Method and apparatus for therapeutic treatment of back pain

Method and apparatus for therapeutic treatment of back pain
United States Patent 7,201,729
Emsky
April 10, 2007
Inventors: Emsky; Timothy R. (Prince George, CA)
Assignee: Cert Health Sciences, LLC (Baltimore, MD)
Appl. No.: 10/737,098
Filed: December 16, 2003

Abstract

A therapeutic table construction which isolates a first portion of the patient's body to a fixed table portion and a second portion of the patient's body to a moveable table portion, and applies a distraction force to the moveable portion of the patient's body while positioning the portion of the patient's spine that is to be treated at an angle so as to isolate the portion of the patient's spine which receives the distraction force.