What to Know About Neck Traction

1. What to Know About Neck Traction

2. Neck traction, also called cervical traction, is a type of stretch often used for neck pain.

3. What is neck traction? • The term traction can mean different things in medical care, but it generally refers to the use of a pulling force to treat joint, bone, or muscle problems. This is often used in physical therapy or orthopedics to treat: • Long-lasting muscle spasms • Dislocation • Fractures • Deformities

4. Traction is generally used on the neck, spine, arms, legs, and pelvis to help with any muscle, joint, or bone problems. • The traction concept uses force and counterforce to pull in opposite directions. Usually this involves pulling in one direction and adjusting a bed or using your body weight as a counterweight in the other direction. • This is often used for broken limbs. You may have seen someone with their leg wrapped, attached to a pulley system with weights and hanging in the air. The pulley helps you pull in one direction and your body weight pulls in the opposite. This is often done to help align the bones for proper healing.

5. Neck traction, or cervical traction, also uses traction force on the neck. These are usually stretches or other exercises used to relieve neck pain. Sometimes these can involve cervical traction device that you can use at home. • There are three types of neck traction, which are used at different times. • Manual cervical traction. This is done with your therapist using their hands to gently pull your head and neck away from your body. They hold your head for 10 seconds and then gently release it. They can do it multiple times at different angles.

6. This type of traction is used: • To diagnose your neck condition • During massage or physical therapy to gently stretch the muscles. • During chiropractic adjustment to gently stretch the neck • To alleviate the pain • Mechanical cervical traction. In this type of traction, a harness is placed on your head while you lie down. Your therapist connects the harness to a machine and uses traction to or neck stretcher to stretch your head and neck away from your body.

7. This type of traction may also involve a neck traction device or Gardner-Wells forceps, which use a ring driven into the skull. These can be attached to a vest for extended wear to help stabilize the neck, or they can be attached to a harness. A machine or weight is then applied to the Halo to provide the pull. • Cervical traction on the door. This type of neck traction is used in a therapy office or at home. A padded harness or sling is attached to your head and neck. The harness is then attached to a rope and pulley system over a door. Sometimes a weight is added to the end of the rope or the rope can be manually pulled to stretch the neck.

8. Benefits of neck traction • Neck traction has specific benefits, including: • Relieve muscle spasm • Prevent muscles from shortening and contracting • Relieve pressure • Helps restore blood flow and nerve function. • Keeping your neck stable • Correcting deformities • Resting an injury • Ease the pain

9. People with neck problems can sometimes have numbness and tingling in the arms and legs and a lot of pain, among other symptoms. It is not entirely clear how cervical neck traction device helps, but it is believed that being in traction can relieve some of the pressure on the nerve and help the muscles relax, providing relief. • Sometimes traction is used intermittently with periods of rest. This could bring more blood flow to your nerves. This type of traction is used primarily for degenerative disc disease and when the neck does not move well. • Sustained traction uses weights or force for longer periods of time, usually up to 1 hour. This is mainly used for muscle aches and herniated discs.  • Neck traction is one way to help with neck pain and other problems. Your muscles, tissues, and spine are sensitive to damage, so it's best to check with your doctor first.

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