WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS,AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
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Contraindications
Traction is contraindicated for the following:
• Any condition for which movement is contraindicated
• Cardiac or pulmonary problems
• Discitis
• Primary or metastatic bone tumor
• Spinal cord tumor
• Osteoporosis
• Untreated Hypertension
• Severe Anxiety or Claustrophobia
• Clinical signs of Myelopathy
• Pregnant
• Aortic Aneurysms
• Recent Fractures
• Inadequate expertise of the practitioner providing the treatment
• Vertebral Basilar Artery Insuciency
• Rheumatoid Arthritis and other connective tissue disorders
• Midline Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
• Acute Torticollis
• Restrictive lung disease or other respiratory disorders
• Do not use traction on patients with structural disease (e.g. osteomyelitis, spinal caries, and ankylosing spondylitis)
• Do not use traction on patients with joint instability, hypermobility, or spinal fracture
• Do not use traction on patients with severe cardiovascular disease, vascular compromise, aortic aneurysm, or severe
respiratory disease
• Do not use traction on patients with acute sprains, strains, or inammation that could be aggravated by traction
• Stop traction if there is an increase in radiated pain to the extremities
• Do not use lumbar traction on patients with Hiatal or Abdominal Hernias
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