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Old 05-03-2010, 08:52 PM
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I have a home traction unit that I used to use and liked very much. It was manufactured by a spine patient from alaska, who produced a few hundred units before he gave it up. It was way too much trouble for him with no return. He did it out of a desire to help fellow spine patients. Old Braintalk members will remember Cush's Iso-Trac.

It's basically a pvc frame that you lay on the floor. Pillows under your abdomen reduces extension that hurts most spine patients and keeps the from moving. You apply force with your arms via handles attached to the part of the frame above your head. This pulls your hips down with a rock-climbing harness fastened to the frame below your feet. A fish scale in the system tells you how much pull you are exerting.

It sounds like a silly contraption, but it works and is easy to use. It provided comfortable relief, but in my case, the discs were too severely degenerated to get meaninful benefit other than the short term relief from temporary decompression.

Welcome to the forum... thanks for sharing.
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