Why is the Spine So Prone Is the SpineMED® Procedure to Injury? For Me?

® Your spine must be both stable and The SpineMED System has been shown to be flexible to support upright posture, safe, and without side effects or complications allowing you to bend and twist. This is once abnormal conditions have been ruled mechanically challenging and makes out. Patients with conditions that compromise your spine vulnerable to injury. the integrity of the spinal column, such as gross osteoporosis, spondylolisthesis grade 2 The upper torso is captured by a comfortable The spine is made up of a chain of bones and above, fractures, tumors, or congenital securing system incorporated into the fixed called vertebrae that are connected pars defects are not candidates for Spinal section of the table. The Patented Pelvic Tilt together by ligaments and muscles. A Disc Decompression. section will be electronically tilted, so that disc separates each vertebrae and acts specific spinal segments can be targeted. With like a cushion, absorbing shock along the Previous spinal surgery is not contraindicated precise and pain-free computer controlled spine. unless hardware (screws, rods, cages, pins, tension, the specific disc segment is gently etc.) has been implanted in the spine. distracted. ® The disc is made up of a jelly-like Minimum age for SpineMED procedure is substance known as the nucleus, During normal activities, the pressure 16 years. Maximum age to be determined covered with many strong outer layers inside the discs typically ranges between by your healthcare practitioner, based on +100mm / HG to + 300mm / HG your health and physical condition. ® called the annulus. The discs do not have a supply of blood vessels to nourish and replenish them, rather they depend on Safe, Pain-Free, and Comfortable a transfer of fluids, nutrients, and oxygen Spinal Disc Decompression - from above and below vertebrae. This What Is It Designed To Do? • NON-SURGICAL procedure which is transfer of nutrients depends on the Damaged intervertebral discs seldom heal SAFE and PAIN-FREE. difference in pressure between the as the discs are constantly under pressure. For cervical procedures, the cervical unit is first • Pre-determined period of time. inside of the discs, and the surrounding Decompression, or the reduction of pressure electronically tilted to the angle required to vertebrae and blood vessels. This is why • Procedure is designed for: inside the discs, facilitates the transfer of target specific segments of the cervical spine. most disc nutrition and regeneration fluids, nutrients and oxygen back inside The patient is then placed on the table with takes place when we lie down, reducing the disc which promotes the retraction of their head positioned in the cervical cradle - Herniated Disc the pressure inside the discs. This process bulging or herniated discs. unit. The Cervical Restraints are designed to is not very efficient, and as we age, the - Degenerative Disc comfortably capture the base of the patient’s disc is exposed to wear and tear greater skull for controlled distraction. A typical daily - Sciatica than its ability to heal and regenerate. session consists of 30 minutes of decompression - Radiculopathy ® on the SpineMED System followed by The discs are prone to injury and - Facet Syndrome adjunct modalities. The process is pain-free degeneration as we use our back each and safe and it is not uncommon for patients to - Spinal Stenosis day. They are compressed, and torqued fall asleep during the procedure. through sitting, bending and lifting. In the - Pre/Post Surgical Patients two lower levels of the lumbar spine, stress The average recommended course of forces can equal 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of Damaged Normal Optimal procedure is 20 sessions. Ideally, the pressure per square inch. Repeated injury sessions are performed daily with rest on the weakens and eventually tears the annulus. ® weekend. With increased pressure inside the discs, The SpineMED Procedure these tears allow the disc to bulge like an All procedures are administered with At the conclusion of the procedure old tire with a broken casing. If all of the the patient fully clothed. For lumbar series, patients are given mobilization and layers of the annulus break, the jelly-like procedures, the patient is comfortably strengthening exercises to avoid further injury. nucleus will ooze out of the disc causing positioned on the table, and the a disc herniation. A bulging or herniated Patented Pelvic Restraints are adjusted to disc may press on spinal nerves, causing comfortably secure the patient’s pelvis. sciatica or radiculopathy. *Spinal Decompression, that is, unloading due to non-surgical distraction and positioning. spineMED decompression* system Back and neck pain Praise For are the number one complaints in North America, “ My original diagnosis was spinal affecting stenosis. I would really recommend 80% of us at anyone with a back injury to use the ® one time or SpineMED . It sure has done a lot for me.” another.** -John Pauls These problems “ I had a herniated disc. I couldn’t sleep often mean at night, and I couldn’t work. I found ® a permanent Are you out about SpineMED procedures loss of some through a co-worker and my back is much better! -Richard Needham function, forcing us to give up things in life tired of You do not have to ” no one should have to give up. The highly ® I had a herniated disc and pinched accept lower back “ advanced SpineMED System offers hope. nerve from a gardening accident. living with and neck pain as a It was horrible pain. I absolutely recommend SpineMED® to relieve back or fact of life. these symptoms.” -Joan Bosworth “ My original diagnosis was a Locations Throughout North America degenerative disc. There was pain neck pain? • Safe and Pain-Free in my lower back and numbness in my legs. SpineMED® allowed me to go without pain and allowed more • Pre-determined flexibility. -Carolyn Platt Period of Time ” “ After years of running and biking, an MRI showed bulging discs in my lumbar • A Non-Surgical, spine. I’m much better now after the Drug-Free SpineMED® spinal decompression. I wish I could have one at home.” Procedure -Sal Fratianni

Act now, call our free information line today about SpineMED® Spinal Disc Decompression at: 1-800-750-4188 www.spinemedtherapy.com “ On a scale from 1 to 10, my back pain was a 10 quite regularly. SpineMED® 0413 SpineMED® Decompression System is engineered and certified to procedures have released that pain worldwide medical standards. FDA 510(k) #k05103, CE, TUV, ISO from my back. I have recommended 13485, Health Canada Medical Device License #67289 this procedure to others with similar *Spinal Decompression, that is, unloading due to non-surgical distraction and positioning. pain. -Tom Lundell ** Loeser, J. (1996).Editorial comment: Back pain in the workplace.II.Pain,65(1),7-8 ”

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