How does Lumbar Traction Work
Lumbar Traction targets the lumbar muscles to reintroduce kinetic activity. The Traction Unit then comfortably applies traction to the spinal joint, decompressing the disk and reducing pain. Unlike conventional traction that stretches the back only, the Traction procedure aids in reconstitution and disc healing, allowing increased circulation to the damaged area.

The therapy is gentle, yet effective.

Each Lumbar Traction session is administered by a member of our clinical staff. The complete program requires 20-30 hours over a four to six week period. Our guests find the experience relaxing and painless.

What to Expect
Our mission is to help you experience the greatest benefits possible. Our physicians and care staff are dedicated to your needs.

You will most likely require 20-30 procedure sessions to regain functional capacity, restore spinal motion dynamics and decompress affected nerves. The average number of procedures to reach optimum spinal function for most patients is 25.

Each 30 Minute long visit follows a simple protocol. We request that you kindly arrive 10 minutes early to complete a visual pain analog and prepare for your Lumbar Traction procedure.

You are invited to dress comfortably, many patients prefer warm up clothes to change into prior to treatment.

Before starting on the Lumbar Traction Unit, you will be asked to please remove any objects from your person and to visit the restroom.

Unless otherwise prescribed, the Lumbar Traction procedure is 30 cycles of decompression of approximately 30 minutes. We have a TV mounted for your viewing pleasure while you enjoy while relaxing on the Traction table. During each procedure, you will be fitted with a pelvic harness and a chest vest. While you are comfortably positioned on your back, a knee wedge will support your legs. The Traction table slowly and gently separates to relieve you of pressure that pinches the nerves. This allows for vital circulation to be restored to the damaged, painful areas of the lower back. This stimulates your body’s natural healing process.

Please note, each of our guests will undergo approximately 25, 45 Minute sessions to advance from a state of dysfunction to restored functional capacity. Our doctors, therapists and care staff are committed to improving your quality of life. Your health and general well-being is our priority.

How is Lumbar Traction different than surgery
Surgery of the spine is serious, yet sometimes unavoidable. Fortunately, less than 1% of all low back pain sufferers are surgical candidates. But just because you don’t need surgery doesn’t mean you don’t need treatment. Lordex is the logical choice.

Lumbar Traction provides successful long-term relief from back pain, but from the standpoint of a non-operative closed procedure. Surgery is open reduction decompression. Lumbar Traction is closed reduction decompression. Surgery is open fusion for stabilization. Lumbar Traction is closed stabilization through increased paraspinal muscle strengthening.

There are three phases of the Lumbar Traction Procedure.

Phase 1 is Relief.
As a general rule, most patients experience significant changes in symptoms within the first three to eight Lumbar Traction procedures. Occasionally, a more advanced degenerative condition or multiple level herniated discs may take 10-15 sessions before realizing a major decline in symptoms. Also, some patients appear to have rapid relief after the first treatment. Relief response varies according to age, body morphology and degree of pain severity.

Phase 2 is Correction.
As strength is regained in the lumbar spine, circulation is restored to the damaged disc, and the healing begins. Correction implies that the process that leads to the painful episode has been slowed, stopped or reversed. This corrective process occurs simultaneously with symptom relief.

Phase 3 is Strengthening.
The process that leads to most low back pain (mechanical spinal pathology) involves destabilization of the support structures, degeneration and ultimately re-stabilization. The Lumbar Traction procedure quickly reintroduces kinetic activity to the joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments to help you regain back strength and restore lost lumbar stability.

Each patient will complete 20 – 30 Lumbar Traction procedures at various paces. Some prescriptions will be daily for 20 – 30 treatments; others may be daily for 1-2 weeks followed by a decreasing frequency. At Munderloh Chiropractic, your individual condition dictates the prescription for your care.

Please note that the Lordex Protocol is considered experimental and you may need to check with your insurance carrier to see if it is covered.