Can VAX-D® Treatment separate each vertebra of the lumbar spine individually, or is the entire lumbar spine distracted?
VAX-D® utilizes a patented hand grip method of restraining the upper body while the patented pelvic belt is attached to the moveable tensionometer housing. VAX-D® medical treatment provides for progressive distraction between the pelvic girdle and the fixed shoulder girdle under controlled parameters determined by the logic control system. The degree of intervertebral distraction and subsequent decompression level achieved is maximum at the lower levels and decreases gradually toward the upper levels of The lumbar column. Intradiscal pressure measurements on patients undergoing VAX-D® Treatment have shown success of decompression measured in mm Hg. follows an inverse relationship to the tension applied to the pelvic belt during treatment. The relationship follows a Polynomial equation with the threshold level at which the intradiscal pressure changes from a positive pressure to a negative level, exerting decompression, determined by the amount of tension applied and the intervertebral
