who may benefit

People with nerve root symptoms from disc bulges or narrowing, such as arm pain from the neck or leg pain from the lower back, sometimes respond well. Research is mixed overall, with some subgroups doing better than others. We watch your response over the first few sessions and stop if it isn't helping.

When traction isn't used

Traction isn't used with spinal fractures, tumours, infection, severe osteoporosis, significant instability or high-grade spondylolisthesis, rheumatoid involvement of the upper neck, cauda equina symptoms, recent spinal surgery without surgeon approval, or pregnancy for lumbar traction. Cervical myelopathy usually rules out heavy neck traction.

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