5 billion is annually lost to industry because of the 120 million days taken off sick by back pain sufferers. The results of treatment, by whichever therapy are usually short lived, because manual therapy cannot get to the underlying cause of the problem, and prognosis is similar with or without treatment. Using this new technology, I have found that people who have had idiopathic back pain for up to 30 years have found that their pain has disappeared. They have usually tried every type of treatment. Because the equipment exercises both the vertebrae and stimulates the spinal reflexes to stress relieve the spine, it is now possible to treat both simple and complex mechanical back problems.
Most back pain builds up through years of misuse of the spine.
Most readers will recognise the following stages and symptoms that occur during bouts of back pain. Traumas such as whiplash may create stiffness in certain joints, and other joints compensate and become over-stressed. This leads to the symptoms of inflammation, stiffness and muscle spasm which cause pain. The lower back is usually the first to complain of over-stressing. The patient may experience a few twinges or the sudden onset of debilitating pain and it might occur when the patient is doing a low gain activity, like bending to pick up soap in the shower.