I’ll refrain from making any comment or judgement, and will let the photo and description make their own impression:
http://spinalbrace.com/cervicaltraction/vertwithdoorstrap.htm
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The web page says nothing about chiropractic; this is not chiropractic.
While it bears a similarity to the concept of joint adjustments, I agree that the product page makes no claims that this is a chiropractic treatment. Perhaps the title of the post was misleading but I wished to post a link to a product which I personally found quite funny and which looked a little scary.
On the topic of misleading, I’d pedantically note that it is not a truly “vertical traction kit”. Vertical would be this:
http://www.activeforever.com/p-70-overdoor-home-cervical-neck-traction-kit.aspx
In any case, it would seem that some chiropracters would not endorse the product, instead offering an alternative:
http://www.chisoftnecktraction.com/necktraction/neck-traction.shtml
I saw cervical traction with doorstop and began to worry as I was not thinking vertebrae at the first, and was nervous to click through. Silly me.
For the record: I’m fairly certain no CAM practitioner would suggest THAT.
Disturbing image.
very disturbing image lol
I hope no one out there is using such a device.