What is VAX-D®?

VAX-D®Treatment is a primary, active, non-surgical treatment for the management of patients with disabling low back pain and neurological symptoms. The treatment is designed to relieve pressure on structures that may be causing back pain generally associated with herniated discs and degenerative disc disease.

VAX-D® achieves this through the decompression of the intervertebral discs and facet joints, that is, due to distraction and positioning on the VAX-D® table.

The treatment combines a number of internationally patented principles, which are administered via a computer programmed logic control system incorporated in the design of the table and the operator's console.

The VAX-D® table is specifically designed to apply precisely controlled tension, along the linear axis of the spinal column, to distract the verterbral bodies and thereby decompress the intervertebral discs and posterior facets of the lumbar spine without eliciting reflex muscle spasm

Each treatment session is 30 to 45 minutes in duration comprised of a fully automated process which is continuously recorded by a chart recorder incorporated in the VAX-D® console. A chart tracing of the parameters achieved during each session is printed to form a permanent record for the patient's chart. Typically 20 sessions performed on a daily basis are needed to treat a herniated disc.