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The Advanced Spinal Mobilization Instrument is the only technology assisted physical therapy device intended to duplicate the manual spinal mobilization technique with an easy to control and user friendly handset and console.

The Advanced Spinal Mobilization Instrument consists of a practitioner controlled handset with moving pads that make contact with the patient and operate in three distinct modes. The pads gently move in and out in an alternating fashion so that while one diagonal pair is raised, the other is lowered and vice versa. Built-in safety features prevent the pads from overexerting pressure. The treating therapist controls the handset, "walking" it up and down the spine. This elicits gental spinal mobilization or rotational movement of the pair of vertebrae being treated.

As illustrated in the following figure; A and B represent placement of pairs of diagonal applicators pads over the transverse processes of an adjacent vertebral pair. Pads A apply gentle pressure simultaneously, the cycle is then reversed and as pads A are withdrawn, pads B apply pressure.

During treatment, the device is cycled through three modes and passed up and down the spine, mobilizing vertebral articulations in cervical, thoracic lumber and sacral areas. Importantly, the handset will not force a vertebra to move by any predetermined amount as the amount of applied pressure is limited by safety features of the device. If resistance is met, treatment pressure is reduced automatically. Finally, the condition of the joint determines the response to the applied effort. At first, the joint may be stiffened or fixed; with treatment, mobility is restored.