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
Introduction - The effects of spinal traction - Types of spinal traction - Continuous traction - Intermitent mechanical traction - Manual traction - Positional traction - Active Lumbar traction - Indications and contraindications - Herniated disc with protrusion - McKenzie’s extension basics - Degenerative discopathy - Articular hypomobility (Articular dysfunction) - Contraindications for spinal traction - Lumbar traction techniques - Introduction - Traction weights and body friction - A table with mobile sections - The patient must be in relax - Traction belts - Patient’s positions - Type of traction - Prone position - Protective scoliosis - Cervical traction techniques - Introduction - Traction angles - Chin strap - Traction weights - Patient in relax - Treatment duration - Temporomandibular joint - Manual cervical traction - Unilateral cervical traction - Conclusions
Brochure, Ed. July 2021, English. 56 pages.
Passive tractions - Presentation - Eurotrak, electronic unit - Tractions tables - Betatrac, height adjustable table - Alfatrac, fixed height table - Traction belts - Positioning cushions - Autotraction - Active Lumbar Traction table - Cervical and lumbar traction systems - Stretching and mobilization exercises
Brochure, Ed. April 2024, English. 24 pages.
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