Neckpro Cervical Traction Device - Adjustable Door Bracket Model - Cervical Traction
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Customer Reviews of Neckpro Cervical Traction Device - Adjustable Door Bracket Model - Cervical Traction
Customer Review: This deivce has saved my sanity
Summary: 5 Stars
I have no official diagnosis for why my neck and back used to cause me so much discomfort- but at it's worst, it felt like a roaring fire on my back (nerve pain?), and at it's best, I felt like a 100 year old woman... I tried chiropractors (several) and had an MRI (nothing) and tried massage and hanging upside-down and stretching and nothing truly alleviated the varying degrees of discomfort (I had worked as a nurse for 10 years and had always pulled patients with improper technique/body allignment). THIS device was the answer for me. However, I could not use it in it's 'over-the-door' suggested use- I have used it lying on the floor with the device on the UNDERSIDE of the door. I've then had to use a rug-gripper under my behind so I don't slide up towards the door when applying traction (I also pull my pants down so my clothes don't cause me to slide and I make skin contact with the rug-gripper). I then pull the rope to get the most traction possible and then I relax and give a little tug with my body (tugging my body away from the door). Just a little bounce or two, while I'm relaxed. This causes my neck vertebrae and my thoracic vertebrae to allign! I'll lie there for a few minutes to relax my muscles after the adjustment, before removing traction and getting up. It is such a relief to know that if my neck or back feel funny or "out", I can just adjust it myself now and it doesn't cost me anything in time or money. I have had to use a 2x4 piece of wood across the inside of the door-jam (or else the amount of traction will pull the door off the hinge or the door frame off the wall) and I hook the device to the 2x4 directly instead of to the bottom of the door. And I did have to replace the rubber pulling-piece at the end of the rope (the thing you pull on to initiate the traction) with a 5" long dowel rod- because I've pulled the rubber piece off before while pulling on it. I used to go to the chiropractor all the time and now I don't anymore since getting this. I just adjust my own neck and feel better immediately. Well worth the low cost. Note: Get the one with the adjustable bracket for different door widths! I took my device to a hotel once and the doors there were too thick to use my device. They now make it with an adjustable bracket for different width doors. :)Customer Review: getting better all the time!
Summary: 5 Stars
For the last year the pain in my fractured and herniated C6-C7 has been intense, shooting pain down my left arm and numbing my index finger. A cortizone procedure helped for about six months, but now with returning pain.
An inversion machine keeps me stretched out a lot, and helps, but when I'm traveling I cannot bring the machine along.
This Neck Pro product is still new to me, using it for only seven days.
I was instructed by my Chiorpractor to rachet the unit to 8 lbs. After four days I felt no relief, so I increased the weight to 10-11 lbs. This seems to help a lot.
The machine comes with a door bracket, but I installed an eye hook on my ceiling just above my computer so I can at least read while using it.
For camping I'm going to create a bracket that will attach to a pine tree.
My pain is intense, so I'm thinking outside the box and not relying on Neck Pro to serve all my applications while traveling.
I use it for 10 minutes in the morning, and at night. It seems my pain comes on more often now while not in use, but maybe It's because my spine compresses more easily after it is stretched out?
Does anybody have any feedback on this issue? i'm certainly not going to quit using it, and don't want to increase the weight...or maybe I should?
Customer Review: Definitely helped my neck issues
Summary: 5 Stars
I was having severe problems with my neck shoulder and nerves running down my elbow, arm and wrist. This thing really has an affect on my neck issues but my pain was so intense that I couldn't be in it for more than a minute or two at a time. Over a month and a half, my neck got better but these injuries don't just get better in a day as I was hoping. Still, I was starting to think surgery was going to be necessary and I no longer believe that will be the final outcome. The only thing that I found was that the device caused my teeth to clinch and I found that putting in an athletic mouthguard helped.
I bought four items from Amazon to try and work this problem out and would rate them as follows:
1) Neckpro Cervical Traction device: The best product that I bought to help me.
2) BodyBackBuddy: Really allows me to apply a LOT of pressure to any point on my back--Really great.
3) Doctor Riter's Real-Ease: Nothing special here. I found this to be only mildly helpful and probably won't use any longer.
4) The DaVinci Tool (Hard and Soft): I found these devices to be completely useless for my neck problems.
Customer Review: Good device with modification
Summary: 5 Stars
This device will definitely relieve neck pain due to disc degeneration. I have two inversion tables, but they don't work on the neck area as this device does. (The head just isn't heavy enough, and an inversion table eventually kills your feet). The door bracket is a bad idea., Most residential doors will not withstand the leveraged force of the furnished bracket. I put a screw eye in the ceiling above the couch so I may watch TV while using it.
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On the minus side, the writer that alludes to it being a "head crusher" is correct. I fashioned an aluminum arch which spreads the device away from the ears and sides of the face. I also use a football type teeth guard as ones teeth are really jammed together. I question if someone wearing dentures might have a problem. Fortunately, I'm not there yet. With the foregoing changes I can really stretch my neck for 30 minutes or so.
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With the foregoing changes and conditions, I can heartily endorse this product. Frankly, as immediately removed from the box with the mickey-mouse door bracket and lack of some kind of spreader, I'd give it about 2 or 3 stars.
Customer Review: I owe this product a debt I'm not sure I can pay
Summary: 5 Stars
When I realized I had damaged my C6 nerve, I researched my options. They looked bleak.
Reviewing the steps required going to my doctor (exam -> surgery -> traction -> home traction), led me to the Neckpro.
I was four days into my injury when I started using it.
A word of caution, there is a lot of tension on the spring, so make sure you have anchored it securely.
It was excruciatingly uncomfortable the first time I used it.
I suffered through it. I was committed to following the instructions.
Everyday was a little better than the last one. After two weeks, I noticed a sizable difference in how I felt.
After a month, I stopped using it.
I can't thank Amazon and Neckpro enough for taking what was a pretty scary injury and giving me the chance to make a full recovery on my own.
The only con is you look superdorky with it on. My wife and kids knew how much pain I was in and left me alone while I was using it (although there were a few snarky comments).