Traction

Traction is a therapy used to decompress the spine.  Force is applied along the length of the spine to increase space between spinal segments in order to relieve symptoms.  Traction can be applied either to the neck (cervical) or the low back (lumbar) and the force can be applied either by the therapist (manual) or by a specific device (mechanical).  Traction can be used to treat the following conditions:

• herniated discs

• pinched nerves

• degenerative disc disease

• sciatica

• spinal stenosis

• low back pain