In addition we supplement this diet with vitamin C, vitamin E, manganese phytate, and any other special nutrients that we have found are important to the patient's recovery from such maladies. In the last forty years, I have handled thousands of these low back cases, yet I can count on the fingers of one hand those that required surgery when the treatment outlined above was used. Of course, the earlier in the condition we are able to treat the patient, the quicker and more complete will be the results but even in most advanced cases, the intermittent traction therapy and the other modalities are not without considerable success. I ntermittent cervical traction is particularly beneficial in all types of old whiplash injuries. These patients usually begin to exhibit symptoms many years after the original accident, and often they have nearly forgotten the causal incident.
Problems usually begin as numbness or tingling in one hand, particularly at night.
When the patient is up and around, his head and neck are in motion and there is no constant pressure on the affected nerve in the neck. But when he goes to sleep or perhaps sits down to read a book, the lack of motion of the head and neck may put sufficient pressure on the spinal nerve to produce the sensations down the arm. These symptoms are caused by vertebral pressure due to thinning discs or calcium deposits. Both problems are usually rapidly improved by IMT, the MicroLight laser and the other modalities we us. Arthritis I ntermittent cervical traction is also useful in certain arthritic problems of the neck and upper back.