Confirm the need
The team first evaluates your condition and decides whether intersegmental traction is appropriate.
Gentle traction in Tallahassee
Encourage movement.
Ease spinal stiffness.
Intersegmental traction uses a specialized table to apply gentle, rhythmic movement through the spine. It may be used alone or alongside other conservative therapies.
Gentle, rhythmic table-based care
01Comfort-adjusted
The level of traction is selected for the area being treated and your comfort.
02Short sessions
Sessions typically last around ten minutes, with settings adjusted to the treatment area and comfort.
03Integrated care
Traction may accompany adjustments, soft-tissue work or prescribed exercises.
How treatment works
Controlled movement through the spinal joints.
You lie on a specialized treatment table while rollers apply gentle, controlled traction along the spine. The setting is adjusted to the area being treated and to your comfort level.
The goal is to encourage movement through spinal joints and surrounding tissues. For appropriate patients, this may help reduce stiffness, improve range of motion and relieve certain types of back pain.
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Muscle spasms
- Disc herniation
- Sciatica
- Joint stiffness
- Facet-joint concerns
- Arthritis-related pain
The traction visit
A simple supportive therapy within your plan.
Adjust the table
Roller position and traction are set for the treatment area and your comfort.
Combine when useful
Traction can be used with chiropractic adjustments or other conservative therapies in the plan.
Traction FAQs
Know what the table does.
The team determines whether traction fits after evaluating your condition.
It is a chiropractic therapy that uses a specialized table to apply gentle, rhythmic traction and movement through the spine.
The therapy is designed to be comfortable and easy to tolerate. The settings are adjusted to your treatment area and comfort.
It can be, but the practice also uses it as part of broader care with adjustments, soft-tissue work or prescribed exercises when appropriate.
See whether traction belongs in your plan.
Start with an evaluation so the team can determine which conservative therapies fit your condition.