pettibon system CT User manual

Cervical TractionInstructions
We recommend consulting with your physician before beginning use of this product.
1. Perform cervical warm-up, joint lubrications, and cartilage nourishment exercises (twist, flex and extend head/neck).2. Adjust the unit so that the curved piece hangs slightly lower than the back of the head (knotting the rope or moving the carabiner if using a wall mount).3. Pull handles down until stopped by curved neck piece with handles at shoulder height. Elbows and knees are against the wall, and feet are shoulder-width apart.4. Place curved piece behind neck and padded handle under chin or on forehead (TMJ-diagnosed patients use FT Traction). Place one hand on each handle end, with palms toward face.5. Hold handles firmly; relax the knees with up to 20% of your body weight supported by the traction. Traction is applied and controlled by bending the knees. NEVER support your entire body weight on the unit, the device is designed to sustain up to 20% of your body weights pressure.6. Begin with 10 and work up to 60 repetitions per session.7. Add deep diaphragmatic breathing with traction, then exhale completely when the traction is released.8. Ice the neck for 10 minutes if any pain is experienced.CTFAT

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Cervical Traction Door Stop InstallationCervical Traction Device & Method Patent # US6,517,506 B1
CTFATFig. 5 1. Attach the traction unit to the door stop andpull the loop snug by inserting the rope into thelower loop and then over the door stop. Oncelooped, pull to tighten (Fig. 1-2).2. Depending on patient/door height, you mayneed to tie a knot in the rope to have thetraction unit at the proper height (Fig. 3).Adjust to insure that curved piece hangsslightly lower than the back of the head.3. Put the traction door stop over the door andclose the door (Fig. 4). Pull down on the lowerloop of the door stop to make the stopper snugto the closed door.4. View from opposite side of the door. (Fig. 5).5. To adjust the height: Remove traction unit fromdoor and add or remove knots in rope.Fig. 1Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4