Contraindications to manual cervical traction

Depending upon the advice of your health care provider, cervical traction can be used to treat these conditions: • osteoarthritis • muscle tightness • headaches • joint stiffness • herniated discs • nerve root compression Contraindications for Use Traction should not be used to treat these conditions.  · Precautions. Joint hypermobility. Acute inflammation. Claustrophobia or anxiety associated with traction. Cardiac or respiratory insufficiency (lumbar and inversion traction); cervical traction risk for internal jugular thrombosis; BP fluctuations. Pregnancy (increased ligamentous laxity and risk. The Canadian Chiropractic Association lists instability of the cervical spine as a contraindication for cervical traction. This includes both bony instability such as severe osteoporosis and unhealed or acute vertebral fractures, and ligamentous instability. Spinal Hypermobility.

There are no scientific reports that accurately describe the contraindications and relative contraindications for cervical traction. Probable contraindications and/or relative contraindications to cervical or lumbar traction include the following: Acute torticollis. Aortic Aneurysm. Active peptic ulcer disease. Cervical traction is a therapeutic tool used to pull or separate the vertebrae in the spine. According to "Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques," by Carolyn Kisner and Lynn Allen Colby, cervical traction can help flatten and relieve disc bulges, relax muscles, mobilize the vertebral facet joints and reduce pain 1. Lumbar Traction* H. DUANE SAUNDERS, BS, PT The aim of this article is to present and discuss: 1) types of lumbar traction; 2) effects of lumbar traction; 3) indications and contraindications for lumbar traction; 4) effective lumbar traction techniques. There is a review of important points that have been presented in earlier literature, as well.

Here I show you how I like to perform manual cervical traction. I talk about indications, precautions and hand positions. In this video, we explore the theory, indications, contraindications, and parameters for cervical and lumbar traction. 13/08/ Contraindications · Acute torticollis · Aortic Aneurysm · Active peptic ulcer disease · Diskitis · Old age · Osteomyelitis · Osteoporosis · Ligamentous.