The electronic traction unit called EUROTRAK™ can be combined with a height-adjustable or fixed-height traction table, supplied with specific belts for lumbar or cervical traction, positioning cushions and anchoring elements.
The traction belts are available individually or in sets for pelvic, thoracic or cervical application. They are composed of two types of materials, that's stiffer on the external side, and softer on the inside to maintain the shape and restrainment for the patient.
"The Active Lumbar Traction, or TLA, originates from the Swedish method of “autotraction”, a mechanical type of treatment for lumbosciatic pain.
This manual is divided into three chapters, each one independent from the others. Readers who wish to have a preliminary idea on the method should look directly at the third chapter, which deals with the treatment technical procedures. Readers willing to know about the origin of the method and its scientific premises should instead go through this introduction and the first section of the manual. Anyway, after reading those two sections they can decide whether to skip the rest if not interested in the method..."
Dr. Luigi Tesio
Director of Neuromotor rehabilitation Auxologico Institute - Milan
It’s a special table designed to apply the active lumbar traction method. The legs section can be tilted up or down electrically as well as rotated on the left or right. So the therapist can position or mobilize the lumbosacral spine in a tridimensional way..
Feel
free to ask for more information about the method and the TLA table that has
brought benefits to many patients treated in the years by Dr. Luigi Tesio and
his staff.
“In the work and sport life, some postures or movements which imply an excessive pressure of the spine discs are often adopted and done. In such cases, it is important to perform some exercises to lessen the pressure on the discs. Relief can be obtain in some ways:
Prof. Benedetto Toso