User:Hakonson

"Ambulatory Spinal Unloading" is a relatively new low back pain treatment modality that allows low back pain suffers the ability to regain mobility and normalcy while treating their low back pain. Until the recent introduction of ambulatory spinal unloading there were no forms of treatment that reduced pressure on lumbar discs while allowing low back pain sufferers to remain mobile and maintain a near normal daily routine.

There are currently only four or five ambulatory spinal unloading devices on the market; some utilize rigid or semi-rigid plastic or metal and therefore are not flexible or user friendly but a few are made of only soft and supple materials, making them extremely comfortable and able to be worn and give relief all day.

In order for an ambulatory spinal unloading device to actually produce spinal unloading they require two points of purchase on the torso that are pushed apart, lengthening (stretching) the section of torso in between. The two points of purchase are typically belts of one form or another. The type and design of the belts is extremely important to the function of the device and to the comfort of the user and so the actual amount of relief enjoyed.

Belts that do not "dynamically conform" to the natural rythms of the human body, such as the expansion/contraction that occurs when breathing, will tend to slip and lose any unloading they had developed and will also be uncomfortable, resulting in reduced comfort and pain relief. Hakonson (talk) 20:07, 11 July 2010 (UTC)