Spine treatment at the medical center of Dr. Izmailov

The medical center specializes in:

• Treatment of varicose veins.
• Treating headaches.
• Getting rid of scoliosis and correcting posture.
• Joint treatment.
• Treatment of the spine and musculoskeletal system.
• Treatment of vegetative-vascular dystonia.
• Rehabilitation after fractures, operations and injuries.

Underwater traction or traction therapy is one of the most effective treatments for the musculoskeletal system. The success of treatment with complexes of underwater traction is explained by the fact that in warm water, under the influence of a slight load on the spine, there is a complete relaxation of muscles and stretching of the paravertebral elastic tissues and ligaments. As a result, the compression of the strangulated root of the spinal nerve is eliminated, the displacement of the intervertebral disc is eliminated and the blood supply is improved, the pain decreases and then completely disappears.

Horizontal underwater traction of the spine is the most physiological, it is easier to dose according to the degree of load and, as a result, it is safer for patients. Underwater traction of the spine, in which the patient is placed on an inclined plane, is fixed by the upper body, and the load is fixed in the pelvic region; used to treat discogenic radiculitis. Modern methods of horizontal underwater traction of the spine are carried out using a special device that allows you to accurately dose the load, taking into account the characteristics of the patient's muscular corset and the clinical course of the disease.

The indications for underwater traction of the spine (traction therapy) are various syndromes of osteochondrosis of the lumbosacral spine:

• Herniated disc, lumbodynia with neurological manifestations.
• Lumboischialgia with static-dynamic disorders in the form of volume limitation - movements in the spine.
• Scoliosis.
• Kyphoscoliosis.
• Flattening of the lumbar lordosis.
• Root compression.
• Compression radiculopathy.
• The initial manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis.
• Spondylosis deformans.

Underwater shower massage (hydromassage) is a hydrotherapy procedure in which a patient in a bath is massaged with a stream of water.
Carrying out such a procedure to prepare for stretching the spine significantly increases the therapeutic effect of traction. In this case, the muscles relax and stretching occurs more easily and physiologically.

Massage with a water jet causes a pronounced reddening of the skin, redistribution of blood, improves blood and lymph circulation, stimulates metabolism and regenerative processes in tissues, promotes the quickest resorption of inflammatory foci in them, increases the mobility of joints and the spine. Underwater shower massage with any method of its application has a general effect on the body. By increasing the strength of the main cortical processes in the central nervous system, it has a tonic effect on the psychosomatic state of a person.

After the procedure, patients notice an improvement in their well-being, a feeling of lightness, vigor and freshness. Course treatment increases efficiency and normalizes sleep. Shower massage improves the function of external respiration, relieves angiospasm of peripheral arteries, changes systemic hemodynamics, especially in cardiovascular diseases. Positive shifts occur in the functional state of other organs and systems.

Contraindications to underwater traction of the spine, as well as to any type of traction in patients with osteochondrosis are:

• Sequestered disc herniation (especially when the cauda equina is compressed).
• Spinal instability.
• Cerebrospinal circulation disorder.
• Inflammatory spinal syndromes (arachnoiditis, cicatricial adhesive epiduritis).
• Individual poor tolerance of traction (subjectively, there is an increase in pain).
• Spine fractures.
• Condition after laminentomy.
• Osteoporosis.
• Age over 60.