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Components
Before You Begin
Review the guidelines you received from your health care provider
regarding the:
• amount of traction recommended (never so much that it hurts)
• duration (amount of time) of each treatment
• hold and relax times if intermittent traction is recommended
• number of treatments recommended per week or per day
• angle of pull
Remove earrings and any other jewelry or neckwear. Articles of clothing
such as ties, scarves, hats and bulky shirt collars or sweaters should be
removed since they may interfere with treatment. If you have long hair it
should not be gathered on the back of your head, as in a braid or bun,
since this will not allow your head to rest in the proper position.
Angle
Adjuster
Hand Pump with
Gauge
Base Pad
Base
Adjustment
Knob
Headstrap
Neck Carriage
Head Pad
Top
Position
Middle
Position
Bottom
Position
Neck Wedges
Figure 1. Components of the Saunders Cervical Traction device.
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