Chiropractic treatment table and method for spinal distraction
OwnerJames M. Coxinventor
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Abstract
A chiropractic treatment table and method for treating a patient's spine for providing true longitudinal distraction alone or in combination with vertical flexion and extension, lateral flexion, and/or rotation. The treatment table includes a longitudinally moveable head support portion slidingly mounted on an anti-friction structure whereby the head support portion is freely moveable with practically no frictional or drag. In view of the anti-friction structure, the net longitudinal distraction force is primarily only that which is applied by the chiropractor thereby not requiring adjustment or compensation for drag or other forces, and thereby providing the chiropractor substantially improved control of the actual applied distraction force for administering the desired distraction.
Claims30
A method of treating a patient's spine on a treatment table including a first portion adapted to support a patient's body and a second portion adapted to support the patient's head, wherein the second portion is selectively freely movable on an anti friction structure relative to the first portion along a longitudinal axis, said method comprising the steps of:
- supporting the patient with the patient's body resting on the first table portion and the patient's head resting on the second table portion;
- and,
- selectively longitudinally moving the second table portion on the anti friction structure and the patient's head thereon, thereby selectively providing distraction to the patient's spine in a direction generally along the table longitudinal axis.
A treatment table for treating a patient's spine while being supported in a generally face down horizontal position, said treatment table comprising:
- a first support portion supporting a patient's body;
- a second support portion supporting a patient's head and being spaced apart from said first support portion along a longitudinal axis;
- and,
- wherein said second support portion is supported on an anti friction structure whereby said second support portion is selectively freely moveable relative to said first support portion along said longitudinal axis.
A treatment table for treating a patient's spine while being supported in a generally face down horizontal position, said treatment table comprising:
- a first support portion supporting a patient's body;
- a second support portion supporting a patient's head and being spaced apart from said first support portion along a longitudinal axis;
- and,
- wherein said second support portion is supported on anti friction means for allowing generally free motion of said second support portion relative to said first support portion along said longitudinal axis.
In a treatment table for treating a patient's spine while being supported in a generally face down horizontal position, said treatment table including a first support portion supporting a patient's body and a second support portion supporting a patient's head and being spaced apart from said first support portion along a longitudinal axis, an improvement wherein said second support portion is supported on an anti friction structure whereby said second support portion is selectively freely moveable relative to said first support portion along said longitudinal axis and whereby the patient's spine can selectively be placed in distraction by selectively moving the table second portion longitudinally along said longitudinal axis on said anti friction structure.
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