Spinal Decompression

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Presenting the Articulating Antalgic-Trak with its exclusive AntalgiCare™ therapy.

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What is articulating decompression?

Articulating decompression is the new decompression. With articulating decompression doctors have the ability to strategically position the spine (based on the patient's condition) while it it being decompressed. This advancement enables the decompression pull-forces to reach into areas of the spine that basic decompression misses.

What are the typical conditions treated using Antalgic-Trak's AntalgiCare™ Therapy?

Back Pain Disc Bulges Pins & Needles Pinched Nerves Disc Herniations Neck Pain, Headache

Failed Spine Surgery Numbness and/or Tingling Sciatica / Hip / Leg Pain Arm Pain, Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist Spinal Compression Injury Osteoarthritis of the Neck or Lower Back

What is the connection between ROM and articulation?

"Range of Motion" refers to the movement ability of joints. The movement is measured in degrees from a starting point to an ending point. Each joint has a ROM value that we use to evaulate its health. The articulation features of the Antalgic-Trak can be used to improve the ROM of our spinal joints!

What is spinal ROM therapy?

It is a specialized therapy technique that gently improves the gliding movements of spinal joints. The improved gliding helps normalize spinal function.

Does the spine have ROM?

The spine has many ranges-of-motion. They include flexion (bending forward), extension (bending backward), lateral flexion (bending side to side) and most important, rotation. A healthy spine must seamlessly perform each of these in varying combinations without pain. Anything less may be due to injury or may be a pre-cursor to injury.

Do your joints move freely?

Do your joints move freely or are they painfully restricted? For example; normal shoulder ROM includes moving the arm forward, backward, out to the side, inwards, and rotation. Damage to the shoulder muscles or shoulder joint can limit the ability to raise the arm over the head and cause pain. This is considered a limited range-of-motion.

What makes spinal decompression different than traction?

Spinal decompression is advanced. It can control multiple aspects of the pulling to effect spinal tissues differently. Traditional intermittent traction cycles the pull forces back and forth to produce a repetitive "pull-release" pumping. By controlling the "spinal pumping action" Antalgic-Trak can focus on the vertebral joints or the muscles and tendons or the disc.

Articulating decompression provides the following treatment improvements:

1. The articulation features allow the doctor to reposition the spine into a variety of postures that enable the pull forces to reach into areas of the spine that basic decompression misses.
   
   
2. Antalgic-Trak can be set to increase and decrease its stretching forces during the session.
   
   
3. Antalgic-Trak's stretching pull-forces can be set by "distance" values or "poundage" values.
   
   1. Poundage values work well for elastic younger patients.
   2. Distance values work well when tissue stretching needs to be limited. Such as spasm or with geriatrics.
      
      
4. Lastly, the doctor has the ability to control the cycling "hold" times. They can be adjusted to effect the disc or the gliding joints, or the muscles and tendons. Other systems are limited to one pattern.
   
   

By using computers to control and modify these characteristics, traditional traction evolved into basic decompression. The articulating Antalgic-Trak evolved basic decompression. It has more treatment features and is more advanced than any other system available today. Your doctor will decide which features and protocols will work best for you.

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