Why Your Chiropractic Practice Needs the CerVico2000 Cervical Traction Device

Why Your Chiropractic Practice Needs the CerVico2000

If you have patients with cervical radiculopathy, you've probably recommended cervical traction.

Often, chiropractors recommend antiquated traction technology where the patient is tied, literally, to the door. Or perhaps you've recommended supine traction with an inflatable collar.

Wouldn't it make more sense to have your patients upright, weight-bearing, and performing functional exercise while receiving traction?

With the CerVico2000, you can. And that's just one of the reasons why I believe it's the best cervical traction available today. And why you need to have the CerVico2000 in your chiropractic practice.

How the Cervico2000 Can Help Your Patients

The Cerivco2000 traction unit can improve your patient's ROM by decompressing the vertebral segmental unit. But, it also goes a step further.

Your patients are able to use the Cerivco2000 while weight-bearing and in motion. They can wear it while working on their computer, reading a book, or performing therapeutic exercises in their practice.

It's a comfortable device that helps improve posture with symmetrical and asymptotical traction forces with micro-adjustability so that you can find the exact sweet spot of decompression for each patient.

Instead of filling water or sandbags and hoping that your patients don't under or overdo it with their cervical traction, the CerVico2000 allows the patient to make a micro change to the amount of traction so that they get maximal decompressive forces and, ultimately, the best results possible from the traction.

For patients that believe they may be headed towards injections or surgery because of a disc pathology that causes nerve compression, the Cerivco2000 can be a lifesaver. Developed by an orthopedic surgeon to help provide his patients with the opportunity to avoid surgery, the Cervico2000 is designed from the ground up to be a comfortable and effective solution for cervical radiculopathy.

How the CerVico2000 Can Help Your Practice

One of the benefits of the Cervico2000 is that you can quickly implement it into your practice...today. You don't need to tie up a treatment room to have your patients experience the benefits.

I see a tremendous benefit when a patient can experience traction while performing therapeutic exercises. Not only is this clinically beneficial, but it's also great for operations and revenue. Having your patient undergo traction while exercising maximizes patient flow and square footage. From a revenue perspective, you can generate more revenue in the same amount of time by having your patients exercise while experiencing the benefits of cervical traction.

It's super easy to set up the Cerivo2000. No power, water, or and no electrical power is needed. The traction is provided with small hydraulics on each side of the neck. This allows your patients to custom dial in the amount of traction required on each side. Patients with a left antalgic lean and a right-sided disc issue can adjust the Cervico2000 individually on each side to provide maximum relief.

Also, your patients can be mobile throughout your entire practice while using the unit. Here is a video of the CeriVico2000 in action.

As a chiropractor, helping your patients avoid surgery is priceless. And, with the current opioid epidemic, it's more important than ever to find non-pharmacological solutions to their pain. The CerVico2000 is not the cheapest traction device on the market, but it is the best.

Even though old-fashioned over-the-door traction units may be cheaper, they don't provide the best clinical results.

Using a CeriVico2000 in your practice can provide tremendous clinical results and ROI. Using a "best in class" traction device can be a differentiator in your approach. Additionally, you have various options for monetizing the CerVico2000 in your practice. Some chiropractors choose to have the patients use the device in the office, while others offer a lease/rental program for their patients. Either way, you can be assured that your patients are getting maximum benefits.

Let's face it, cervical traction works. But the future of cervical traction is functional. The Cervico2000 is a unique cervical traction device because of the benefits it provides your patients and the benefits you can experience in your business.

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Revolutionizing Spinal Traction with Meditrac

REVOLUTIONIZING SPINAL TRACTION

Meditrac's innovative "traction on the move" protocol incorporates the traditional benefits of traction with a 3D twist: the natural benefits of mobility.

Our devices target the source of pain by releasing disc pressure, thus facilitating fluid exchange, increasing range of motion, and promoting general tissue recovery – all while allowing and encouraging the patient's complete freedom of movement.

With a clinically proven 85% success rate, Meditrac offers the leading non-invasive, drug-free back & neck pain treatment on the market.

Meditrac's 3D traction devices outperform all other traditional devices by combining the industry-standard vertical traction with a horizontal force, revolutionizing the delivery of decompression in every dimension.

Clinical Facts

• Increased intra-discal pressure on the nerve root and dural sac are the sources of back and neck pain in patients with disc disorders.

• Research shows that fluid transfer is essential to normal biomechanics in the disc.

• Muscular contraction during exercise naturally helps to facilitate fluid transfer.

• Traction is traditionally administered to patients in the supine position, disregarding the importance of mobility for tissue healing and fluid reabsorption.

What is traction on the move?

Non-invasive solution for back and neck pain through the innovative "traction on the move" protocol. Meditrac devices target the source of the pain, increase the range of motion, and assist with tissue recovery while encouraging your patient's complete freedom of movement.

85% clinically-proven success rates!

Your professional touch makes a difference in your patient's success. Based on your patient's clinical diagnosis, your manual tuning is essential for 100% precise treatment, giving back your patient's smile.

Small devices, Big Relief! We know your clinic's space matters! Drug-free treatment, no hospitalization or surgery needed.

Since 1992, Meditrac devices have been the active choice for the world's spine clinicians.

EARNING POTENTIAL

Chronic and acute back pain requires a targeted and practical approach to the source of pain. The unique three-dimensional decompression delivery method of the Vertetrac and Cervico2000 is the most advantageous due to the incorporation of mobility within the treatment protocols for each.

These treatment protocols are most effective when practiced in the following two ways:

• Implemented directly in the therapy or clinic as a therapeutic modality or as neuromuscular rehabilitation when mobility is incorporated

• Leased to patients every month for use at home as directed by the recommended medical professional

See the projections below outlining our most popular investment options with purchasing either two Cervico2000 units, two Vertetrac units, one Cervico2000 and one Vertetrac, or a combo package of all three of our devices. Depending on which device you choose to implement first, you can see profitability as early as 1 - 1.5 months after implementation in your clinic.

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NovoPulse- Where Recovery Meets Performance

We are all familiar with the 80 – 10 – 10 Rule in clinical practice: 80% of our patients meet our recovery expectations, 10% of our patients may meet only a partial recovery, and the other 10% of our patients we may either have referred them out upon detecting a red flag on their examination, or they just did not respond to care. After decades of experience in providing clinical care to patients and talking to other colleagues, overall, these statistics bear out true. 

Recovery Meets Performance with NovoPulse

So, the question becomes this: How do we help the 80% group of patients not only recover from their condition and but also improve their performance in life – and – how do we help the 10% of our "partial-recovery" patients reach a full recovery and hopefully move them more towards a higher level of performance as well?

Helping patients first achieve recovery is a massive step for them – this means they are mostly out of pain and have regained some of the lost functions in their life (i.e., walking, standing, sitting, etc.). But as we know, this doesn't necessarily translate into them achieving previous performance levels in how they may participate in life activities.

Whether you are treating an athlete for a sports injury or a grandparent for a chronic low back complaint, both need the same type of intense focus on striving to achieve recovery first and then optimize performance second to improve their level of participation in meaningful life activities.

How to asses the impact of pain and address recovery.

The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) considers the following concepts are relevant to defining the impact of chronic pain (i.e., pain extending longer than three months):

1. Impairments (physical or structural findings detected upon examination)

2. Activities and Activity limitations (lost function of activities of daily living)

3. Participation and Participation restrictions (inability to engage in participation of meaningful life activity)

Achieving pain reduction by addressing physical and structural findings is a key aspect of helping a patient move towards recovery – which begins with reducing inflammation in the joint and tissues identified as the patient's origin of pain. The patient's clinical diagnosis and degree of severity correlate with the functional and participatory impact on the patient's life and are essential considerations in the care planning process. 

Goal setting with the patient enables both the clinician and the patient to re-engage key functions and meaningful activities that are currently limited but valued in the patient's life. 

Recovery of the patient's condition is marked by making consistent improvements and progress towards these meaningful goals. However, in complex cases, achieving recovery may require more aggressively addressing the inflammatory status of the condition. When bringing the patient through the recovery process, we can often help them through the initial acute pain stage, but their progress stalls in the subacute or rehabilitative phase of recovery.

Reaching a state of maximum therapeutic improvement, which only represents a partial recovery that has fallen short of expectations, causes us as clinicians to consider seeking other treatment strategies for the patient. Although these patients improved from what they were when they first started treatment, they still may not be able to enjoy participating in meaningful activities like they were able to do before. 

Transitioning from Recovery to Performance

For example, I am sure in your practice you have patients that love to play golf. Think of the patient who can only play nine holes when they are used to playing 18 – but cannot because of the pain returning by the time they have played nine holes. What can you do to help them "get over the hump?" In other words, how do we move our patients – who have achieved a maximum therapeutic benefit/recovery to go on from this level of healing to achieve a higher level of performance? 

Improve function and then move towards improving participation in activities.

The clinical questions to ask ourselves are these: "What are some of the barriers our patients may face as they move towards improving their performance?" "Are there objective clinical findings that may be preventing the patient from moving forward to a higher level of performance?"

As mentioned, inflammation can be a key clinical finding as to why the patient cannot move forward with improving performance in activities, restricting them from participating and enjoying life. For example, osteoarthritis is a common underlying problem for patients.

As we know, osteoarthritis is a chronic disorder associated with damage to the articular cartilage and surrounding tissues and is characterized by pain, stiffness, and loss of function. Mediated by inflammation, the natural history of osteoarthritis is manifested by a steady decline of cartilage cellularity, degradation of cartilage matrix and surrounding tissues – leading to chronic pain. We also know that immune cells produce pro-inflammatory cytokines, creating a persistent state of inflammation in the joint. This inflammation modifies the operation of the chondrocytes by blocking mitosis, inhibiting the production of new cartilage, catabolizing extracellular cartilage matrix to produce a 4-5-fold increase in apoptosis.

And if that wasn't enough, this cascade of processes enhances the secretion of the Prostaglandin E2 pain mediator. As a result, this joint inflammation leads to pain and Osteoarthritis, preventing normal cartilage restoration and promoting the destruction of the joint architecture. 

The physical limitations of the inflammation from OA inhibit proper range of motion to occur in a joint, making it difficult to move towards improving the affected region's balance, strength, conditioning, and function. Therein lies our clinical dilemma.

This is what led me to search for different solutions for pain management. I was introduced to a new technology, NovoPulse®, that provides an answer for long-term pain relief and promotes cartilage regeneration while improving function and performance. Two key studies caught my eye.

Studies Supporting PEMF and NovoPulse Technology

Study #1:

Clin Interv Aging. 2013; 8: 1289–1293. Published online 2013 Sep 26. DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S35926. Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy for the management of osteoarthritis-related pain, stiffness and physical function: clinical experience in the elderly Tommaso Iannitti, Gregorio Fistetto, Anna Esposito, Valentina Rottigni, and Beniamino Palmieri

The Iannitti study highlights pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) improvement in pain, stiffness, and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Clinically significant improvements were made in both pain and function. The VAS was used for pain assessment, and the WOMAC outcome assessment tool was used to provide objective evidence of functional improvement.

Study #2:

Lad D, Karnatzikos G, Gobbi A (2013) Is there any Role for Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields in the Treatment of Early Osteoarthritis of the Knee? J Osteopor Phys Act 1: 106. doi:10.4172/2329-9509.1000106

Clinically significant improvements were made in both pain and function. The VAS was used for pain assessment, and the Tegner outcome assessment tool was used to provide objective evidence of functional improvement at one year and two-year follow-up. At a 2-year follow-up, 80% of patients were satisfied with the results.

Considering the evidence behind this device, the real impact is on an actual patient's experience. Here are a few testimonials I think you will find interesting.

Real Recovery and Performance Stories from NovoPulse Users

Testimonial #1:

"I am a 57-year-old Plastic Surgeon. I sustained a torn rotator cuff (complete tear of the supraspinatus tendon) and underwent surgical repair in early February of 2021. The recovery was very painful, which is typical for this surgery. When I was eight weeks post-op, I still had significant amounts of pain and had minimal shoulder motion. I was doing my stretching exercises daily but was making minimal progress. My physical therapist was very concerned that I was developing a frozen shoulder. This was especially troubling, as I was scheduled to return to work in just another two weeks, including performing surgeries.

At this point, I had the opportunity to try the NovoPulse for my shoulder. I did not know very much about electromagnetic field treatments, but I was willing to try anything to help my shoulder recover function. I began using the NovoPulse for 30 minutes per day, combined with the stretching exercises recommended by my physical therapist. Within one week, I noted less pain in the shoulder and significant improvements in range of motion. These improvements continued steadily, and I was able to resume working and performing surgeries as scheduled. I continued to use the NovoPulse daily for about six weeks, noting steady improvements throughout this period. My Physical Therapist and Orthopedic Surgeon were very impressed with the improvements in function that I developed during this time. I am definitely a fan of the NovoPulse. I believe that this treatment was a major contributor to the successful rehab of my shoulder."

Testimonial #2:

"I'm 66 years old with arthritis in both knees, both hips, and left shoulder. I've had five torn ligaments and five arthroscopic surgeries, starting with my first skiing accident at age 12 in the days of bear-trap bindings.

About six years ago, my knees and hips began to suffer significantly higher levels of pain after strenuous physical activity. With physical activity, my body started protective reactions that caused sharp pain and swelling and made my joints less mobile. The orthopedic surgeon tried cortisone shots without effect and then recommended replacing both knees. The pain was so bad I could seldom sleep for more than an hour without the pain waking me up with painful, stiff, swollen, immobile knees.

I scheduled the knee replacement surgery, and while waiting, I tried a low-carb diet to reduce inflammation. Within about four weeks, the diet helped so much that I canceled the surgery since I could now sleep through the night. Nevertheless, my joints were still less agile than I would have liked, and I was generally in constant pain during the day and had a pronounced limp.

I tried the NovoPulse about nine months ago and got additional significant relief in pain and increased joint agility comparable to what I got from the anti-inflammation diet. I use the NovoPulse every day, generally on both knees, both hips, and sometimes on shoulders and back.

I still get sore after vigorous physical activity, but the NovoPulse soothes the nerve pain and restores mobility to my joints. Since I started using NovoPulse, people no longer comment that I am limping. The NovoPulse has been a miracle for me. It hasn't restored me to 16-year-old joints, but it has made it possible to reduce pain and recover joint mobility quickly after strenuous activity. I still feel the need to continue the anti-inflammation diet and my personal training for strength, but the NovoPulse is indispensable for me to continue the kind of activity levels I want to maintain."

Testimonial #3:

"As a 66-year-old male, I had an opportunity recently to use a NovoPulse for 2-3 treatments a week for about eight weeks. I have had lower back pain for twelve years due to degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, and arthritis, among other things. Routine daily activities were not so routine and were painful. I found the therapy very helpful in reducing my overall pain and lessening my reliance on over-the-counter pain medicine. Routine activities were more routine, and pain was minimized. A great outcome!"

Incorporating Research and NovoPulse Into Your Practice.

You may be wondering, "How does this device work?" NovoPulse is the first technology that has been learned through PEMF research to combine electric field with thermal stimulation. It penetrates to a depth of 7 cm, which allows the source of the inflammation to be directly targeted. In addition, it provides a full 360-degree joint coverage. This technology can be adapted to treat either the spine or the extremities. 

Research has also guided the recommended treatment plan. This has been very effective in helping patients achieve the desired meaningful performance in their lives - enjoying their daily lives without the constant constraints of pain.

If your practice has a focus on recovery and performance, click here to learn more about how NovoPulse could benefit your patients as well as your practice. 

Rocktape RockBlades Mohawk Review | A Revolution in IASTM

RockBlades Mohawk is the ultimate soft tissue tool kit, and this article and review will show you why.

Each Mohawk kit includes the Mohawk stainless steel tool, a silicone sleeve, ABS/Polycarbonate comb, RockRub, and a Quick Start Guide to help you take action fast.

Mohawk has changed the IASTM, or instrument-assisted soft tissue manipulation, world by unlocking revolutionary new treatments with their unique, industry-first attachments of the Sleeve and Comb.

Whether you're treating soft tissue on the playing field, or in the office, Mohawk has a sweet carry case to keep everything together and keep you on the go.

If you are a movement specialist, physical therapist, or chiropractor and you perform soft tissue work in your practice or your clinic, Mohawk is a soft tissue tool you need to have close to your treatment table.

First, it comes with an excellent carrying case. So this can help you tremendously if you are on and off the field. If you're in and out of different gyms, different boxes, different practices, this carrying case helps you keep everything in one spot, and it makes travel super convenient. The worst tool is a lost tool. So this carrying case will help you keep everything in order as we open things up for Mohawk.

RockBlades Mohawk includes

• a handy carrying case

• RockBlades Mohawk Surgical Stainless steel IASTM tool

• a silicon sleeve

• a ABS comb

• RockRub

• a spot for your Mullet and Mallet (RockBlades)

Mohawk's carrying case has a spot for RockRub, the two attachments (a silicon sleeve and ABS comb), and even has space for your RockBlades.

Mohawk is a beautifully designed tool. It's made from surgical stainless steel, and there's a variety of dimples and grip points. So whether you are working large muscle groups or more sensitive and intricate spaces, you're going to be able to find a surface on Mohawk to match the tissue.

The weight is perfectly balanced, which helps fight fatigue during those long treatment sessions. If you've ever performed soft tissue work without tools, then you know the toll it can take on our wrists and hands. Mohawk's design and balanced weight are a lifesaver if you treat soft tissue daily in your practice.

Surgical stainless steel is fantastic, but there are times where you might want to have a different contact surface, and that is where the two attachments come in so handy. One of them is a silicon sleeve. This slips right over the top of Mohawk. And what it enables you to do is grip into the tissue. So if there is an area where you want a little bit of extra grip you want to make sure you get in there and can provide some additional traction. The silicone sleeve is a great tool to use. It slides right over the top of the instrument, and it gives you the ability to have extra grip and a little bit more traction on an area.

The third component is the ABS comb. The ABS Comb clips right over the top of Mohawk enables you to stimulate the tissue and create neurological input. New research has discovered the importance of neurological input as a primary mechanism of action during soft tissue work, and Mohawk's ABS Comb makes it easy.

Altering proprioceptive input can create varied neurological responses, which is why it is so crucial to have multiple attachments or ways to impact the soft tissue.

If you have not checked out RockBlades Mohawk, then click here to learn more from RockTape.

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The Top 5 Researched Benefits of Chiropractic

New research has showcased an array of health benefits you can expect after receiving chiropractic adjustments.

Whether you are an elite athlete, weekend warrior, battling back from an injury, or just looking to live your best life- chiropractic has been shown to provide many benefits that can improve your quality of life.

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1. Pain Reduction

The first benefit of chiropractic care may be the most impactful- reducing your pain. Before you are living your optimal life, you have to be free of pain.

Multiple research studies have shown that chiropractic is considered one of the most safe and effective treatments to reduce pain from your neck, low back, and more. Even if you are suffering from spinal stenosis, disc herniations, or foraminal encroachment- chiropractic may be able to help.

““Patients with symptomatic MRI-confirmed cervical disk herniations treated with SMT to the level of herniation reported high levels of clinically relevant improvement at 2 weeks, 1 month, and 3 months after the first treatment.””

— Outcomes from Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Confirmed Symptomatic Cervical Disk Herniation Patients Treated with High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude Spinal Manipulative Therapy. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. October 2013

““Most of the patients who were considered surgical candidates for the treatment of radiculopathy from LDH improved with standardized spinal manipulative care to the same degree as those who had undergone surgery. Of those who failed spinal manipulation treatment, subsequent surgical intervention provided excellent outcome.””

— Manipulation or Microdiskectomy for Sciatica? A Prospective Randomized Clinical Study. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. Volume 33, Number 8. October 2010

2. Reduce the Frequency, Severity, and Intensity of Headaches

The second health benefit of chiropractic care, especially important if you have struggled with chronic headaches. Researchers have discovered that chiropractic care can reduce the frequency and intensity of headaches.

With over 20 million people suffering from headaches every day, this is a massive development in healthcare! The most common type of headaches includes; tension headaches and migraines. Tension headaches often include neck pain, muscle pain, and facial pain. Migraines are usually throbbing, can cause nausea and light sensitivity, and some even include an aura.

““With regard to the weekly register on frequency and intensity of pain, these parameters showed significant improvement in the groups with manipulation and combined treatment...””

— Efficacy of Manual and Manipulative Therapy in the Perception of Pain and Cervical Motion in Patients with Tension-Type Headache: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine. (2014) 13, 4-13

3. Improved Function and Quality of Life

Many people don't go to the doctor when they have pain. They go to the doctor when that pain interferes with their quality of life!

If you have a healthcare issue that is keeping you for enjoying your hobbies, hanging out with friends and family, and limit your ability to perform well at work- then you are likely going to start researching on Google and eventually call a doctor to get answers.

Fortunately, getting back to your active lifestyle, and improving your quality of life (or in science-speak, "functional ability") is one proven benefits of chiropractic care.

4. Reduced Medication Usage

Reducing medication use, and specifically opioids are one of the primary focuses of our healthcare world today.

Each day over 100 people die due to an opioid overdose. And it's not only affecting addicts and junkies. A majority of opioid deaths come from people who were taking medications prescribed by their doctor.

Not only are these medications addictive and deadly, but in many cases, they are ineffective at helping people recover from spine pain, which is why most people start taking them. This vicious cycle leads people to take MORE medication an attempt to find relief, which only increases the likelihood of an adverse event or addiction.

There is a better way. Researchers have discovered that people who receive chiropractic care are 49% less likely to fill an opioid prescription. And, in my opinion, if we were able to reduce opioid use by nearly 50% just be helping people get well with chiropractic care- this world would be a different place!

Even what many people consider to be "safe" medications like NSAID's contribute to over 100,000 hospitalizations, and over 3,000 deaths each year. Drugs should rarely be viewed as a first line treatment for spinal pain. Your body is designed to move and recover- so going to a doctor focused on movement and recovery seems like a good idea to not only reduce your medication use but to get the best results possible.

“patients who visited a chiropractor for a musculoskeletal pain condition were 49% less likely to receive an opioid prescription than their counterparts who went to other healthcare providers.”

— MedScape- Chiropractic Care Tied to Significant Reduction in Opioid Scripts

5. Sports Performance Improvements

Did you know that every major sports team has a chiropractor available to their athletes to help with injury prevention and sports performance?

That's right, teams in the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL all have chiropractors integrated into their healthcare team to keep their athletes performing at their top level all season long.

No one can perform their best when in pain, so chiropractors are used to keeping the athletes feeling good, but with a focus and eye towards sport-specific performance.

Working with the athletes on flexibility, biomechanics, and range of motion, and sport-focused training is critical to raising the bar of performance.

““The increased V-wave amplitudes observed in the current study possibly reflect an increased cortical drive in the cortico-spinal pathways and corresponding increased excitability of the motoneuron following spinal manipulation.””

— The effects of a single session of spinal manipulation on strength and cortical drive in athletes. European Journal of Applied Physiology. January 2018

Quite frankly, whether you are working at an office or whether you are on the professional sports field, a balance of strength and flexibility is one of the top keys to stay well long term.

So those are the five significant benefits of chiropractic care. If you've experienced any of those, please comment down below let us know, or if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer those as well.

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